Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 12, 2011
3:45 P.M. - 5:00 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, Saul Bercovitch at (415) 538-2306 or Chair, Jon Streeter at (415) 676-2249. 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: Wells Lyman, Lowell Carruth, Alec Chang, Jeannine English, Karen Goodman, Cheryl Hicks, Patrick Kelly, Dennis Mangers, Gwen Moore.
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
None

III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items - Legislative (May 162) (Jennifer Wada; Saul Bercovitch)
B. State Bar Rules Title 6 Proposed Revisions to Conform to Bagley Keene: Release for Public Comment (Starr Babcock; Dina Goldman)
III. Action
Memo: Proposed Revisions to State Bar Rules Title 6, Division 2, Chapters 1 and 2
Attachments:
Redline Version Title 6 Governance, Division 2, Meetings
C. Commission of Judicial Nominees Evaluation: 2010 Activities and Statistical Report: Proposed Receipt for Filing (May 54-161) (Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi)
III. Action
54-161 MAY 11 JNE Statistical Report
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Lending A Helping Hand To Veterans: Proposed Initiative (Jon Streeter; Karen Goodman; Wells Lyman)
B. Foreclosure Projects (Rodney Low; Suzan Anderson)
IV. Discussion/Information
Foreclosure Projects
C. Council on Access & Fairness Items (Patricia Lee)
IV. Discussion/Information
Cover Memo
Attachments:
State Bar Statement of Diversity PrinciplesCouncil on Access & Fairness 2011 InitiativesSummary of Comments and Discussion from Bar Exam Preparation Experts Focus GroupSummary of Comments and Discussion from Law School Focus Groups
D. Annual Reports from Committees and Commission for Oversight Purposes (Saul Bercovitch)
IV. Discussion/Information
Annual Reports from Committees and Commissions

1. Committee on Administration of Justice

2. Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution

3. Committee on Appellate Courts

4. Committee on Federal Courts

V. Reports
A. Office of Legal Services Report (Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Report on the Legal Services Trust Fund (Stephanie Choy)
Closed Session

I. Consent
None

II. Action
None

III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to State Bar Rules Title 6 Proposed Revisions to Conform to Bagley Keene: Release for Public Comment

Advice of Counsel pertaining to other items on the open agenda

IV. Discussion/Information
None

V. Reports
None

* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.