The State Bar of California, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 The State Bar of California The State Bar of California
Thursday, September 02, 2010
  
Legal Services, Pro Bono & Equal Access
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 08, 2010
*
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), Mary Flynn at 415-538-2251 or Chair, Rex Heinke at (310) 229-1030. 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: Gwen Moore, James Aguirre, Lowell Carruth, Laura Chick, William Gailey, Cheryl Hicks, Wells Lyman, Richard Rubin, Jon Streeter.
The rules of the State Bar permit Board members who are not committee members to participate but not vote in the committee meeting. If a majority of Board members is present, the meeting is a meeting of the Board as a whole but no formal action by the full Board will take place.

* LSC will meet at the conclusion of the DOC meeting which will commence sometime after 1 p.m.

Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
None
III. Action
None
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Justice Gap Fund Planning Discussion (Joe Chairez; Stephanie Choy; Mary Lavery Flynn)
B. Lawyer Referral Services: Discussion of Issues for Rule Revision Process and Report from State Bar Forum (Robert Hawley; Rodney Low)
C. Foreclosure Crisis Mitigation Efforts: Discussion of Recent Developments and Plans for New State Bar Foundation Grant (Rodney Low; Theresa Mesa; Mary Lavery Flynn)
D. Consideration of Judicial Branch Issues (Anthony Williams; Mary Lavery Flynn)
V. Reports
A. Report from the Office of Legal Services

 

1. Center on Access to Justice (Mary Lavery Flynn)

2. Legal Services Trust Fund Program (Stephanie Choy)

 

B. Report on Bar Relations Outreach (Carol Madeja)
C. Report on the Center for Access & Fairness (Pat Lee)
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.