Board of Trustees
and
Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 17, 2014
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The State Bar Of California
845 South Figueroa Street
Board Room, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Heather Rosing at (619) 239-8131. 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: Michael Colantuono, Glenda Corcoran, Craig Holden, Miriam Krinsky, Dennis Mangers, David Pasternak, Mark Shem, David Torres.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Call for Public Comment (Rosing) (1 minute)
B. Update (Rosing) (15 minutes)
1. State Bar Court Performance Standards Update
II. Consent
A. Proposed Modifications to Contra Costa County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitration.  Request for Adoption (Hull)
III. Action
A. Procedure for Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation (Hawley) (10 minutes)
B. State Bar Model Rules for Fee Mediation.  Request for Adoption. (Hull) [JULY 54-121] (3 minutes)--WITHDRAWN
C. Proposed Modifications to Sample Fee Agreement Form. Request for Release for Public Comment (Hull) (3 minutes)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Update on Client Trust Account Self-Assessment (Rosing/Van Horn) [10 minutes]
B. Update on OCTC Case Management System (Dunn) (3 minutes)
C. Update on Simplified Metrics Project (Rosing/Mangers) (5 minutes)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Office of Admissions (Murphy) (10 minutes)
1. Report from Admissions Subcommittee Chair (Torres) (3 minutes)
B. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (10 minutes)
C. Status Report from Client Security Fund (Meloch/Wong) (10 minutes)
D. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum) (5 minutes)
E. Status Report from Probation (Wong) (1 minute)
F. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (1 minute)
Closed Session

~ None
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.