Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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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), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Richard Frankel at (925) 355-9800. 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: Michael Marcus, William Hebert, George Davis, John Dutton, Jeannine English, William Gailey, Rex Heinke, Jim Hussey, Angela Davis.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

*** This meeting will commence at the conclusion of the Planning, Program Development and Budget Committee Meeting.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Revisions to the "Notice of Your Rights After Arbitration" form.  Request for release for further public comment (Sperber)
B. Approval of proposed rules of procedure for fee arbitrations of the San Mateo County Bar Association (Sperber) (Back-to-back item 54-121)
C. Proposed amendments to the Rules Regulating the Accreditation of Law Schools in California updating requirements and conforming the language to the new State Bar rules standards. Request for release for public comment (Murphy)
D. Proposed amendments to the Rules Regulating the Admission to Practice Law in California updating requirements and conforming the language to the new State Bar rules standards. Request for release for public Comment. (Murphy)
III. Action
A. 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)
B. Proposed amendments to the State Bar’s Model Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations. Request for Release for Public Comment. (Sperber)
C. Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California to Allow Use of Judicial Council Subpoena Forms (Wong) (Back-to-back item 54-122)
D. Proposed Amendments to California Rules of Court and to the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California Regarding Resignations With Disciplinary Charges Pending (Drexel) (Back-to-back item 54-123)
E. Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation Process (Hawley) (Back-to-back item 111-124)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Reportable Actions (Drexel)
V. Reports
A. Advisory Committees Oversight/Workplans
B. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
C. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
D. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (S. Drexel)
E. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (S. Drexel)
F. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (S. Drexel)
G. Status Report from the Office of Probation (S. Drexel)
H. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum)
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
A. Resignation of Attorney Berneman with charges pending (Drexel) ***  (Back-to-back item March 3125 A)
(The times listed below are guidelines. The President reserves the right to adjust this schedule.)
B. Resignation of Attorney DeSmet with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 B)
C. Resignation of Attorney Hence with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 C)
D. Resignation of Attorney Hilligan with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 D)
E. Resignation of Attorney Kaplan with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 E)
F. Resignation of Attorney Knowles with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 F)
G. Resignation of Attorney Le with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 G)
H. Resignation of Attorney Nielsen with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 H)
I. Resignation of Attorney Part with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 I)
J. Resignation of Attorney Robertson with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 J)
K. Resignation of Attorney Schutmaat with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 K)
L. Resignation of Attorney Scott with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 L)
M. Resignation of Attorney Stevens with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 M)
N. Resignation of Attorney Visger with charges pending (Drexel) *** (Back-to-back item March 3125 N)
O. Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation Process (Hawley) (Back-to-back item 111-124)
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.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter.

*** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.