Lawyer Assistance Program Oversight Committee
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 31, 2024
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Teleconference


Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, Matt Adams at 213-765-1148 or Chair, Justin Delacruz at 415-538-2300. 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: Heather Benton, James Heiting, Lisa Johnson, Tracy LeSage, Diedre Nguyen, Philip Spiegel, Elise Yenne.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

Members of the public may access this meeting as follows:
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Call-In Number: 669-900-9128

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Open Session

- -CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT—
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I. CHAIR'S REPORT
A. Oral Report
II. STAFF REPORT
A. Oral Report
III. MINUTES
A. Approval of Open Session Minutes: March 15, 2024
IV. BUSINESS
A. The Other Bar Annual Report Presentation (Heiting)
B. Working Group Recommendations for LAP Rule Changes (Benton, Delacruz, and Heiting)
C. Reports From the Alternative Discipline Program Project Working Groups:

  1. ADP Process and Procedures (Delacruz and Heiting)
  2. ADP Eligibility (Johnson, Spiegel, and LeSage)
  3. Education on Collaborative Courts (Benton and LeSage)
D. Next Steps for the Ad Hoc Commission on the Discipline System Regarding the Alternative Discipline Program Project
Closed Session

NONE




ADJOURN


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