National Organization of Black Law

“The organization revised its bylaws in august 2024. As part of these revisions, a new class of membership was created: collegiate membership.”

“Noble has five classes of membership. They are regular membership, associate membership, supporting membership, sustaining membership, and collegiate membership.”

“The federal assistant to the national president is elected by the federal membership and the national associate member respresentative is elected by the associate membership. The national second vice president is elected from among qualified regular members that meet certain requirements.”

“For any and all constitutional changes the membership has to vote on the specifics. For the day to day decisions, the board of directors has the authority to make decisions without the memberships' approval.”

“The executive director is primarily responsible for the approval of noble's federal form 990. However, the federal form 990 is forwarded via e-mail to the board of directors for final review before filing with the internal revenue service.”

“All board members review and sign the conflict of interest policy annually. If there is a conflict, that board member will recuse themselves from voting on the issue that gives rise to the conflict.”

“The board of directors determines the compensation for the executive director by comparing their compensation to that of persons in similar positions in similar organizations. The executive director in turn determines salaries for other positions within noble keeping within the budgeted guidelines approved by the board of directors.”

“All documents are made available to any individual upon request.”

“Noble consists of 56 chapters in six regions throughout the united states. All chapters must receive an official charter from the national office and directly report to their assigned regional vice president. Chapters have their own ein number and elect their own officers but are required to follow the national constitution and bylaws and the national fiscal standards. The national executive board reserves the right to suspend officers of local chapters and appoint new officers on an interim basis when deemed necessary.”