Board Committee on Member Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 11, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 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), Laila Bartlett at (415) 538-2232 or Chair, Marguerite Downing at (213) 974-6596. 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.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Appointment of an Evaluation Subcommittee for the application of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., for accreditation of its certification program in DUI Defense Law
II. Consent
A. Members' Request for Adjustments to Fees and Penalties that Have Been considered by the Membership Liaisons and Deemed that Good Cause Exists to Grant the Requests-Proposed Action (Matthew Butler, Holly Fujie, Howard Miller) (May 54-131)***
B. Board of Legal Specialization- Annual Report (Phyllis Culp) (May 54-132)***
C. California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA)- Annual Report (Patricia Lee and Carol Madeja) (May 54-133)***
D. Insurance Programs - Annual Report (Starr Babcock) (May 54-134)***
III. Action
A. National Board of Trial Advocacy’s (NBTA) Certification Program in Social Security Disability Law - Proposed Legal Specialization Accreditation (Phyllis J. Culp) (May 135)***
B. Legal Specialization Rules and Standards- Proposed Revisions- Request for Public Comment (Phyllis J. Culp) (MOC IIIB)
C. Admiralty and Maritime Law - Proposed Standards for Certification and Recertification in Request for Public Comment (Phyllis J. Culp) (MOC IIIC)
D. California Attorney Standards of Civility and Professionalism- Request for Public Comment (Mary Yen, Dean Dennis) (MOC IIID)
E. Adoption of Rule of Court 9.8 to Require Online Registration by Attorneys- Request for Public Comment (Larry Doyle) (MOC IIIE)
F. Intellectual Property Law Section Bylaw Request for Change - Increase the Maximum Number of Executive Committee Members (Pamela Wilson)(May 136)***
G. Affinity Administrator of Member Benefits and Services - Approval of Contract with Successful Bidder (Starr Babcock) (May 137)***
IV. Discussion / Information
None
V. Reports
A. Member Services Update (Starr Babcock)
*** On Board of Governor's agenda for May 11, 2007
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
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel