Frederick Y. Yu Elected Chair of the Board of the
National Conference of Bar Examiners

Contact: Annie Walljasper, National Conference of Bar Examiners,

608-280-8550, ext. 3087, awalljasper@ncbex.org

-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-

Frederick Y. Yu, a member in the Denver office of Sherman & Howard L.L.C., was elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Conference of Bar Examiners at an August meeting of the Board held in Madison, Wisconsin.

Yu's practice emphasizes health care law. A Columbia Law School graduate, he served on the Colorado Board of Law Examiners from 1987 to 1997 and has been a member of the NCBE Board of Trustees since 2000.

The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE), formed in 1931, is a not-for-profit corporation based in Madison. The Conference is governed by a twelve-person board of trustees. The NCBE mission includes developing and providing tests, educational programs, and other services to bar examining boards across the nation. Tests offered to the jurisdictions by NCBE are the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE), the Multistate Performance Test (MPT), and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).

Sherman & Howard L.L.C., established in 1892, is the oldest law firm in Denver. The Firm assists its clients in most aspects of law affecting businesses and public institutions. More than 160 of the Firm's attorneys currently practice in offices in Denver, Colorado Springs, Steamboat Springs, and Vail, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada; and St. Louis, Missouri.

                                                                                                              September 20, 2008