Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, March 3, 2011
4:00 - 5:00
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, 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. Legal Services Trust Fund - Set Amount for Distribution for 2011-2012 IOLTA Grants, Justice Gap Fund and Temporary Emergency Legal Services Fund (Stephanie Choy) (MAR 161)
B. Immediate Action Items - Legislative (Jennifer Wada; Saul Bercovitch)(MAR 162)
C. State Bar Rules Title 6 Proposed Revisions to Conform to Bagley Keene: Release for Public Comment
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Legislative Report (Jennifer Wada)
B. Judicial Branch Update (Jennifer Wada)
C. Annual Reports from Committees and Commission for Oversight Purposes (Mary Lavery Flynn; Patricia Lee)

1. California Commission on Access to Justice

2. Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services

3. Council on Access & Fairness

D. Lending a Helping Hand to Veterans: Proposed Initiative (Jon Streeter; Karen Goodman; Wells Lyman)
E. Developing New Methods of Outreach and Gathering Feedback Using the Internet (Jon Streeter)
V. Reports
A. Office of Legal Services Report (Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
C. Report from the Center on Access & Fairness (Patricia Lee)
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

A. Advice of Counsel re State Bar Rules Title 6 Proposed Revisions to Conform to Bagley Keene

B. Advice of Counsel on other items 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.