Proposed
Formal Opinion Interim No. 11-0002 considers: Has an attorney engaged in
deceitful conduct by not alerting opposing counsel of: (A) an apparent material
error made by opposing counsel in contract language; or (B) a material change
made by the attorney in contract language?
SOURCE: |
State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct |
DEADLINE: |
Nov. 27
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CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |
The proposed guidelines would require that California
Accredited Law Schools maintain a specified minimum, cumulative California bar
examination pass rate. When compared to the first version of the proposed
guidelines circulated earlier for public comment, the revised proposed version
replaces the 50 percent minimally compliant rate with a 40 percent minimum
CBEPR, requires the schools to begin calculating and reporting their respective
CBEPRs with the submission of their 2013 Annual Compliance Reports and puts
other procedures in place to enforce the rules.
SOURCE: |
Committee of Bar Examiners |
DEADLINE: |
Nov. 28
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CONTACT: |
Kim Wong
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2319
415-538-2304 (fax)
kim.wong@calbar.ca.gov |
Proposed revisions to State Bar Rules Title 6, Division 2,
Chapter 1 would provide greater public access to State Bar meetings, consistent
with the open meeting requirements of the Bagley Keene Open Meeting Act (Cal.
Gov. Code § 11120 et seq.). The proposed amendments would:
- Eliminate the closed meeting exception for board committees
for advice of counsel
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Prohibit the Board from voting by secret ballot when
electing its officers
SOURCE: |
Board Operations Committee |
DEADLINE: |
Nov. 30 |
CONTACT: |
Pat Bermudez
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2270
415-538-2321 (fax)
Pat.bermudez@calbar.ca.gov
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A new State Bar form concerning fee arbitration is proposed to
change the name of the form and make other clarifying changes.
SOURCE: |
Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration |
DEADLINE: |
Dec. 3 |
CONTACT: |
Susan Carlson
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2335 (fax)
Susan.carlson@calbar.ca.gov |
Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 06-0004 considers: If an
attorney receives from a non-party a confidential communication between
opposing counsel and opposing counsel’s client, what should the attorney do if
the attorney reasonably believes that the communication may not be privileged
because of the crime-fraud exception to the attorney-client privilege?
SOURCE: |
State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct |
DEADLINE: |
Jan. 22 |
CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |