TFARR: Recommendation B Working Group
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.**
The State Bar Of California
845 South Figueroa Street
Board Room, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
(213) 765-1000

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: David Balabanian, Dean Gregory Brandes, Hon. Steven Brick, Richard Burdge, Jr., Renee Chantler, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Hon. Karen Clopton, Laura Cohen, Glenda Corcoran, Scot Fishman, Erika Frank, Richard Frankel, Prof. Luz Herrera, Patrick Kelly, Dean Lisa Kloppenberg, Megan Knize, Prof. Shauna Marshall, Mairi McKeever, Marcella McLaughlin, David Pasternak, Ireneo Reus III, Robert Shives, Dean Deanell Tacha, Hernán Vera, Prof. Robert Weisberg, Prof. Charles Weisselberg, Patricia White, Dean Mitchel Winick, Dean Frank Wu.
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.

**A meeting of the Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform (TFARR) Phase II Implementation will commence upon the conclusion of the concurrent working group sessions.

Working Group B Members

Hernan Vera, Chair
Steven Brick
Renee Chantler
Laura Cohen
Glenda Corcoran
Scot Fishman
Luz Herrera
Patrick Kelly
Megan Knize
Mairi McKeever
David Pasternak
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
Call For Public Comment
II. Consent
None.
III. Action
None.
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Brief Review of March 10, 2014 Meeting
B. Continue Discussion on California’s Proposed Recommendation for 50 Hours Pro Bono/Modest Means Legal Services (Recommendation B)

 

  • Definition of Pro Bono
  • Definition of Modest Means
C. Identify Additional Data and Input Needed from Stakeholders and State Bar Staff re Proposed Recommendation B
D. Combined Discussion: Recommendation B and Recommendation C Working Groups: 
  • Overlap of 50 Hours Pro Bono/Modest Means Legal Services with 10 Hours Competency Training MCLE
E. Call For Public Comment
F. Next Steps and Assignments
V. Reports
None.
Closed Session

* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(h) for a joint meeting with another judicial branch agency under Article VI of the California Constitution.

None.