Board Committee on Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 19, 2007
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Fairmont Miramar Hotel Santa Monica
Wilshire Rooms I and II
101 Wilshire Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 576-7777

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, James Scharf at (408) 535-5044. 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

(Scharf) I. Chair's Report
II. Consent
A. Request for Approval of Proposed Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Placer County Bar Association (Sperber) [July 54-121]
B. Request for Approval of Proposed Revisions To The Rules For Conduct Of Arbitration of Fee Disputes and Other Related Matters by the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Sperber) (July 54-122)
C. Request for Approval Of Proposed Rules of Procedure For Fee Arbitrations by the Beverly Hills Bar Association (Sperber) (July 54-123)
D. Proposed Revisions To The "Notice Of Your Rights After Fee Arbitration" Form -- Request For Release For Public Comment (Sperber)
E. Proposed Amendments To Rule 9.30, California Rules Of Court, Re:  Registration Of Unaccredited And Correspondence Law Schools -- Request For Release For Public Comment (Murphy)
F. Commission For The Revision Of The Rules Of Professional Conduct:  Proposed Amendments To The Rules Of Professional Conduct Of The State Bar Of California -- Request For Release For Public Comment (Difuntorum)
III. Action
A. Proposed Amendments To The Rules Regulating Admission To Practice Law In California Re:  Elimination Of Late Registration Fee.  Request For Adoption Following Public Comment  (Murphy) (July 124)
B. Proposed Rules For The Registration Of Unaccredited And Correspondence Law Schools.  Request For Adoption Following Public Comment.(Murphy) (July 125)
C. Proposed Amendments To The Rules Regulating Admission To Practice Law In California Re:  Qualification of Foreign-Educated Applicants For Admission To Practice Law In California.  Request For Adoption Following Public Comment. (Murphy) (July 126)
D. Interim Plan for Consideration of Resignations with Charges Pending (Drexel) (July 127)
E. Proposed Revisions To Paragraph 13 Of The State Bar's Guidelines And Minimum Standards For The Operation Of Mandatory Fee Arbitration Programs - Request For Adoption Following Public Comment Period And Approval Of Model Rule 14.4, Model Rules Of Procedure For Fee Arbitrations. (Sperber) (July 128)
IV. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
B. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
C. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Drexel)
D. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Drexel)
E. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Drexel)
F. Status Report from the Office of Probation (Drexel)
G. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum)
Closed Session

I. Action

A. Chief Trial Counsel Performance Review (Hawley) (materials to be distributed under separate cover)**
B. Proposed Resignation with Disciplinary Charges Pending of Elroy Richard Giddens, Member No. 50589 (July 3129) (Drexel)***
II. Reports
A. Report of Special Examiner on Complaint Involving Moral Character Proceeding (Hawley) ***
III. Advice of Counsel on Open Session Agenda Items*
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel
** Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. § 6026.5(d) to consider personnel matters
***Closed Per Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider disciplinary investigations and proceedings, including resignations with disciplinary investigations or proceedings pending