The ballot goes out May 24; the bar's fate is in your hands
The mandatory bar began with a long campaign in the 1920s
Board deadlocks over choice to lead post-plebiscite bar

POINT/COUNTERPOINT - Should the State Bar be abolished?
Public Comment - Sample written fee agreement forms

• Bar closes escrow on SF building
• Board reverses stand on cameras in the courts
• Bar foundation receives award
• Survey shows kids often break the law
• Minority lawyers to focus on law in the new century
• Pringle appoints new board member
• Wilson names George chief justice

• ASK THE PRESIDENT - A 'yes' vote means a loss of power
• CLIENTS - The era of Mason, Matlock is over
• LEGAL TECH

ABA develops online guide
Generating documents quickly
Where have all the dollars gone?

• MCLE CALENDAR
• NEW PRODUCTS
• OPINION

Stop writing and vote!
It's time to judge the judges
Public lawyers and the bar
Sever the ties that bind
Letters to the editor
Plebiscite letters

• TRIALS DIGEST
• YOU NEED TO KNOW