Volunteer Involvement
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 21, 2011
3:15 - 5:00 p.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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Angela Davis at (213) 894-3456. 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: Micha Liberty, Cheryl Hicks, James Aguirre, Joseph Chairez, William Gailey, Patrick Kelly, Loren Kieve, Wells Lyman, Gretchen Nelson.
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
Oral Report
II. Consent
None
III. Action
54 - 151Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, Extension of Terms (JULY 54-151)  (Stephanie Choy) ***
IV. Discussion/Information
None.
V. Reports
A. Reports from Outreach and Discussion of Recruitment Efforts (if any)
B. Reports from Subcommittees (if any)
C. Board Committee Calendar (Angela Davis, Karen Hagelund) (Oral Report)
D. Staff Report on 2011 Applicant Pool (Karen Hagelund) (Oral Report)
Closed Session

I. Consent
A. Fee Arbitration Department, Appointment of New Arbitrators (JULY 6011) (Doug Hull) ***
B. Review Committee, Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE) Commission, Annual Appointment of Chair (JULY 6012) (Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi, Todd Irby) ***
C. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Annual Appointment of Chair  (JULY 6013) (Richard Carlton) ***
D. Law School Council, Annual Appointment of Members (JULY 6014) (Gayle Murphy) ***
E. Center for Civic Education (CCE) Board of Directors, ppointment of Two Members of the Board of Governors (JULY 6015) (Angela J. Davis, Karen Hagelund) ***
F. California Indian Legal Services (CILS), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (JULY 6016) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
II. Action
A. Section Executive Committees, 2011-2012 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6017) (Pam Wilson) ***
B. Standing and Special Committees, 2011-2012 Annual Appointment of Officers and Members, Part II (JULY 6021) (Karen Hagelund) ***
C. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE), Annual Appointment of Officers and Members (JULY 6022) (Heidi Schwab-Wilhelmi, Karen Hagelund) ***
D. Bernard E. Witkin Medal Award, Selection of 2011 Recipient (JULY 6023) (Robert Hawley) ***
E. Diversity Awards, Selection of 2011 Recipients (JULY 6024) (Patricia Lee) ***
F. Education Pipeline Award, Selection of 2011 Recipient (JULY 6025) (Patricia Lee) ***
G. Jack Berman Award, Selection of 2011 Recipient (JULY 6026) (Pam Wilson) ***
H. Loren Miller Legal Services Award, Selection of 2011 Recipient (JULY 6027)
(Mary Flynn) ***
I. President’s Pro Bono Service Awards, Selection of 2011 Recipients (JULY 6028)
(Mary Flynn)***
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.

*** On Board of Governors' agenda for July 22, 2011