Adventist Lawyers Kenya

We, members of the Legal professional and also being members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the East African Union, recognizing our oneness in profession, in faith and our potential for a unique contribution to our profession and to our church, do appreciate the need for forum and a vehicle to share in our oneness and make a special contribution to our Church and profession. (We who are members of the legal profession as well as members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the East African Union, recognize our oneness in profession, in faith, and in our potential for a unique contribution to both the Law and the Church, and appreciate the need to create a forum and vehicle through which to use our unity to achieve this potential.)

We do therefore take the challenge to share the faith we possess and profess, and to obey the Gospel Commission of our Lord. To this end, we now solemnly inaugurate the ADVENTIST LAWYERS ASSOCIATION to exist and function as such forum and vehicle aforesaid.

With regard to the foregoing, we do hereby establish this constitution as the ADVENTIST LAWYERS ASSOCIATION to govern, rule and bind the functioning of the ADVENTIST LAWYERS ASSOCIATION on this day of 1998.

1. ARTICLE I: NAME AND ADDRESS
   • a. The name of his Association now forming shall be ADVENTIST LAWYERS ASSOCIATION herein referred to as "the Association".
   • b. The registered office of the Association shall be at the East African Union of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Milimani Road, Post Office Box Number 42276, Nairobi, Kenya.
2. ARTICLE II: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
   • a.
     • i. To create a ready forum for members to meet, interact and exchange ideas at personal and group levels, and to generally encourage a closer relationship between individual(s) and/or group(s) of members
     • ii. To attend to the spiritual and/or social needs of the members.
     • iii. To enable members to address and tackle {identify and resolve} various or peculiar (unique) problems, hardships and challenges that may from time to time face (arise for) individual members or groups, be it in (their) legal practice or in (their) faith.
     • iv. To endeavor to correct and improve the eroded social and moral image of Lawyers in the eyes of the members of the Adventist community in particular, and the public in general.
     • v. To assist the Church in the understanding and implementation of (understanding and implementing the) Trust Services within the Church.
     • vi. To help (to) create and sustain legal awareness and education within the ranks of the Church membership.
     • vii. To avail (enlist and offer) the services of Adventist Lawyers to (for) the Church organization and its members at (little or) no cost provided that such services shall be restricted to simple matters only (involve only relatively simple legal issues).
     • viii. To pursue other related objectives that the members shall from time to time deem (desirable or) necessary for the Association('s attention).
     Provided that such other related objectives shall be within the spirit and intendment of (consistent with) the preamble to this constitution. Provided further that the aforesaid aims and objectives, and the means of their achievement (implementation), do not contravene the legal and(/or) social order of the State, and are in conformity to (conform with) the Christian teachings and beliefs (doctrines) of the Church.
   • b. The aforesaid aims and objectives may be achieved through such methods or ways (means) as may be decided upon by the Executive Committee, and may include:
     • i. Personal and group visitations to homes, institutions and churches.
     • ii. Prayers, fellowships, common worship and relevant outreach activities.
     • iii. General and/or special meetings of the Association.
     • iv. Retreats.
     • v. Seminars.
     • vi. Publications, newsletters and other writings.
3. ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP
   • a. Ordinary Members
     • i. Members of the Association shall (be) drawn and recruited from amongst (among) Adventist Legal Professionals, whether they be (including) Advocates, Magistrates, Judges, Law Students, (Legal) Scholars, or other category including Paralegals (and others such as Paralegals).
     • ii. Membership shall be open to all who are interested and who qualify under sub-paragraph (i) above, provided that members shall be registered members (they are registered as under sub-section (c) below.
   • b. Honorary Members:
     • i. There shall be honorary members of the Association (who have been) chosen, appointed and/or approved upon application, by the Executive Committee of the Association (, upon application by the prospective member).
     • ii. Honorary membership may be extended to anybody (anyone) at the fullest (complete) discretion of the members (membership body) at a general meeting of the Association.
     Provided that the number of ordinary members shall (not) in any case not (ever) exceed the number of ordinary members of the Association.
   • c. Registration of Members:
     • i. Registration of new members shall take place and(/or) be completed on or by the 30th day of the commencement month of the Association annually (the anniversary month of the Association's founding).
     • ii. An ordinary member shall pay an amount of Kshs.500/= registration fees, and thereafter he or she shall not be required to renew his or her membership by any or further payment whatsoever (shall pay a one-time- only registration fee of Kshs.500/=, with no registration renewal fees). Provided that any ordinary member undergoing training or instruction shall be obliged (required) to pay a token (registration) fee of (only) Kshs.200/= as registration fees to the extent and for as long as he or she is under such training or instruction. (to cover the period in which he/she is still a student/apprentice, after which time the remaining Kshs.300/500/= of the life-time membership fee will become due and payable). Provided further that no ordinary member shall be entitled to a refund of the registration fee for any reason or cause whatsoever.
     • iii. An honorary member shall not be required to pay registration fees.
   • d. Subscription:

     In addition to the payment of registration fees aforesaid, an ordinary member shall be obliged (required) to subscribe (pay for the monthly publication) an amount of Kshs.200/= per month to the Association.

     Provided that any ordinary member who is undergoing training or instruction shall be required to subscribe (pay for the monthly publication) a token amount of Kshs.50/- per month for as long as and to the extent of such training or instruction (during the period in which he/she remains a student/apprentice).

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