Stakeholder Relations
Notice and Agenda
Friday, March 2, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Mary Flynn at 415-538-2251, Saul Bercovitch at (415) 538-2306 or Chair, Wells Lyman at (619) 589-9984. 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: Lowell Carruth, Jeannine English, Alec Chang, Heather Rosing, Pearl Mann, Clark Gehlbach, Nancy Fineman, Samson Elsbernd.
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
A. Oral Report
B. Public Comment on Agenda Items
II. Consent
None.

III. Action
A. Legal Services Trust Fund - Set Amount for Distribution for 2012 - 2013 IOLTA Grants, Justice Gap Fund and Temporary Emergency Legal Services Fund (Mary Lavery Flynn)(MAR 54-161)
B. Consideration of Bills of Others (Jennifer Wada; Saul Bercovitch)(MAR 162)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. California Statewide Hearings on the Civil Justice Crisis (Joanne Caruso; Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Update on Proposed Board Initiative on Enhancing Legal Services Funding (Mary Lavery Flynn)
C. Update on Proposed Board Initiative on Pro Bono (Mary Lavery Flynn)
D. Update on Proposed Board Initiative on Expanding Legal Assistance to Seniors (Mary Lavery Flynn)
V. Reports
A. Office of Legal Services Report (Mary Lavery Flynn)
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.