Member Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 11, 2008
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.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), 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. Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and Penalties that Has Been
Considered by the Membership Liaisons, Who Deemed that Good Cause Exists to Grant the Request (54-131)
III. Action
A. Proposed Bylaw Change for the Trusts and Estates Section (Tricia Horan) (54-132)
B. Legal Specialization, Franchise and Distribution Law - Proposed Alternative to written examination- Return from Public Comment (Phyllis Culp) (JULY 133)
C. Establishment of a Consulting Group to Create Certification Standards for a New Specialty in Legal Malpractice Law Within the Legal Specialization Program (Phyllis Culp) (JULY 134)
D. Proposed New Rule of Court 9.7 (Online Reporting by Attorneys) Request for Public Comment (Mary Yen) (MOC IIID)
E. Creation of a Task Force on Transition Planning (Judy Johnson and Richard Carlton) (JULY 30-1)
F Sustainable Practice Task Force- Request for Public Comment (Teri Greenman) (MOC IIIF)
G. State Bar of California Web site Advertising Policy (Mark Torres Gil and Cynthia Abramov) (JULY 135)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Proposed Rule 9.6 Board Policy on Removal of One-time Only Fee Suspensions from the State Bar of California Web site (Starr Babcock) (JULY 30-2)
B. Lawyer Assistance Program Demographics, Overall Impression, and Results Participation (Janis Thibault and Richard Carlton) (MOC IV B)
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.