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MDP report
The multidisciplinary practice (MDP) report
(available at www.calbar.org)
discusses the feasibility and ethical implications of permitting
lawyers to join with non-law professionals in a practice where both
legal and non-legal professional services are offered to the public.
This practice is now prohibited by the California Rules of
Professional Conduct that preclude fee-sharing and partnerships with
non-lawyers.
SOURCE: State Bar Board of Governors
Committee on Regulation and Discipline
DEADLINE: Oct. 30
CONTACT: Audrey Hollins, Administrative Assistant, State Bar
Office of Professional Competence, 180 Howard St., San Francisco
94105-1639; 415/538-2167
Bar exam deadlines
The proposed amendments to Section 5, Rule VI, of
the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California, would
shorten the final deadline for filing applications to take the
First-Year Law Students' Examination. Under the current rule,
applicants can elect to file up until two weeks prior to the
examination as long as they pay a late fee. The proposed amendments
would establish the final deadline as the first business day of June
for the June examination and the first business day September for the
October administration.
SOURCE: State Bar Committee of Bar
Examiners
DEADLINE: Oct. 31
CONTACT: Gayle Murphy, State Bar Office of Admissions, 180
Howard St., San Francisco 94105-1639; 415/538-2322
Suspension for failure
to pay child support
Proposed modification of the Rules and
Regulations of the State Bar as they relate to the suspension of
members for failure to pay child and family support would authorize
the secretary of the State Bar, rather than the board of governors, to
make the annual recommendation for suspension to the Supreme Court.
SOURCE: Charlotte Blackford
DEADLINE: Nov. 15
CONTACT: Charlotte Blackford, Office of Membership Records, 180
Howard St., San Francisco 94105-1639; 415/538-2237 |
