Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 17, 2009
(Following Member Oversight)
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), 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. Proposed Modification to Justice Gap Fund Protocols: Approval to Release for Public Comment
II. Consent
Proposed Modification to Justice Gap Fund Protocols: Approval to Release for Public Comment
III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items** (JULY 162) (Anthony Williams)
B. Judicial Council Commission for Impartial Courts Final Report— Authorization for Comments from Council on Access & Fairness* (JULY 163) (Luis Rodriguez, Chair, Council on Access & Fairness; Patricia Lee)
III. Action
Judicial Council Commission for Impartial Courts Final Report-- Authorization for Comments from Council on Access & Fairness
Attachments:
Attachment A: COAF Proposed CommentsAttachment B: CIC Final Draft Report
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Discussion of Work of Judicial Council Elkins Family Law Task Force (Justice Laurie Zelon; Sharon Ngim)
B. Presentation on Status of Legal Aid Programs (Barbara Johnson, Chair, Legal Services Trust Fund Commission; Toby Rothschild, General Counsel, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles; Hellen Hong, Executive Director, Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice; Mary Lavery Flynn)
IV. Discussion/Information
Presentation on Status of Legal Aid Programs
Attachments:
Attachment A: Dear Colleague LetterAttachment B: Fact Sheet on role of legal aid in the recovery effort
C. Council on Access and Fairness Status Report (Luis Rodriguez, Chair, Council on Access & Fairness; Patricia Lee)
IV. Discussion/Information
Council on Access and Fairness Status Report
Attachments:
Attachment A: Council on Access & Fairness InitiativesAttachment B: Council on Access & Fairness Vision StatementAttachment C: Council on Access & Fairness Program Outline Feedback
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Governmental Affairs** (JULY 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.