Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sheraton Sacramento
Gardenia Room
1230 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 447-1700

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 (7 minutes)
B. Call for Public Comment
II. Action
A. Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform: Phase I Proposals for a Practical Skills Training Requirement - Request for release for public comment (Dunn) (15 minutes)
B. Proposed Creation of Licensed Legal Technicians Subcommittee (Hawley) (5 minutes)
C. Proposed Amendment to Rules of Procedure of the State Bar, rule 5.41, Authorizing “Notice Pleading” in Notice of Disciplinary Charges.  Request for Release for Public Comment (Kim) (10 minutes)
D. Modification of Board Policy Regarding Posting of Documents in State Bar Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings (Kim) [Back-to-Back item MARCH 123 ] (10 minutes)
E. Proposed Modifications to Clients Right to Arbitration Form (Hull) [Back-to-Back Item MAR 54-121] (5 minutes)
F. State Bar Rules, Title 3, Division 4, Chapter 2, Fee Arbitration (Hull) [Back-to-Back Item MAR 54-122] (5 minutes)
III. Information/Discussion
A. Client Security Fund - Financial Analysis (Van Horn) (15 minutes)
IV. Reports
A. Status report from Admissions (Murphy) (3 minutes)
B. Year-End Report from Committee of Bar Examiners (Murphy) (4 minutes)
C. Status Report from the Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum) (3 minutes)
D. Year-End Report from Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (Difuntorum/Merri Baldwin) (10 minutes)
E. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (7 minutes)
F. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong) (4 minutes)
G. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong) (3 minutes)
H. Status Report from the Office of Probation (Wong) (3 minutes)
I. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (4 minutes)
J. Year-End Report from the Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (3 minutes)
Closed Session

I. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
II. Action
A. Rule 2201 Investigation (Hawley) (5 minutes)***
* 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.