Time to apply for bar committees.

The annual committee preference form for Bar members seeking appointments for the presidential term of President elect Alan Bookman are now available on The Florida Bar's Web site.

The forms can be accessed by logging on to www.flabar.org. If you do not have access to a computer, you may call (850) 561-5600, ext. 6802, and request a form to be mailed or faxed to you.

To apply to serve on a committee, members will have to fill out the committee preference form and submit it online, eliminating the need to mail or fax in the completed form. It will be presented in the same format as usual and should only take a minute or two to complete and submit.

Bookman said committee work is time-consuming and demanding, but is also extremely rewarding.

"It provides an opportunity to have meaningful input into matters that are of great importance to our profession and to work with other lawyers with similar interests," Bookman said, adding that in making the appointments he will consider previous history of service to the Bar and local voluntary bar organizations.

There are roughly 500...