Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 2:30 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), Teri Greenman at (415) 538-2454 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: Hon. Steve Brick, Hon. Audrey Collins, George Davis, Matt Edling, Richard Frankel, Karen Goodman, Patrick Kelly, Loren Kieve, Wells Lyman, Dennis Mangers, Dean Shauna Marshall, James McManis, Steve Nissen, Heather Rosing, Robert Shives, Prof. Marjorie Shultz, Jill Switzer, Dean Deanell Tacha, Bill Vickrey, Patricia White, Alan Yochelson.
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
I. Background and Findings

  A. Past Studies

  B. Changes in the Profession 

  C. Forms of Practical Skills Training

II. Beyond the “Nuts-and-Bolts” of Law Practice: Inculcating the Values of Professionalism

A. The Inns of Court Model

B. New York’s Proposed 50-Hour Pro Bono Requirement

III. Cautionary Comments On Any New Practical Skills Requirement
IV. Task Force Recommendations For a Proposed Practical Skills Training Requirement
V. Reports
None.
Closed Session

* Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.