Member Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 16, 2008
10:30 AM
Meeting of the State Bar of California at
San Jose State University
150 E. San Fernando Street
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 2nd Floor, Rm. 255
San Jose, CA 95112

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Laila Bartlett at (415) 538-2232 or Chair, James Penrod at (415) 442-1535. 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: Patricia White, George Davis, Richard Frankel, Howard Miller, John Peterson, Richard Rubin, Jim Hussey.
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.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Members' Requests for Adjustments to Fees and / or Waivers - proposed approval (May 54-131)
III. Action
A. California Board of Legal Specialization 2007 Annual Report - receipt of report (May 54-132)
B. Rules Governing The State Bar of California Program for Certifying Legal Specialists - proposed amendments following public comment period (May 54-133)(Phyllis Culp)
C. Recommendation to The Supreme Court for Suspension of Members Delinquent in Payment of 2007 and 2008 State Bar Membership Fees, Penalties and / or Costs - proposed approval (May 54-134)
D. MCLE - Recommendation re Members in Non-compliance (May 54-135) (Dina DiLoreto)
E. Proposed Amendment to Section Rules, Title 3, Return from Public Comment (May 136)
F. Legal Specialization, Franchise and Distribution Law - Proposed Alternative to written examination- Request for Public Comment (Phyllis Culp)
G. Proposed Standards for Certification and Recertification in Admiralty and Maritime Law – Request for Additional Public Comment (Phyllis Culp)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. 2007 Advisory Committees Year-end Assessments - California Young Lawyers Association, Committee on Group Insurance Programs and Committee on Professional Liability Insurance (Staff)
V. Reports
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
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.