Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Friday, March 6, 2009
8:00 - 9:00 a.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
A. Legal Services Trust Fund Program, Title 3, Rules 3.660 – 3.692 of the Rules of the State Bar: Return from Public Comment ** (MARCH 54-166)MARCH 54-166 LSTFP Proposed Approval following Public Comment PeriodMARCH 54-166 Att 1 Trust Fund Program Redline RulesMARCH 54-166 Att 2 Trust Fund Program Rules 28 Oct 08MARCH 54-166 Att 3 Summary of public commentsMARCH 54-166 Att 4 Public Comment March 2009 w letters
B. Mediation Week Recognition** (MARCH 54-167)MARCH 54-167 Mediation Week Recognition
III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items** (MARCH 162) (Anthony Williams)
B. Legal Services Trust Fund Program - Proposed Rule of Court and/or Legislative Amendment to IOLTA Statute – proposed approval following public comment period** (MARCH 163) (Stephanie Choy)MARCH 163 IOLTA-Proposed Approval following Public CommentMARCH 163 Att 1 B&P Code 6210-6228MARCH 163 Att 2 1981 Supreme Ct OrderMARCH 163 Att 3 Supreme Ct Order Rescinding its 1981 OrderMARCH 163 Att 4 IOLTA Court Rule 9 for Public CommentMARCH 163 Att 5 Notice of Public CommentMARCH 163 Att 6 J Rocket Memo to LSTFCMARCH 163 Att 7 Prop Amend B&P Code 6212 & 6213 (redlined)MARCH 163 Att 8 Summary of Public Comment slc
C. Legal Services Trust Fund Program – Set Amount for Distribution for 2009-2010 IOLTA Grants** (MARCH 54-165) (Stephanie Choy)MARCH 54-165 Set Amount for Distribution for 2009-2010 IOLTA Grants
D. Limited Scope Legal Assistance (“Unbundling”), Proposed Resolution to Encourage Expanded Focus on Unbundling as an Effective Delivery Model: Request to Circulate for Public Comment (Patricia Lee; Rodney Low; Bob Hawley)III D Agenda Item-Unbundling-Request to Release for Public CommentIII D ATTACHMENT A.PublicComment.HighlightedDraftIII D ATTACHMENT B-Summary of 2001 Recommendations
E. Consideration/Approval of Proposed State Bar Sponsored Legislation regarding Fee Arbitration** (MARCH 164) (Jill Sperber; Anthony Williams)MARCH 164 State Bar Legislative Proposals-Fee Arbitration
F. Diversity Awards Reception: Request for Change of Venue** (MARCH 54-168) (Patricia Lee)MARCH 54-168 Diversity Awards Reception-Request for Change of Venue
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. Annual Reports from Committees and Commissions for Oversight purposes: a. California Commission on Access to Justice b. Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services c. Council on Access & FairnessItem IV (C) 2008 Work Plan AssessmentsIV (C) (a) 2008 Annual Report-Commission on Access to JusticeIV (C) (b) 2008 Annual Report-SCDLSIV (C) (c) 2008 Annual Report-Council on Access & Fairness
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Governmental Affairs** (MARCH 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.