The State Bar’s Office of Access & Inclusion hosted its ninth annual Diversity Summit, bringing together more than 75 legal professionals—including legal aid organizations, government agencies, law schools, and private sector attorneys and employers.
The State Bar of California’s Legal Services Trust Fund Commission released its 2020–2024 impact report―Strengthening Legal Aid: Five Years of Strategic Investment―which details how the State Bar invested approximately $628 million through grant funds to strengthen California’s civil legal aid network and deliver over $1 billion in economic impact.
The State Bar of California convened the 2025 Veterans’ Legal Services Roundtable at its San Francisco office on September 26, bringing together more than 20 legal service providers, government agencies, and community advocate organizations dedicated to serving California’s veterans. Hosted by the State Bar’s Office of Access & Inclusion, the roundtable explored new and ongoing legal challenges facing veterans amid rapidly evolving federal policies and complex support systems.
The State Bar of California today released findings from its 2024 Justice Gap Study, revealing that the civil legal needs of Californians remain widespread and unmet at alarming rates—conditions that have worsened since the first California Justice Gap Study, completed in 2019.
The State Bar of California’s Annual Discipline Report for fiscal year (FY) 2023 (ADR) published today, includes for the first time a snapshot of the race/ethnicity and gender of disciplined attorneys.
The State Bar of California announced today a new paid summer Legal Aid Leaders Fellowship Program for 76 law school fellows. The State Bar’s Legal Services Trust Fund Commission awarded nearly $760,000 to 35 host legal aid providers.
The State Bar of California announced today that this year’s $308 billion State Budget will furnish more than $105 million in funding for access to justice efforts through the State Bar, supporting legal aid organizations that serve low-income Californians facing evictions and other forms of housing insecurity, mounting debt, and other legal problems. This supplements the more than $50.5 million in funds the State Bar plans to distribute for similar assistance from Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) earnings in 2023.
At its meeting on February 25, the State Bar Board of Trustees approved changes to the makeup and charter of the Closing the Justice Gap Working Group, responding to concerns raised by Legislative partners and other stakeholders.
The State Bar has selected the first 20 legal services organizations that will receive grants to hire provisionally licensed lawyers (PLLs) in 2021–2022.
At its meeting on March 19, the State Bar Board of Trustees heard and discussed updates on key State Bar initiatives addressing accountability, transparency, and access.
