Member Involvement Relations & Services
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 14, 2010
*
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), Francisco Gomez at (415) 538-2170, Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Paul Kramer, Jr. at (916) 654-5103. 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: Angela Davis, Cheryl Hicks, Patrick Kelly, Micha Liberty, Wells Lyman, Jon Streeter, Richard Rubin.
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.

* MIRS will meet at the conclusion of Audit
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
None
III. Action
A. Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers (Member Liaisons) (Paul Kramer) (MAY 54-151)
B. State Bar sponsored Life program, Term Premium Credit Increase (MAY 54-152)
C. Report and Filing with the California Supreme Court of the Board of Legal Specialization Annual Report (Gayle Murphy MAY 54-153)
D. Proposed Amendment to Standards for Certification in Admiralty and Maritime Law re Alternative to the Exam - Request to Circulate for Public Comment
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
A. JNE Review Committee - Status Report (Rubin)
B. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees/Encouraging Applications
C. CYLA Status Report (Micha Liberty) (Oral report)
D. Staff Report on Appointments Office (Karen Hagelund) (Oral report)
E. Staff Report on Legal Specialization Department (Oral)(Gayle Murphy)
Closed Session

I. Consent
A. Appointments to Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles -- Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (MAY 6011) (Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC)—Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (MAY 6012) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
II. Action
A. Section Executive Committees—2010-11 Annual Appointment of Members and Officers, Part I (MAY 6013) (Pam Wilson, Karen Hagelund) ***
B. Judicial Council, Annual Appointment of Member (MAR 6021) (Paul Kramer, Karen Hagelund) ***
C. Standing Committees and Special Committees, Boards and Commissions—2010-11 Annual Appointment of Members and Officers, Part I (MAY 6022) (Paul Kramer, Karen Hagelund) ***
D. Bernard E. Witkin Medal Award—Selection of 2010 Recipient (MAY 3151)
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.