Thursday, November 16, 2023—Friday, November 17, 2023 12:30 p.m.—
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The Board of Trustees meeting will commence in open session at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The full Board of Trustees meeting will commence in open session at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, November 17, 2023. Public comment is heard at the start of the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023.
Open Session
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10 Minutes
Approval of September 21–22, 2023, Open Session Minutes
Annual Recommendation for Expungement of Administrative Inactive Status for Minimum Continuing Legal Education Noncompliance in Accordance with Rule 9.31
Proposed Changes to the Schedule of Fees and Deadlines: Request for Adoption and Proposed Amendment to State Bar Rule Regarding Schedule of Fees and Deadlines (Rule 1.22): Request to Circulate for Public Comment
Proposed Changes to California Rules of Court Relating to Fees for Pro Hac Vice (Rule 9.40) and Out-of-State Attorney Arbitration Counsel (Rule 9.43): Request to Circulate for Public Comment
Proposed Amendments to State Bar Rules Related to Legal Services Trust Fund Program (Rules 3.661, 3.670, 3.673, 3.680; Proposed New State Bar Rule 3.683): Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval
Proposed Amendments to California Rule of Court 9.8.1 Requiring Licensees to Comply with Rules Prior to Being Returned to Eligible Status: Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval – Withdrawn
50-9
Proposed Amendments to Rules Governing Mandatory Fee Arbitration Program (Title 3, Division 4, Chapter 2): Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval
Proposed Amendments to Rules of the State Bar Relating to Early Neutral Evaluation Conferences (Rule 5.30) and Prefiling Conferences in Misdemeanor Conviction Matters (Rule 5.341): Request to Circulate for Public Comment (Cardona)
60 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SITTING AS THE REGULATION AND DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE
Proposed Clarifying and Corrective Amendments to State Bar Rules Regarding Electronic Service Address (Rule 5.4(29)), Application for Involuntary Enrollment (Rule 5.226), Filing Requirements (Rule 5.441), Burden of Proof (Rule 5.445), Beginning Moral Character Proceedings (Rule 5.461), Disclosure of Information (Rule 2302), and Investigation Depositions (Rule 2502): Request to Circulate for Public Comment (Cardona)
60 BOARD OF TRUSTEES SITTING AS THE REGULATION AND DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE
Proposed Amendments to the Admissions Rules Regarding Examinations (Rule 4.62) and Testing Accommodations (Rules 4.80–4.92): Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval and Transmission to the Supreme Court for Adoption (Doell/Hershkowitz)
Approval of Exception to CalPERS 180-Day Wait Period for Appointment of Linda Knitter as a Retired Annuitant under Government Code section 21224 (Krasilnikoff)
Approval of September 21–22, 2023, Closed Session Minutes
5000 Closed Consent
5001
Approval of Contracts Relating to the Preparation of Examination Materials or the Approval, the Grading, or the Security of Test Administration of the California Bar Examination or the First-Year Law Students’ Examination
7000 Miscellaneous
7001
Discussion Regarding Sale Price and Terms and Leasing Price and Terms for 180 Howard Street, San Francisco
*Closed pursuant to Government Code § 11126(c)(7).
7002
Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation Agaton et al. v. State Bar of California et al. (L.A. Super. Ct. Case No. 23STCV21606)
*Closed pursuant to Government Code § 11126(e)(2)(A).
Adjourn
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Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to Board Secretary Louisa Ayrapetyan or Chair Brandon Stallings at 415-538-2300, the State Bar of California, 845 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Board members are requested to notify the secretary as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item(s) from the consent agenda.
