Member Involvement Relations & Services
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 8, 2010
* 1:00 PM
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Francisco Gomez at , Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Paul Kramer, Jr. at (916) 654-5103. 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.

Committee Members: Angela Davis, Cheryl Hicks, Patrick Kelly, Micha Liberty, Wells Lyman, Richard Rubin, Jon Streeter.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

* MIRS will meet at 1:00 p.m. or at the conclusion of the PPDB Strategic Planning Session, whichever occurs first, and if necessary may break for lunch.

Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers (Member Liaisons)(JAN 54-151) (Paul Kramer) ***
II. Consent
Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers
III. Action
A. Family Law Section Request for Bylaw Change (JAN 54-152) (Pam Wilson) ***
III. Action
Family Law Section Request for Bylaw Change
Attachments:
Attachment A - Proposed Family Law Section Bylaw Change
B. Extension of the State Bar Affinity Life Insurance Program Agreement - Proposed Approval (JAN 153) (Starr Babcock, Gerry Goldsholle) ***
III. Action
Extension of the State Bar Affinity Life Insurance Program Agreement
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Charge of the Committee on Group Insurance ProgramsAttachment 2 - Roster of the Committee on Group Insurance Programs
C. State Bar Rules, Title 3, Division 2, Lawyer Assistance Program Rules: Return from Public Comment (JAN 154) (Richard Carlton, Janis Thibault) ***
III. Action
State Bar Rules, Title 3, Division 2, Lawyer Assistance Program Rules: Return from Public Comment
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Council on Access and Fairness: Annual Report and Recommendation regarding State Bar Appointments Process (Patricia Lee)
IV. Discussion/Information
Council on Access and Fairness: Annual Report and Recommendation regarding State Bar Appointments Process
V. Reports
A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging Applications
B. CYLA Status Report (Micha Liberty)(Oral report)
C. Staff Report on Appointments Office (Karen Hagelund)(Oral report)
D. Helping Lawyers in a Down Economy - Report on November 13, 2009 Board Planning Session Breakout Topic IV
V. Reports
Helping Lawyers in a Down Economy
Closed Session

I. Consent **
A. Criminal Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Member (JAN 6011) (Phyllis Culp) ***
B. Council on Access and Fairness, Interim Appointment of Members (JAN 6012) (Patricia Lee) ***
II. Action **
A. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, Reappointment of Member (JAN 6021) (Heidi Schwab Wilhelmi) ***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda *
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.

*** On the Board of Governors agenda for January 9, 2010.