Admission rules

Proposed administrative amendments to the State Bar’s admission rules would reinstate or clarify key components.

Proposed Public Comment

Justice Gap procedures

The proposal would establish a higher recognition level for donations of $1,000 or more to the Justice Gap Fund.

Proposed Public Comment

Early neutral evaluation

Proposed amendment to the State Bar Rules of Procedure would require that a request for an early neutral evaluation of a discipline matter be made within 21 days of notifying an attorney charges will be filed. After 21 days, both the attorney and the bar’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel must request an ENE.

Proposed Public Comment

Client Security Fund

Proposed changes to the Client Security Fund rules clarify several rules as part of a consolidation and simplification effort.

Proposed Public Comment

Fee arbitration rights

Proposed revisions to the “Notice of Your Rights After Fee Arbitration” form explain a new arbitration exception to the statutory right to a trial following non-binding mandatory fee arbitration.

Proposed Public Comment

Professional Conduct rules

Proposed amendments to eight Rules of Professional Conduct, including third party payors, handling funds and property of clients and others, candor toward the tribunal and lawyer as witness. Full text of the proposed amendments can be found at www.calbar.ca.gov under the Public Comment link.

Proposed Public Comment