Legal Services, Pro Bono & Equal Access
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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), Mary Flynn at 415-538-2251 or Chair, Rex Heinke at (310) 229-1030. 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: Gwen Moore, James Aguirre, Lowell Carruth, Laura Chick, William Gailey, Cheryl Hicks, Wells Lyman, Jon Streeter, Richard Rubin.
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 LSC meeting will commence at the conclusion of the DOC meeting which begins at 1:00 p.m.
Open Session

(Heinke) I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Mediation Week Recognition (MARCH 54-161) (Saul Bercovitch)
(On Board of Governors Agenda for March 2010)
III. Action
A. Legal Services Trust Fund - Set  Amount for Distribution for 2010 - 2011 IOLTA Grants (MARCH 162) (Steven A. Nissen)(Stephanie Choy)
(On Board of Governors Agenda for March 2010)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Annual Report from Committees and Commissions for Oversight Purposes (Mary Lavery Flynn; Saul Bercovitch)

1. California Commission on Access to Justice

2. Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services

3. Committee on Administration of Justice

4. Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution

5. Committee on Appellate Courts

6. Committee on Federal Courts

V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Legal Services

1. Center on Access to Justice (Mary Lavery Flynn)

2. Legal Services Trust Fund Program (Stephanie Choy)(Steven A. Nissen)

B. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
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 Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.