Bar begins to cut services

Layoff notices handed to 500 employees; discipline system stops taking new complaints by NANCY McCARTHY Staff Writer 覧覧覧覧 As nearly 500 State Bar employees received layoff notices late last month, the discipline unit stopped taking any new complaints from consumers and other departments planned for near or total shutdown. If the legislature does not enact urgency legislation to authorize the bar to collect dues from its members, nearly 470 employees will lose their jobs June 26 and the remainder will become unemployed July 10. CONTINUED ... Hertzberg maneuvers to sway Republicans by NANCY McCARTHY Staff Writer 覧覧覧覧 Legislation to restore funding to the State Bar was before the full Senate late last month but was not expected to be voted on until — and if — the bar can sway some of its Republican opponents. CONTINUED ...

Foundation reaches out to individuals by KATHLEEN O. BEITIKS Staff Writer 覧覧覧覧 Guided by the words of philosopher Thomas Aquinas, leaders of the Foundation of the State Bar of California, when it was established in 1990, decided to let the organization's good work speak for itself. But eight years later, especially in the midst of the State Bar's current financial turmoil and uncertainty, foundation leaders have come to the realization that a little horn-tooting is not such a bad idea. CONTINUED ...

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