The State Bar Task Force on Admissions Regulation
Reform recommends new training requirements for admission to practice law to
ensure competency.
| SOURCE: |
Board Committee on Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 5 |
| CONTACT: |
Teri Greenman
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2454
teri.greenman@calbar.ca.gov |
The California Board of Legal Specialization proposes
various changes to its rules to improve the logical flow and reduce the size of
the board from 26 to 15 members.
| SOURCE: |
Board Operations Committee |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 5 |
| CONTACT: |
Natalie Leonard
180 Howard St., 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2180 (fax)
natalie.leonard@calbar.ca.gov |
The Member Oversight Committee recommends various
changes to the rules for Minimum Continuing Legal Education, including
increasing the number of required hours to 36 and adding a law practice
management option as part of the legal ethics requirement.
| SOURCE: |
Board Committee on Member Oversight |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 6 |
| CONTACT: |
Laila Bartlett
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
laila.bartlett@calbar.ca.gov |
Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 12-0001 considers:
What information may an attorney ethically disclose to the court to explain her
need to withdraw from representation – particularly in the face of an order
to submit to the court, in camera or otherwise, the substance of the
attorney-client communications leading to the need to withdraw.
| SOURCE: |
State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 9 |
| CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2127 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |
The Office of the Chief Trial Counsel recommends
modifying the existing policy of posting online consumer alerts to include
cases where the State Bar seeks to assume jurisdiction of an attorney’s law
practice and not limit the policy to loan modification misconduct.
| SOURCE: |
Office of the Chief Trial Counsel |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 16 |
| CONTACT: |
Jeffrey Chappelle
180 Howard St.,10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-1264
415-538-1029 (fax)
jeff.chappelle@calbar.ca.gov |
This
proposal involves stylistic revisions to the standards governing attorney
sanctions, including rewriting them in plain English, reorganizing them for
better flow and comprehension and modifications to reflect current case law and
statutes.
| SOURCE: |
Board Committee on Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight |
| DEADLINE: |
Sept. 23 |
| CONTACT: |
Pat Bermudez
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2270
415-538-2321 (fax)
Pat.bermudez@calbar.ca.gov |