Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS)
Notice and Agenda
Monday, February 24, 2020
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Boardroom, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Committee Members: Andrew Arruda, Simon Boehme, Tara Burd, Hon. Wendy Chang, Abhijeet Chavan, Jean Clauson, Johann Drolshagen, Margie Estrada, Lori Gonzalez, Bridget Gramme, Andrew Kucera, Joanna Mendoza, Kevin Mohr, Heather Morse, Joyce Raby, Allen Rodriguez, Toby Rothschild, Daniel Rubins, Mark Tuft, Angelina Valverde, Joshua Walker.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

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Open Session

A. Chair's Report
1. Roll Call
2. Call for Public Comment [The Chair reserves the right to limit the duration of the public comment period.]
3. Chair’s Report
4. Staff Report
5. Approval of Action Summary from the February 4, 2020 Meeting
B. Discussion and Possible Action
1. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider the adoption of a proposed amended Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4 to expand the existing exception for fee sharing arrangements with a nonprofit organization.
2. Approval of a clarifying statement that further amendments to Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4 should be considered in addition to ATILS’ recommendation to amend the rule to expand the existing exception for fee sharing arrangements with a nonprofit organization.
3. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider possible changes to existing laws that would permit innovative legal services delivery systems, including technology driven legal advice and services, within the constraints of a regulatory sandbox, pilot program or other similar time-limited approach that will provide data on any potential benefits to access to legal services and any possible consumer harm when prohibitions on the unauthorized practice of law, fee sharing, nonlawyer ownership, and other legal restrictions are relaxed or completely suspended for the sandbox or pilot program participants.
4. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees commend to the anticipated State Bar paraprofessional working group the key principles identified by ATILS in studying the concept of a licensing program that authorizes eligible nonlawyers to provide limited legal services.
5. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider the adoption of a new Rule of Professional Conduct similar in concept to the American Bar Association Model Rule 5.7, including careful consideration of potential access to justice benefits to the PeopleLaw sector from innovative delivery of law related services provided by: (i) lawyers and law firms; and (ii) businesses owned or affiliated with lawyers and law firms.
6. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider a study of the Certified Lawyer Referral Service rules and statutes together with relevant Rules of Professional Conduct to assure that they properly balance public protection and innovation in light of access to justice concerns and with a particular emphasis on ascertaining if existing laws impose unnecessary barriers to referral activities (including online matching services) that are in the public interest.
7. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider the adoption of amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct on advertising and solicitation informed by the current American Bar Association Model Rules and the proposed advertising and solicitation rules developed by the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, in particular a reconsideration of the existing designation of “real-time electronic contact” as prohibited solicitation.
8. Report and recommendation that the Board of Trustees consider the adoption of an amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 that would add a new comment providing that a lawyer’s duty of competence encompasses a duty to keep abreast of the changes in the law and law practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.
C. Discussion of Final Report to the Board of Trustees
1. Final report preparation and presentation planning.
D. Discussion of ATILS Survey Conducted by the National Opinion Research Center - NORC at the University of Chicago
1. Consideration of initial survey data.
Closed Session

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