Volunteer Involvement
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 16, 2009
9:00 AM - (*)(+)
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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, John Dutton at (530) 885-1906. 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, Paul Kramer, Jr., Jim Hussey, Angela Davis, William Hebert, Micha Liberty, Jon Streeter, Michael Tenenbaum.
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.

* The Audit Committee will convene at the conclusion of VIC's Thurs., 9:00 AM Meeting

+ If necessary, VIC will reconvene from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. on July 17 to conclude consideration of the agenda Items. 

Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent

None


III. Action
None

IV. Discussion/Information
A. Appiontment Review Process (Karen Hagelund)  (Oral report)
V. Reports
None

A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging Applications (if any) (John Dutton)  (Oral report)
Closed Session
9:00
I. Consent
A. Fee Arbitration Department—Appointment of New Arbitrators (JULY 6011)
(Jill Sperber) ***
B. California Indian Legal Services (CILS)—Annual Appointment of Attorney
Members to the Board of Directors (JULY 6012) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
C. Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC)—Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (JULY 6013) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
D. Law School Council—Annual Appointment of Members (JULY 6014) (Gayle Murphy) ***
II. Action
A. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation—Annual Appointment of Officers and Members  (JULY 6021)  (John Dutton, Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi, Karen Hagelund) ***
B. Review Committee, JNE Commission—Annual Appointment of Chair and Member (JULY 6022)  (John Dutton, Karen Hagelund) ***
C. LAP Oversight Committee—Annual Appointment of Chair and Members
(JULY 6023) (John Dutton, Karen Hagelund) ***
D. Standing, Special, and Section Executive Committees—2009-2010 Annual
Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II  (JULY 6024)  (John Dutton, Karen Hagelund) ***
E. Center for Civic Education Board of Directors—Appointment of Two Members of the Board of Governors  (JULY 6025)  (John Dutton, Karen Hagelund) ***
F. Loren Miller Legal Services Award—Selection of 2009 Recipient  (JULY 6026) (Pat Lee, Sharon Ngim) ***
G. President’s Pro Bono Service Awards—Selection of 2009 Recipients  (JULY 6027) (Pat Lee, Sharon Ngim) ***
H. Bernard E. Witkin Medal Award—Selection of 2009 Recipient  (JULY 6028) (Robert Hawley) ***
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 Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.

*** On Board of Governors' agenda for July 17, 2009