Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 15, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Karen Goodman at (916) 643-0600. 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: Craig Holden, Loren Kieve, Dennis Mangers, Pearl Mann, Gretchen Nelson, David Pasternak, Luis Rodriguez.
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
A. Oral Report (5 minutes)
B. Discipline Day
C. Call for Public Comment
II. Consent
A. State Bar Rules, Title 3, Division 4, Chapter 2, Fee Arbitration -Request for Release for Public Comment (Hull)
B. Proposed Amendment Accredited Law School Rules re Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Standard. Request for Release for Public Comment (Murphy)
III. Action
A. Proposed Amendment to Accredited Law School Rules re Minimum, Cumulative Bar Pass Rate. Request for Adoption Following Public Comment (Gayle Murphy) [Back-to-back item NOV 121] (15 Minutes)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct, Proposed Modifications, Oral Report re: (Babcock) (10 minutes)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy) (8 minutes)
B. Status Report from the Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum) (5 minutes)
C. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (10 minutes)
D. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong) (7 minutes)
E. Status Report from the Office of Probation (Wong) (2 minutes)
F. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong) (8 minutes)
G. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (5 minutes)
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
A. Item Regarding Rule 2201 Investigation (Hawley) (15 minutes)***
B. Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation (Hawley) (30 minutes) [Back-to-Back Item NOV 122] **
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 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter.

*** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.