Foreign-educated applicants

Proposed amendment to the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California would amend statutory language relating to the qualification of foreign-educated applicants seeking admission to practice law in California.

Proposed Public Comment

Late registration

Proposed amendment to the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California would eliminate the late registration fee for law students to register with the Committee of Bar Examiners.

Proposed Public Comment

Civility guidelines

Proposed new California guidelines for attorney civility and professionalism.

Proposed Public Comment

Fee arbitration

Proposed revisions to the guidelines and standards would affect third party requests for mandatory fee arbitration.

Proposed Public Comment

Law school registration

Proposed new rules will regulate the registration of unaccredited, correspondence and distance learning law schools. Legislation passed in 2006 placed oversight of those schools under the Committee of Bar Examiners.

Proposed Public Comment

Membership list policy

Proposed amendments to the policy would reduce membership list access to two requests in a calendar year by any requestor. Exceptions to the proposed reduced access are left to the discretion of the executive director or her designee.

Proposed Public Comment

Rule revisions

Proposed title changes, amendments to membership rules, rewritten MCLE rules, rewritten emeritus attorney rules.

Proposed Public Comment

Insurance disclosure

Modifications to proposed insurance disclosure requirements take into account extensive public comment received last year about a possible rule that would require California attorneys to notify their clients if they carry malpractice insurance.

Proposed Public Comment

Admiralty/maritime law

Proposed legal specialty certification program in Admiralty and Maritime Law.

Proposed Public Comment

Legal specialist rules

Proposed amendments to rules governing the State Bar's legal specialist program would allow applicants for certification to satisfy additional requirements in lieu of passing a written exam, and allow administrative law judges and specialists with compelling medical or other reasons to have their certification tolled.

Proposed Public Comment

Online registration

Proposed new Rule of Court would facilitate registration and reporting of mandatory information online at the State Bar's Web site. An attorney who is admitted in California after Feb. 1, 2008, will be required to register within 90 days and provide an e-mail address and trust account information.

Proposed Public Comment