Board of Trustees
and
Board Executive Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 6, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.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), Teri Greenman at (415) 538-2454 or Chair, Craig Holden at (415) 538-2276. 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, Joseph Dunn, Dennis Mangers, Gwen Moore, David Pasternak, Heather Rosing, David Torres.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
Call For Public Comment
II. Consent
None.
III. Action
A. Referrals to Other Committees (1 min)
B. State Bar of California’s Conflict of Interest Code for Designated Employees, Proposed Revisions – Request for Public Comment (Hawley) (3 mins)
C. Revision to Confidential Employee Rules [NOV 111] (Hawley) (4 mins)
D. Revisions to State Bar Court Judge Rules [NOV 112] (Hawley) (4 mins)
E. Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform: Phase II Proposals for a Practical Skills Training Requirement - Request for Adoption Following Public Comment [NOV 113] (Streeter) (30 mins)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Board Executive Committee Orientation - Overview (Holden) (3 mins)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Audit Committee (Colantuono) (5 mins)
B. Status Report from Nominations and Appointments Committee (Vera) (5 mins)
Closed Session

I. Consent
None.
II. Action
A. Committee on Appellate Courts, Interim Appointment of Member [NOV 6011]
B. Criminal Law Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Officer [NOV 6012]
C. Criminal Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Officers and Member [NOV 6013]
D. California Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officers [NOV 6014]
E. Council on Access and Fairness, Interim Appointment of Members [NOV 6015]
F. Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator [NOV 6016]
G. Committee of Bar Examiners, Interim Appointment of Member [NOV 6017]
H. California Bar Foundation, Annual Appointment of Members [NOV 6018]
I. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Appointment of Chair [NOV 6019] (15 mins)
J. Executive Director Performance Evaluation (re Open Item NOV 114) (Hawley) (45 mins) *

 

* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider personnel matters.

K. Consultation With Counsel on Matter With Significant Exposure to
Litigation [NOV 3111] (Pasternak) (15 mins)*

 

*Closed pursuant to Business & Professions Code § 6026.5(a)

III. Discussion/Information
None.
IV. Reports
A. Litigation Report (Miller) (20 mins)*

*Closed pursuant to Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(a)
* Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a)-(h).

** Closed under 6.55(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to consider matters which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of an individual, or other information deemed confidential under the law.

*** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(2) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding union or labor matters.

**** Closed under Rule 6.55(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.