Nominations and Appointments
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 19, 2012
3:00 - 4:00 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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Clark Gehlbach at (916) 543-8000. 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: Gretchen Nelson, Alec Chang, Pearl Mann, Patrick Kelly, Nancy Fineman, George Davis, Karen Goodman, Samson Elsbernd.
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
Call for Public Comment
II. Consent
None
III. Action
None
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
A. Reports from Outreach and Discussion of Recruitment Efforts (if any)
B. Staff Report Regarding the 2012 Applicant Pool (Karen Hagelund)
Closed Session

I. Consent
A. Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC) Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Attorney Members (JULY 6011) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
B. Law School Council, Annual Appointment of Members (JULY 6012) (Gayle Murphy) ***
C. Center for Civic Education (CCE) Board of Directors, Appointment of Two Members of the Board of Trustees (JULY 6013) (Karen Hagelund) ***  WITHDRAWN
D. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Annual Appointment of Chair and Members (JULY 6014) (Richard Carlton) ***
II. Action
A. Fee Arbitration Department, Appointment of New Arbitrators (JULY 6015) (Doug Hull) ***
B. Section Executive Committees, 2012-2013 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6016) (Pam Wilson) ***
C. Standing and Special Committees, 2012-2013 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6021) (Karen Hagelund) ***
D. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE), Annual Appointment of Officers and Members (JULY 6022) (Clark Gehlbach, Karen Hagelund, Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi) ***
E. Review Committee, Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE) Commission, Annual Appointment of Chair and Member (JULY 6023) (Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi, Karen Hagelund) ***
F. Bernard E. Witkin Medal Award, Selection of 2012 Recipient (JULY 6024) (Robert Hawley) ***
G. Diversity Awards. Selection of 2012 Recipients (JULY 6025) (Patricia Lee) ***
H. Education Pipeline Award, Selection of 2012 Recipient (JULY 6026) (Patricia Lee) ***
I. Jack Berman Award, Selection of 2012 Recipient (JULY 6027) (Pam Wilson) ***
J. Loren Miller Legal Services Award, Selection of 2012 Recipient (JULY 6028) (Mary Lavery Flynn, Rodney Low) ***
K. President’s Pro Bono Service Awards, Selection of 2012 Recipients (JULY 6029) (Mary Lavery Flynn, Sharon Ngim)***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under Rule 6.55(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 Trustees' agenda for July 20, 2012