Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 20, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 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), Mary Flynn at 415-538-2251 or Chair, Bonnie Dumanis at (619) 531-4114. 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: Rex Heinke, Paul Kramer, Jr., Laura Chick, William Gailey, Richard Rubin, Jeannine English, James Aguirre, Joseph Chairez, Micha Liberty.
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
There are no consent agenda items.

III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items** (NOVEMBER 162) (Anthony Williams)
B. Consideration/Approval of Proposed State Bar Sponsored Legislation** (NOVEMBER 163) (Anthony Williams)
III. Action
NOVEMBER 163 Consideration/Approval of Proposed State Bar Sponsored Legislation
C. Consideration/Approval of Proposed State Bar Section Sponsored Affirmative Legislative Proposals** (NOVEMBER 164) (Saul Bercovitch)
III. Action
NOVEMBER 164 Consideration/Approval of State Bar Section Sponsored Affirmative Legislative Proposals
D. Title 3, Rules 3.60 – 3.92 of the Rules of the State Bar, re Legal Services Trust Fund Program Request Release of Revised Rules for 45-day Public Comment Services (Stephanie Choy)
III. Action
Title 3, Rules 3.60 - 3.92 of the Rules of the State Bar, re Legal Services Trust Fund Program Request Release of Revised Rules for 45-day Public Comment
Attachments:
III(D) Attachment 1: Proposed Trust Fund Program RulesIII(D) Attachment 2: Proposed Trust Fund Program Rules (redlined)III(D) Attachment 3: Summary of public commentsIII(D) Attachment 4: Written public comments
E. Legal Services Trust Fund Program - Request to Release for Public Comment Proposed Supreme Court Rule Defining “Eligible Institutions" (Stephanie Choy)
III. Action
Legal Services Trust Fund Program - Request to Release for Public Comment Proposed Supreme Court Rule Defining “Eligible Institutions”
Attachments:
III(E) Attachment 1 Business and Professions Code Section 6210 et seq.III (E) Attachment 2: 1981 Supreme Court OrderIII (E) Attachment 3: Proposed rule released for public comment in November 2007III (E) Attachment 4: 2008 Supreme Court Order rescinding its 1981 OrderIII (E) Attachment 5: Proposed Supreme Court Rule 9, which is requested to be released for public comment
F. Education Pipeline Award (Council on Access & Fairness) – proposed approval** (NOVEMBER 165) (Patricia Lee)
III. Action
November 165 Education Pipeline Award - Proposed Approval
Attachments:
November 165 Attachment-Education Pipeline Award Guidelines
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Consideration of Judicial Branch Issues (Anthony Williams; Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Report on AB 2301/Justice Gap Fund (Stephanie Choy; Mary Lavery Flynn)
C. Report on Pro Bono Summit (Patricia Lee; Sharon Ngim)
D. Advisory Committee Oversight/Work Plans (Saul Bercovitch; Mary Lavery Flynn)
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Governmental Affairs** (NOVEMBER 161) (Anthony Williams)
B. Report on Office of Legal Services, Access & Fairness Programs (Patricia Lee)
C. Report on Legal Services Outreach (Mary Lavery Flynn)
D. Report on Legal Services Trust Fund Program (Stephanie Choy)
E. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
F. Report from the Office of Media & Information Services (Dean Kinley)
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
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.