Board of Trustees
and
Board Operations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 14, 2013
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.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, Luis Rodriguez at (415) 538-2276. 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: Joseph Dunn, Nancy Fineman, Craig Holden, Dennis Mangers, Pearl Mann, Gwen Moore, Heather Rosing, Mark Shem.
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
A. Referrals to Other Committees (3 mins)
B. Conflict of Interest Code for Designated Employees, Request to Release for Public Comment (Hawley) (5 mins)
C. State Bar Rules Revision, Non-Material Edit, Removal of Appendix C: Correspondence of Old Rules to New Rules By Number [NOV 54-112] (Babcock) (5 mins)
D. MOU Negotiations: Status/Potential Action [NOV 114] (Hawley) (5 mins)
E. Access Task Force: Authorize Creation of Special Committee To Conduct Access to Justice Study [NOV 115] (Rodriguez) (5 mins)
F. Coordination of Roles of Planning, Program Development & Budget Committee (PPDB) Chair and Treasurer [NOV 116] (Goldman) (10 mins)
G. Review and Approval of Possible Legislative Proposals Re Civics Education and Anti-Fraud Measures [NOV 117] (5 mins)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Board Operations Orientation - Overview (5 mins)
B. Follow Up Discussion Re Financial Resolution (Goldman) (5 mins)
C. Executive Director Performance Evaluation [NOV 113] (Hawley)
D. Chief Trial Counsel Performance Evaluation (Hawley)
V. Reports
A. Amendments to Oath Required Upon Admission to Practice Law - Request to Release for Public Comment – Report of Action Taken August 30, 2013, by the Board Committee on Operations on Behalf of the Board Between Meetings [NOV 54-111] (Dunn/Greenman) (2 mins)
Closed Session

I. Consent
None.
II. Action
A. Executive Director Performance Evaluation (re Open Item NOV 113) (Hawley) (30 mins)  **
III. Discussion/Information
A. Discussion Re Personnel Investigation (Dunn/Hawley) (5 mins)**
IV. Reports
A. Litigation Report for 2013, Overview of Current Cases (Babcock) (30 mins) *
B. Report on Settlement of Workers’ Compensation 132 (a) Claim (Grunberg) (5 mins) *
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(a) to consult with counsel concerning pending or prospective litigation.

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

*** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(2) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding union or labor matters.

**** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.