Membership in the Leo Bearman, Sr. Inn is conferred by invitation.  Our Inn has two overall categories of members:  Active Members and Emeritus Members.  

Active Members are divided into four sub-categories:

• Masters:  Judges, lawyers, and law teachers who have been members of the legal profession for more than fifteen years
• Barristers:  Lawyers and law teachers who have been members of the legal profession for more than five but not more than fifteen years
• Associates:  Lawyers who have been members of the legal profession for five years or less
• Pupils:  Law school students

The term of Masters, Barristers, and Associates is three years, and the term of Pupils is one year.  

Emeritus membership may be conferred upon an active Master with at least five years of distinguished service to the Inn, and continues for the life of the member.  

By Thomas R Machnitzki (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons