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, November 15, 2013
8:00 a.m.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committee(s), the Board of Trustees meeting will commence at the conclusion of the Board Committee meeting(s). All times indicated and the order of business are approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

1 Guest Section
Call For Public Comment
Special Guest Presentation
10 Minutes
July 19, 2013 minutes [regular meeting]
July 19, 2013 minutes [Special Board Meeting - Election]
October 12, 2013 minutes [special meeting]
October 13, 2013 [organizational meeting]
30 President's Report
30 - 1Discipline Standards Task Force
40 Staff Reports
41 Executive Director

Governmental Relations (Oral)
42 Secretary

50 Consent Agenda
54 - 111Amendments to Oath Required Upon Admission to Practice Law - Request to Release for Public Comment – Report of Action Taken August 30, 2013, by the Board Committee on Operations on Behalf of the Board Between Meetings
54 - 112State Bar Rules Revision, Non-Material Edit, Removal of Appendix C: Correspondence of Old Rules to New Rules By Number
54 - 131Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers - Withdrawn
54 - 132Annual Recommendation to The Supreme Court for Expungement of Suspensions of Non Payment of Fees in accordance with Rule of Court 9.6(b)
54 - 133Annual Recommendation re Members in Non-compliance with MCLE Audit
54 - 141Financial Statement for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2013; Investment Report for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2013; Client Security Fund Report for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2013
54 - 142 Proposed Amendment to State Bar Rule 2.15 re Fee Scaling for Employees of IOLTA Recipient Organizations - Request for Adoption Following Public Comment
100 Reports of Board Committees
110 Board Committee on Operations

113 Executive Director Performance Evaluation*
114 MOU Negotiations: Status/Potential Action
115 Access Task Force: Authorize Creation of Special Committee To Conduct Access to Justice Study
116 Coordination of Roles of Planning, Program Development & Budget Committee (PPDB) Chair and Treasurer
117 Review and Approval of Possible Legislative Proposals Re Civics Education and Anti-Fraud Measures
120 Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight Committee

121 Chief Trial Counsel Performance Evaluation*
130 Member Oversight Committee

134 Proposed Revisions to the Legal Specialization Rules, Request for Adoption Following Public Comment
135 Public Law Section Request for Bylaw Change
140 Planning, Program Development & Budget

143 Year-End Budget Adjustments
144 Proposed Amendment to Admissions Administrative Fee Schedule
145 Proposed Policy on Use of Unanticipated Savings
150 Nominations and Appointments

160 Stakeholder Relations Committee

161 State Bar Section Sponsored Affirmative Legislative Proposals
180 Audit Committee

181 Recommendation of New Auditors
182 Approval of Process to file the Annual Audited Financial Statement by Audit Committee
700 Miscellaneous
Closed Session

1000 Minutes
July 19, 2013 closed minutes [regular meeting]
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a)-(h))
3000 Reports of Board Committees
3110 Board Committee on Operations

*Re Executive Director Performance Evaluation (Open Item #113)**
**Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter
3120 Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight Committee

*Re Chief Trial Counsel Performance Evaluation (Open Item #121)**
**Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a)-(h))
6000 Appointments
6010 Closed Consent

6011 Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Interim Appointment of Member
6012 Franchise and Distribution Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Members
6013 Law School Council, Appointment of Members
6014 Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officers
6015 California Indian Legal Services (CILS), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors
6016 Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors
6017 Real Property Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Member
6020 Closed Appointments

6021 California Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Members
6022 Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator
6023 Committee of Bar Examiners, Interim Appointment of Young Lawyer Member
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(g))
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