Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
845 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
San Francisco / Los Angeles / Conference Call
Notice and Agenda
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
845 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
San Francisco / Los Angeles / Conference Call
Conference Call: (844) 755-3516 - Conference code: 3072461093
Open Session
| I. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Examinations |
| A. | Proposed Guidelines for Allocation of Applicants, Production of Examination Statistics, and Law School Lists. Attachment “O-200.” (Amy Nuñez and Lisa Cummins) I. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Examinations O-200Attachments: Attacment AAttachment BAttachment CAttachment DAttachment EAttachment FAttachment GAttachment H |
| II. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Operations and Management |
| A. | Committee & Subcommittee Structure Under Bagley-Keene. (Destie Overpeck) II. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Operations and Management Bagley-KeeneAttachments: Letter from CALS Deans |
| B. | October 2017 First-Year Law Students’ Examination Cost Analysis. Attachment “O-300.” Receive and File. (Greg Shin) II. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Operations and Management O-300Attachments: Attachment |
| III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards |
| A. | Summaries of the 2017 Annual Compliance Reports Submitted by California Accredited Law Schools. Attachment “O-400.” Receive and File. (George Leal) III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards O-400Attachments: Attachment AAttachment B |
| B. | McMillan Academy of Law – Response to Notice of Noncompliance to Rules of Accreditation. Attachment “O-401.” Receive and File. (George Leal) III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards O-401Attachments: Attachment AAttachment B |
| C. | Report of Interim Inspection of American Institute of Law. Attachment “O-403.” Receive and File. (George Leal) III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards O-403Attachments: Attachment A |
| D. | John F. Kennedy University College of Law – Major Change Request re Opening Branch Campus in San Jose. Attachment “O-404.” (Alex Lawrence) III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards O-404Attachments: Attachment AMemo from Dean Palazollo, Lincoln Law School |
| E. | San Joaquin College of Law – Petition for Waiver of Non-Classroom Unit Limitations. Attachment “O-405.” (George Leal) III. REPORT FROM Subcommittee on Educational Standards O-405Attachments: Attachment A |
Closed Session
| I. REPORT FROM SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXAMINATIONS |
| A. | Affirmation Examination Petitions re July 2017 Bar Examination Applicants. Attachment “C-200.” (Lisa Cummins) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(3).] |
| B. | Affirmation Testing Accommodations Appeals. Attachment “C-201.” (Lisa Cummins) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(4).] |
| C. | Supplemental Testing Accommodations Appeals. Attachment “C-203.” (Lisa Cummins) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(4).] |
| D. | Technical Report on October 2017 First-Year Law Students’ Examination. Attachment “C-204.” Receive and File. (Lisa Cummins) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(3).] |
| II REPORT FROM SUBCOMMITTEE ON MORAL CHARACTER |
| A. | Informal Conference Recommendations. Attachment “C-500.” (Mark Torres-Gil) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(4).] |
| B. | Moral Character Determination Discussion. Attachment “C-501.” (Mark Torres-Gil) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(4).] |
| C. | Report back from State Bar Court Moral Character Determination Decisions. Attachment “C-502.” Receive and File. (Mark Torres-Gil) [Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code §6026.7(c)(4).] |
Adjourn
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