Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Friday, November 9, 2007
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Saul Bercovitch at (415) 538-2306 or Chair, M. Carmen Ramirez at 415-538-2170. 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: Rex Heinke, Paul Kramer, Jr., Matthew Butler, Laura Chick, William Gailey, Howard Miller, Richard Rubin, Jeannine English.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Diversity Pipeline Program Self-Evaluation Guidelines - proposed receipt for filing and distribution (NOVEMBER 54-165) (Patricia Lee)
III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items** (NOVEMBER 162) (Anthony Williams)
B. Consideration/Approval of State Bar Section-Sponsored Affirmative Legislative Proposals** (NOVEMBER 163) (Saul Bercovitch)
C. Comparable Rates on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts - Request to Petition the Court to Rescind Supreme Court Order pursuant to Statutes 1981, Chapter 789, Request for Interim Order to Implement AB 1723 (NOVEMBER 164) (Richard Odgers)**
D. Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Rules and Regulations and Proposed Rule of Court to Implement AB 1723 - Request to Release Proposed Revisions for Public Comment (Richard Odgers)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Consideration of Judicial Branch Issues (Anthony Williams, Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Advisory Committee Oversight/Work Plans (Saul Bercovitch)
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Governmental Affairs** (NOVEMBER 161) (Anthony Williams)
B. Report on Office of Legal Services, Access & Fairness Programs
(Patricia Lee)
C. Report on Legal Services Outreach (Mary Lavery Flynn)
D. Report on Legal Services Trust Fund Program (Stephanie Choy)
E. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
F. Report from the Office of Media & Information Services (Dean Kinley)
**On Board of Governors agenda for November 2007.
Closed Session

I. Consent
None

II. Action
None

III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda*
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.