Florida Bar re: Amendment to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar

The Florida Bar petitions this Court to amend the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar and to change the format of those rules generally to comply with style and gender requirements as mandated by this Court and in response to the Report of The Florida Supreme Court Gender Bias Study Commission, 42 Fla.L.Rev. 803 (1990). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, §§ 2(a) and 15, Fla. Const.

The specific rules before us to be created or amended are listed below. Those rules requiring only style and format changes are not listed.

Rule l-7.3(a) Dues Requirement

Rule 1-7.3(c) Election of Inactive Membership

Rule…