Board of Trustees Meeting
Agenda

The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Friday, May 12, 2017
9:00 AM

Call in number ~ 855-520-7605 ~ conference code ~ 9265512

2050 Main Street, Suite 100, Irvine, CA
2445 Capitol Street, Suite 150, Fresno, CA

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, . 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.
For meetings of the Board and Board Committee(s), the Board of Trustees meeting may commence at the conclusion of the Board Committee meeting(s). For meetings scheduled to take place over multiple days, items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day. All times indicated and the order of business are approximate and subject to change.
Closed Session

1000 Minutes
March 9 & 10, 2017 Closed Minutes [regular meetings]
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5 (a)(1)-(8))
6000 Appointments
6010 Closed Consent

6011 Section Executive Committee and California Board of Legal Specialization 2017-2018 Annual Appointments of Officers and Members
6020 Closed Appointments

6021 American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates, Annual Appointment of Members
6022 Judicial Council, Annual Appointment of Members
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a)(7))
7000 Section
7001 Collective Bargaining*
* Closed Pursuant Government code § 11126(c)(17)
7002 Dunn v. State Bar Case No. BC563715 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Nov. 13, 2014)*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7003 Layton v. State Bar Case No. BC615241 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Mar. 28, 2016)*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7004 Oehler v. State Bar Case No. BC610699 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed Feb. 17, 2016)*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7005 Noonen v. State Bar Case No. BC625085 (L.A. Super. Ct., filed June 24, 2016)*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7006 Sander v. State Bar*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7007 Obbard v. State Bar, et al.*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
7008 Scheer v. State Bar*
*Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code § 6026.5 (a)(1) and Government Code § 11126 (e)(1)
Open Session

1 Guest Section
Call For Public Comment
10 Minutes
March 9, 2017 Open Minutes [regular meeting]
March 10, 2017 Open Minutes [regular meeting]
30 President's Report
30-1 Appointment to the Board Executive Committee
30-2 2017 - 2018 Meeting Schedule
40 Staff Reports
41 Executive Director

A. Update on Communications’ Projects / Website (Farmer)
B. California Young Lawyers Association Report (Kyle Nageotte)
C. Dashboard Updates
42 Secretary

A. Announcement of Candidates for President, Vice President and Treasurer of the State Bar (Parker)
50 Consent Agenda
54 - 141 2017 First Quarter Financial Report (Wong)
54 - 181 2016 Audited Financial Statement, Sections' Revenue and Expenditure Statement and Mandatory Fee Statement (Wong)
100 Reports of Board Committees
110 Board Executive Committee

None
120 Regulation and Discipline Committee

121 Evaluation of the State Bar and the DOJ’s retention of applicant fingerprint records and the impact on criminal complaint monitoring (Grandt)
130 Admissions and Education Committee

131 Proposed amendments to the Legal Specialization Rules re the appointment process of Board of Legal Specialization’s Advisory Commissions (Leonard)
2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 1.c.
132 Consistency Project - Proposed adoption of amendments to the State Bar Rules regarding law corporations - return from public comment (Bercovitch)
140 Planning and Budget Committee

None
160 Stakeholders and Access to Justice Committee

161 Letter of Support for Legal Services Corporations Funding
2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 4.a.
162 Amendment of Disclaimer Language for Legislative Letters
180 Audit Committee

None
700 Miscellaneous - Not from a Board Committee
701 2017 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force Report (Parker)
2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 1.c., 1.d., 1.e.
702 Bills of Interest to the State Bar (Wada)
2017-2022 Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives : 5.a.
703 Proposed Amended Rule 5-110 of the Rules of Professional Conduct – Consideration following Action by the Supreme Court (Difuntorum)
704 Chief Financial Officer Report (Wong)
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