Board of Trustees
and
Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 18, 2013
1:00 - 3:00
The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Karen Goodman at (916) 643-0600. 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: Craig Holden, Loren Kieve, Dennis Mangers, Pearl Mann, Gretchen Nelson, David Pasternak, Luis Rodriguez.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report (3 minutes)
B. Call for Public Comment (1 minute) (Goodman)
II. Action
A. Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform: Phase I Proposals for a Practical Skills Training Requirement - Request for release for public comment (Jon Streeter) (15 minutes)
II. Action
Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Phase I Agenda Item
Attachments:
Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Phase I Report FINALTask Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Phase I Report ATT1Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Phase I Report ATT2Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Phase I Report ATT3
B. Limited License Working Group Report: Receive Recommendation And Possible Future Course Of Action (Holden) (15 minutes)
II. Action
Limited License Working Group Report: Receive Recommendation And Possible Future Course Of Action
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - RAD Subcommittee Working Group to Explore Licensed Legal Technicians - March 7, 2103Attachment 2 - Working Group Recommendation Support of Limited License Program and Possible Governance Structures - June 17, 2013
C. Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct, Proposed Modifications. Request for Release for Public Comment (Rick Zanassi, Rachel Grunberg, Starr Babcock) (10 minutes)
II. Action
Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct
Attachments:
StandardsStandards Comparison Chart
D. Request for Policy Expansion of OCTC's Ability to Post Consumer Alerts on the Web. Request For Release For Public Comment. (Kim) (5 minutes)
II. Action
Request for Policy Expansion of OCTC's Ability to Post Consumer Alerts (corrected)
E. Suspension For Failure To Comply With Child Or Family Support Order Request for adoption following public comment. [Back-to-Back item July 54-121] (Diloreto, Babcock) (3 minutes)
II. Action
Suspension For Failure To Comply With Child Or Family Support Order
Attachments:
Suspension For Failure To Comply With Child Or Family Support Order ATT 1Suspension For Failure To Comply With Child Or Family Support Order ATT 2
F. Refusal-of-Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency (AB 1424, Stats. 2011, Ch. 455). Request for adoption following public comment. [Back-to-Back item July 122] (Diloreto, Murphy, Babcock) (3 minutes)
II. Action
Refusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency
Attachments:
Refusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency ATT 1 Proposed Rule Of courtRefusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency ATT 2 Proposed New State Bar RuleRefusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency ATT 3 Proposed modification to rule 4.15Refusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency B&P Code section 494.5Refusal of Admission and Suspension for Tax Delinquency Public Comment
G. Chief Trial Counsel Performance Evaluation Procedure (Hawley) (7 minutes) [Back-to-Back Item July 123]
II. Action
Chief Trial Counsel Review Process
Attachments:
Chief Trial Counsel Review ATT 1Chief Trial Counsel ATT 2
H. Proposed Modification of Monterey County Bar's Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Hull) (2 minutes)
II. Action
Monterey County Bar Modification to Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations
Attachments:
Monterey County Bar Modification to Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations ATT AMonterey County Bar Modification to Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations ATT B
I. Committee of Bar Examiners’ Recommendation to Modify Bar Examination
III. Discussion/Information
A. Presentation by State Bar Court on Evaluation of Modification of Rules of Procedure. (Judge Joann Remke) (10 minutes)
B. Military spouses practicing in California: approaches to fulfilling the Bar’s mission of public protection. (Mary Reding) 10 minutes
III. Discussion/Information
Military spouses practicing in California: approaches to fulfilling the Bar’s mission of public protection
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Executive Summary for the Rules, Admissions, and Discipline Committee of the State Bar Board of TrusteesAttachment 2 - Draft Military Spouse Admission Rule
IV. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy) (7 minutes)
IV. Reports
Admissions Status Report
B. Status Report from Professional Competence (Tuft) (5 minutes)
IV. Reports
Competence Status Report
C. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (5 minutes)
IV. Reports
Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel
D. Status Report from State Bar Court (Wong) (5 minutes)
IV. Reports
Status Report from State Bar Court
E. Status Report from Probation (Wong) (1 minute)
IV. Reports
Probation Status Report
F. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (1 minute)
IV. Reports
Fee Arbitration Status Report
Closed Session

I. Discussion/Information
A. State Bar Court Judicial Staffing (Hawley) (7 minutes)*
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.