Hafa Adai and Mabuhay to all Guam Bar Association Colleagues:

Welcome to the Guam Bar Association’s new website.  This new website is designed to provide our members information on activities, events, and updates occurring in the Guam Bar.

As the leadership of the Bar changes every two years, I want to thank you for your support and confidence in electing me to serve as your next Guam Bar President for the 2009 to 2011 term. Having served on the Bar for the past ten years as Chairperson for the Committee on Programs and Public Relations, and Vice President for the Bar for the last 3 terms, I look forward to the continued improvement of services to our members, our legal community, and the people of Guam.   Under my tenure as President, it is my goal to carry out several important duties and functions consistent with Guam Bar’s mission. These functions include maintaining and preserving all confidential records and files of our bar members, monitoring and overseeing the ethical standards of our members to insure that our members are held to the highest level of professional conduct and integrity in the practice of law, providing and facilitating on going Continuing Legal Education ( “CLE”) to our members on updates and changes in the law and attorney professional conduct and for compliance of mandatory CLE requirements, promoting and fostering comradery among our bar colleagues, and maintaining a respectful working relationship with the Judiciary towards the improvement of our bar resources and services for our legal community and the public.

These next two years, the Bar looks forward to several important upcoming events, to include its Annual Law Week Activities in co-sponsorship with the Judiciary of Guam and the District Court of Guam, the Bar’s contribution towards raising funds to support  programs for people who cannot afford legal representation, and the Bar’s Annual CLE conferences.  Additionally, the Guam Bar was recently involved in participating in the selection process of the first Judicial Magistrate for the Superior Court of Guam. This process marked a historical and significant event for the Guam Bar since this was the first time that the Bar has had direct input in the selection process of a qualified candidate who meet the requirements for a judicial magistrate position with the Superior Court of Guam.

I look forward to working with the Guam Bar and its members, and welcome your comments and suggestions towards improving our Association’s benefits and services to our members, our legal community, the people of Guam in a continuing effort towards the effective administration of justice.

CYNTHIA V. ECUBE (“CUBIE”)

President