Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 11, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 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), Mary Flynn at 415-538-2251 or Chair, M. Carmen Ramirez at 805-216-7362. 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.
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
None
III. Action
A. Immediate Action Items** (JULY 162) (Anthony Williams)
B. The State Bar's Emeritus Pro Bono Participation Program Rule - proposed amendment, following public comment period** (JULY 54-166) (Patricia Lee)
C. Title 3, Rules 3.60 – 3.92 of the Rules of the State Bar, re Legal Services Trust Fund Program - Request for 45-day Extension of Public Comment (Stephanie Choy)
D. Legal Services Trust Fund: Policy for “Comparably Conservative” IOLTA Accounts – proposed approval** (JULY 163) (Richard Odgers, Robert Hawley, Stephanie Choy)
E. Rules and Regulations of the State Bar of California, Article V. Meetings of the State Bar, Section 1 Annual Meeting – proposed amendment to permit the Annual Meeting to be held out of state, following public comment period** (JULY 164) (Tricia Horan)
F. Annual Meeting - Request for Information (RFI) and Interest in Sponsoring and Funding Key Events at Future State Bar Annual Meetings** (JULY 165) (Starr Babcock)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Consideration of Judicial Branch Issues (Anthony Williams, Mary Lavery Flynn)
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Governmental Affairs** (JULY 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 Media and Information Services (Dean Kinley)
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.