Nominations and Appointments
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 18, 2013
4:00 - 5:00 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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Gretchen Nelson at (213) 622-6469. 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: Alec Chang, Nancy Fineman, Karen Goodman, Craig Holden, Pearl Mann, Luis Rodriguez, Heather Rosing.
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
(5 minutes)
Oral Report
Request for Public Comment
II. Consent
None
III. Action
(3 minutes)
A. State Bar Rule 3.54 (A) and B) Sections fo the State Bar, Executive Committee, Number of Members and Request for Adoption following Public Comment (JULY 151) (Pam Wilson)
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
(1 minute)
A. Annual Report from Council on Access and Fairness Regarding Outreach (Patricia Lee)
B. Staff Report Regarding the 2013 Applicant Pool (Karen Hagelund)
Closed Session

I. Consent *
(1 minute)
A. Law School Council, Annual Appointment of Members (JULY 6019A) (Gayle Murphy)
B. California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (JULY 6019B) (Mary Lavery Flynn)
II. Action *
(50 minutes)
A. Witkin Medal Award, Selection of 2013 Recipient (JULY 6011) (Robert Hawley)
B. Diversity Awards, Selection of 2013 Recipients (JULY 6012) (Patricia Lee)
C. Education Pipeline Award, Selection of 2013 Recipient (JULY 6013) (Patricia Lee)
D. Jack Berman Award, Selection of 2013 Recipient (JULY 6014) (Pam Wilson, Laila Bartlett)
E. Loren Miller Legal Services Award, Selection of 2013 Recipient (JULY 6015) (Mary Lavery Flynn)
F. President's Pro Bono Awards, Selection of 2013 Recipients (JULY 6016) (Mary Lavery Flynn)
G. Fee Arbitration Department, Appointment of New Arbitrators (JULY 6017) (Doug Hull)
H. Section Executive Committees, 2013-14 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6018) (Pam Wilson)
I. Standing and Special Committees, 2013-2014 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6021) (Gretchen Nelson, Karen Hagelund) 
J. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Annual Appointment of Chair and Members (JULY 6022) (Gretchen Nelson, Karen Hagelund, Richard Carlton)
K. 2014 Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE) Comission, Annual Appointment of Officers and Members (JULY 6023) (Gretchen Nelson, Karen Hagelund, Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi)
L. Review Committee of the Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission, Annual Appointment of Chair and Members (JULY 6024) (Gretchen Nelson, Karen Hagelund, Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi)
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.