Board of Trustees Meeting
Agenda
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Friday, May 12, 2017
9:00 AM
Agenda
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Friday, May 12, 2017
9:00 AM
Call in number ~ 855-520-7605 ~ conference code ~ 9265512
2050 Main Street, Suite 100, Irvine, CA
2445 Capitol Street, Suite 150, Fresno, CA
Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, . Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.
For meetings of the Board and Board Committee(s), the Board of Trustees meeting may commence at the conclusion of the Board Committee meeting(s). For meetings scheduled to take place over multiple days, items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day. All times indicated and the order of business are approximate and subject to change.
Closed Session
| 1000 Minutes |
| March 9 & 10, 2017 Closed Minutes [regular meetings] |
| (Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5 (a)(1)-(8)) | ||
| 6000 Appointments |
6010 Closed Consent |
| 6011 | Section Executive Committee and California Board of Legal Specialization 2017-2018 Annual Appointments of Officers and Members |
6020 Closed Appointments |
| 6021 | American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, Annual Appointment of Members |
| 6022 | Judicial Council, Annual Appointment of Members |
| (Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a)(7)) | ||
| 7000 Section |
| 7001 | Collective Bargaining* * Closed Pursuant Government code § 11126(c)(17) |
| 7002 | Dunn v. State Bar Case No. BC563715 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Nov. 13, 2014)* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7003 | Layton v. State Bar Case No. BC615241 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Mar. 28, 2016)* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7004 | Oehler v. State Bar Case No. BC610699 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Feb. 17, 2016)* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7005 | Noonen v. State Bar Case No. BC625085 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed June 24, 2016)* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7006 | Sander v. State Bar* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7007 | Obbard v. State Bar, et al.* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
| 7008 | Scheer v. State Bar* *Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1) |
Open Session
| 1 Guest Section |
| Call For Public Comment |
| 10 Minutes |
| March 9, 2017 Open Minutes [regular meeting] 10 Minutes March 9, 2017 Open Minutes [regular meeting] |
| 30 President's Report |
| 30-1 | Appointment to the Board Executive Committee 30 President's Report Appointment to the Board Executive CommitteeAttachments: ATT A - 2016-17 Board Committee Assignments |
| 30-2 | 2017 - 2018 Meeting Schedule 30 President's Report 2017 - 2018 Meeting ScheduleAttachments: ATT A - Board Multi-Year Meeting Schedule |
| 40 Staff Reports |
41 Executive Director |
| A. | Update on Communications’ Projects / Website (Farmer) |
| B. | California Young Lawyers Association Report (Kyle Nageotte) |
| C. | Dashboard Updates 40 Staff Reports Dashboard Updates |
42 Secretary |
| A. | Announcement of Candidates for President, Vice President and Treasurer of the State Bar (Parker) |
| 50 Consent Agenda |
| 54 - 141 | 2017 First Quarter Financial Report (Wong) 50 Consent Agenda 2017 First Quarter Financial ReportAttachments: ATT A - 2017 First Quarter Financial Report |
| 54 - 181 | 2016 Audited Financial Statement, Sections' Revenue and Expenditure Statement and Mandatory Fee Statement (Wong) 50 Consent Agenda 2016 Audited Financial Statements, Sections' Revenue and Expenditure Statement and Mandatory Fee Statement AgendaAttachments: ATT A - Financial Statements and Report of Independent Auditors for the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (With Au-C 260 And Au-C 265)ATT B - Statement of Receipts Collected And Expenditures of Sections and Report of Independent Accountants for the Year Ended December 31, 2016 |
| 100 Reports of Board Committees |
110 Board Executive Committee |
| None |
120 Regulation and Discipline Committee |
| 121 | Evaluation of the State Bar and the DOJ’s retention of applicant fingerprint records and the impact on criminal complaint monitoring (Grandt) 100 Reports of Board Committees Evaluation of the State Bar and the DOJ’s retention of applicant fingerprint records and the impact on criminal complaint monitoring |
130 Admissions and Education Committee |
| 131 | Proposed amendments to the Legal Specialization Rules re the appointment process of Board of Legal Specialization’s Advisory Commissions (Leonard) 100 Reports of Board Committees Proposed amendments to the Legal Specialization Rules re the appointment process of Board of Legal Specialization’s Advisory Commissions2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 1.c. |
| 132 | Consistency Project - Proposed adoption of amendments to the State Bar Rules regarding law corporations - return from public comment (Bercovitch) 100 Reports of Board Committees Consistency Project - Proposed adoption of amendments to the State Bar Rules regarding law corporationsAttachments: ATTACHMENT A - Amended State Bar rules regarding law corporations |
140 Planning and Budget Committee |
| None |
160 Stakeholders and Access to Justice Committee |
| 161 | Letter of Support for Legal Services Corporations Funding 100 Reports of Board Committees Letter of Support for Legal Services Corporations FundingAttachments: Attachment A - Form of the Joint Letter of Support for the Legal Services Corporation Approved by the Board of Trustees on April 8, 2011Attachment B - Proposed 2017 Letter to the Members of the California Congressional Delegation2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 4.a. |
| 162 | Amendment of Disclaimer Language for Legislative Letters 100 Reports of Board Committees Amendment of Disclaimer Language for Legislative LettersAttachments: ATTACHMENT A - Proposed Amendment of Disclaimer Language for Legislative Letters |
180 Audit Committee |
| None |
| 700 Miscellaneous - Not from a Board Committee |
| 701 | 2017 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force Report (Parker) 700 Miscellaneous - Not from a Board Committee 2017 Governance in the Public Interest Taskforce Report |
| 702 | Bills of Interest to the State Bar (Wada) 2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 5.a. |
| 703 | Proposed Amended Rule 5-110 of the Rules of Professional Conduct – Consideration following Action by the Supreme Court (Difuntorum) 700 Miscellaneous - Not from a Board Committee Proposed Amended Rule 5-110 of the Rules of Professional Conduct Attachments: California Public Defenders Association Comment on RPC 5-110-5-220 Reconsideration |
| 704 | Chief Financial Officer Report (Wong) |
ADJOURN |