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ABA House of Delegates
The State Bar will strive to appoint its 11
delegates to the ABA House of Delegates based on the following
guidelines: One delegate who qualifies as the young lawyer
representative; up to two delegates to include the most immediate past
member of the ABA board of governors and any immediate past officer of
the ABA from California; two members who have not had substantial
volunteer experience with the ABA but who possess the leadership and
other skills to be successful delegation members; and, six delegates
who have substantial bar experience, especially with the ABA, and are
typical of other State Bar appointments. Each member of the State
Bar's ABA delegation would be eligible for reappointment to no more
than three two-year appointments or a maximum of six years of service
with the delegation.
SOURCE: State Bar Board of Governors
DEADLINE: Jan. 22
CONTACT: Karen Hagelund, Appointments Office, 180 Howard St.,
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639; 415/538-2299; 415/538-2255 (fax); karen.hagelund@calsb.org.
Conflict of interest code
Revisions to the State Bar's conflict of
interest code for its officers, employees or consultants reflect
either job title changes with no change in reporting responsibilities
or the deletion of defunct positions and are proposed so that the list
may more accurately reflect the current organization of the bar. In a
few circumstances, new positions and disclosure categories have been
added to Appendix A based on a determination that it is reasonably
foreseeable that employees in these positions may either make or
participate in the making of decisions which may have a material
effect on their financial interests. (Code, §2.). In addition,
changes have been suggested to make the Code consistent with the
statutory requirements.
SOURCE: Board of Governors Legal Committee
DEADLINE: Jan. 14
CONTACT: Pat Bermudez, Office of General Counsel, 180 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-1639; 415/538-2270; pat.bermudez@calsb.org.
Revision to MCLE rules
Under the current MCLE Rules and Regulations,
members are required to complete at least one hour of continuing
education in the area of prevention, detection and treatment of
substance abuse and emotional distress (with a cap of six hours for
the emotional distress component). The proposed amendment will
eliminate entirely the emotional distress component from the
requirement. As a result, prevention, detection and treatment of
emotional distress will no longer be considered a required topic and
no general MCLE credit may be earned for education in that area.
SOURCE: Board of Governors Committee on
Member Relations
DEADLINE: March 7
CONTACT: Dina DiLoreto, Office of Certification, 180 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105-1639, 415/538-2121, fax 415/538-2180,
e-mail dina.diloreto@calsb.org |
