Member Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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), Laila Bartlett at (415) 538-2232 or Chair, James Penrod at (415) 442-1535. 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: Patricia White, George Davis, Richard Frankel, Howard Miller, John Peterson, Richard Rubin, Jim Hussey.
Committee Members: Patricia White, George Davis, Richard Frankel, Howard Miller, John Peterson, Richard Rubin, Jim Hussey.
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.
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.
Open Session
| I. Chair's Report |
| Oral Report |
| II. Consent |
| A. | Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and Penalties that Has Been Considered by the Membership Liaisons, Who Deemed that Good Cause Exists to Grant the Request (54-131) II. Consent Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and Penalties that Has Been Considered by the Membership Liaisons, Who Deemed that Good Cause Exists to Grant the Request (54-131) |
| III. Action |
| A. | Proposed Bylaw Change for the Trusts and Estates Section (Tricia Horan) (54-132) III. Action Proposed Bylaw Change for the Trusts and Estates Section (54-132) |
| B. | Legal Specialization, Franchise and Distribution Law - Proposed Alternative to written examination- Return from Public Comment (Phyllis Culp) (JULY 133) III. Action Legal Specialization, Franchise and Distribution Law - Proposed Alternative to written examination- Return from Public Comment Attachments: Attach_A_Revised Standards for Certification and Recertification in Franchise & Distribution Law |
| C. | Establishment of a Consulting Group to Create Certification Standards for a New Specialty in Legal Malpractice Law Within the Legal Specialization Program (Phyllis Culp) (JULY 134) III. Action Establishment of a Consulting Group to Create Certification Standards for a New Specialty in Legal Malpractice Law Within the Legal Specialization Program |
| D. | Proposed New Rule of Court 9.7 (Online Reporting by Attorneys) Request for Public Comment (Mary Yen) (MOC IIID) III. Action Proposed new Rule of Court 9.7 (Online Reporting by Attorneys) Request for Public Comment Attachments: California Rules of Court Proposed Rule 9.7 (July 11, 2008) |
| E. | Creation of a Task Force on Transition Planning (Judy Johnson and Richard Carlton) (JULY 30-1) III. Action Creation of a Task Force on Transition Planning |
| F | Sustainable Practice Task Force- Request for Public Comment (Teri Greenman) (MOC IIIF) III. Action Sustainable Practice Task Force- Request for Public CommentAttachments: Agenda Item MARCH 142: Creation of a State Bar Task Force on Sustainable PracticeRoster of the State Bar of California Task Force on Sustainable PracticeState Bar of California Lawyers Eco-Pledge and Law Office Sustainability Policy |
| G. | State Bar of California Web site Advertising Policy (Mark Torres Gil and Cynthia Abramov) (JULY 135) III. Action State Bar of California Web site Advertising PolicyAttachments: Attachment 1 - State Bar Web Advertising Policy (current)Attachment 2 - State Bar Web Advertising Policy (proposed) |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| A. | Proposed Rule 9.6 Board Policy on Removal of One-time Only Fee Suspensions from the State Bar of California Web site (Starr Babcock) (JULY 30-2) IV. Discussion/Information Termination of Policy to Publish Non-Disciplinary Quasi-Regulatory Suspensions from the State Bar of California Web siteAttachments: California Rule of Court, 9.6 |
| B. | Lawyer Assistance Program Demographics, Overall Impression, and Results Participation (Janis Thibault and Richard Carlton) (MOC IV B) IV. Discussion/Information Lawyer Assistance Program Demographics, Overall Impression, and Results Participation |
| V. Reports |
Closed Session
| I. Consent |
| II. Action |
| III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| V. Reports |