Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, January 6, 2011
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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, Saul Bercovitch at (415) 538-2306 or Chair, Jon Streeter at (415) 676-2249. 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: Wells Lyman, Lowell Carruth, Alec Chang, Jeannine English, Karen Goodman, Cheryl Hicks, Patrick Kelly, Dennis Mangers, Gwen Moore.
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. State Bar Rule, Title 3 ( Programs & Services), Division 4 (Consumers), Chapter 3 - Lawyer Referral Services -- Return from Public Comment (Carol Madeja)(JAN 161)
B. Recommendations re US News and World Report - Law School Rankings (Patricia Lee, Craig Holden, Teri Cannon)(JAN 162)
C. Immediate Action Items - Legislative (Saul Bercovitch)(JAN 163)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Lending A Helping Hand To Veterans: Proposed Initiative (Jon Streeter; Karen Goodman; Wells Lyman)
B. Developing New Methods of Outreach and Gathering Feedback Using the Internet (Jon Streeter)
C. Report on the Subcommittee on the Elkins Family Law Task Force Final Report and Recommendations (Cheryl Hicks: Wells Lyman)
V. Reports
A. Legislative Report
B. Office of Legal Services Report (Mary Lavery Flynn)
C. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
D. Report from the Center on Access & Fairness, including Pre-Law Advisor Comments (Patricia Lee, Therese Leone)
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.