Planning, Program Development & Budget
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 6, 2008
1:30 PM - 3:00 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 (415) 538-2170 or Chair, Danni Murphy at (714) 834-2144. 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, Rex Heinke, William Hebert, Laura Chick, Jeannine English, Richard Frankel, John Peterson, Bonnie Dumanis, Richard Rubin.
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
A. January 2008 Board Planning Session - Report
B. State Bar Long-Range Strategic Plan
C. Appointment of Budget Subcommittee
II. Consent
A. Financial Statement; Investment Report; and Client Security Fund Report; for Quarter Ended December 31, 2007 (MARCH 51, 52 & 53)
II. Consent
Financial Statement; Investment Report; and Client Security Fund Report; for Quarter Ended December 31, 2007 (MARCH 51, 52 & 53)
Attachments:
2007 4Q Financial Statement2007 4Q Investment Report2007 4Q CSF Report
III. Action
A. Carryover of Budgeted Funds from 2007 to 2008 (MARCH 141)
III. Action
Carryover of Budgeted Funds from 2007 to 2008 (MARCH 141)
B. Creation of a State Bar Task Force on Sustainable Practice (MARCH 142)
III. Action
Creation of a State Bar Task Force on Sustainable Practice (MARCH 142)
C. Litigation Section - Expansion of International Education Program (MARCH 143)
III. Action
Litigation Section - Expansion of International Education Program (MARCH 143)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Status of State Bar of California Post Employment Retirement Welfare Benefit Trust Development – Richard Rubin, Chair, Investment Advisory Subcommittee (Oral Report)
(Investment Advisory Subcommittee will meet re Item IV. at 11:00 AM, on Thursday, March 6)
V. Reports
A. 2009 Advisory Committee Work Plans – Presentation by Lawyer Assistance Program
V. Reports
2009 Advisory Committee Work Plans
Attachments:
California Board of Legal SpecializationCalifornia Young Lawyers AssociationCommittee On Group Insurance ProgramsCommittee on Professional Liability InsuranceLawyer Assistance Program Oversight CommitteeCommittee of Bar ExaminersCommittee on Mandatory Fee ArbitrationCommittee on Professional Responsibility and ConductCommission for Revision of Rules of Professional ConductCalifornia Commission on Access to JusticeCommittee on the Administration of JusticeCommittee on Alternative Dispute ResolutionCommittee on Appellate CourtsCommittee on Federal CourtsCouncil on Access and FairnessLegal Services Trust Fund CommissionStanding Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services
Closed Session

I. Consent
None

II. Action
None

III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
None

Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None

V. Reports
None

* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.