Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 29, 2016 - Saturday, January 30, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Monterey
1 Old Golf Course Road
Monterey, CA 93940

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Kim Wong at (415) 538-2319 or Interim Director, Admissions, Amy Nuñez at (415) 538-2376.

Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.
Subcommittee Meetings

January 29, 2016

2:00 p.m.* – 2:45 p.m. Subcommittee on Examinations
3:45 p.m.* – 5:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Educational Standards

January 30, 2016

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Moral Character
10:00 a.m.* – 11:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Operations and Management

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Committee Meeting

January 29, 2016

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Open and Closed Sessions
2:45 p.m.* – 3:45 p.m. Open Session

January 30, 2016

11:00 a.m.* – Open and Closed Sessions

* Times are estimates. The meeting of a Subcommittee will commence immediately upon conclusion of the meeting of the Subcommittee scheduled to meet just prior. Subcommittee meetings will include both open and closed portions.
Open Session
I. Chair's Time (Lee Wallach)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Committee Planning Session - Presentation from Richard Carlton, Director, Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP), on LAP and Applicants Referred to LAP as a Condition of Abeyance.  [Special Set for 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 29, 2016.]
2. Committee Planning Session - Presentation from Roger Bolus, Ph.D., Psychometric Consultant, on Modified Examination Decisions re Weighting of the Performance Test, Scheduling of Essay and Performance Test and Grading Timetable.  Attachment "O-100."  [Special Set for 1:00 p.m., Friday, January 29, 2016.]
3. Committee Planning Session - The Future of California Accreditation and Registration by the Committee of Bar Examiners and Regulations, Rules and Guidelines Requiring Additional Amendments.  Attachment "O-101."  [Special Set for 2:45 p.m., Friday, January 29, 2016.]
4. Recognition of Resigned Committee of Bar Examiners Member.
5. Recognition of Retiring Office of Admissions Staff Members After 30+ Years of Service in the State Bar's Office of Admissions.  Attachment "O-102."
6. Posthumous Recognition of Deceased Applicant's Accomplishments.  Attachment "O-103."
7. Proposed Addition to Committee's Goals - Request to Support Legislative Amendments.  Attachment "O-104."
8. Draft December 4 and 5, 2015 Committee of Bar Examiners Public Meeting Minutes.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/CONSENT/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a.  Key Indicators.  Attachment "O-105."
b.  Schedule for March 18, 2016 Committee Meeting.  Attachment "O-106."
c.  February 2016 California Bar Examination - Site Passes, etc.
d.  Law School Assembly Meeting - March 1, 2016 in San Francisco.
e.  Update on Pending Activities of the Office of Admissions.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Draft Report to the Supreme Court of California on the July 2015 California Bar Examination.  Attachment "O-200."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
2. 2015- 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-201."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff)
3. Tentative Date for Conference Call to Consider Testing Accommodations Appeals for the February 2016 California Bar Examination (February 12, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. 2015 Financial Analysis Report.  Attachment "O-300."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
2. October 2015 First-Year Law Students' Examination Cost Analysis Report.  Attachment "O-301."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
3. Revisions to Indirect Cost Allocation Policies.  Attachment "O-302."  (Joel Miliband and Gayle Murphy)
4. 2016 Admissions Fund Budget.  Attachment "O-303."  (Joel Miliband and Gayle Murphy)
5. Proposed Amendment to Admissions Rules re Committee of Bar Examiners' Open/Closed Meetings.  Attachment "O-304."  (Joel Miliband and Gayle Murphy)
6. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-305."  (Joel Miliband)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Proposed Amendments to Guidelines for Accredited Law School Rules re Branch Campuses - Request to Circulate for Public Comment.  Attachment "O-400."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. Summaries of 2015 Annual Compliance Reports and Data Submitted by California Accredited Law Schools.  Attachment "O-401."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
3. Notices of Changes in Law School Administrators.  Attachment "O-402."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. San Francisco Law School - Petition for Waiver of Library Requirement.  Attachment "O-403."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. San Joaquin College of Law - Petition for Waiver of Non-Classroom Unit Limitations.  Attachment "O-404."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
6. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-405."  (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Proposed Amendments to Informal Conference Procedures.  Attachment "O-500."  (Alan Yochelson, Gayle Murphy and Kelly O'Haire)
2. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-501." (Alan Yochelson)
C. DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time (Lee Wallach)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Draft December 4 and 5, 2015 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.
2. Committee Planning Sessions:
a.  Applicants Referred to LAP as a Condition of Abeyance.  Attachment "C-100."
b.  Modified Examination Decisions re Weighting of the Performance Test, Scheduling of Essay and Performance Test and Grading Timetable.
3. Report from Counsel.  (Rachel Grunberg)
a.  Report on Pending Litigation.
b.  Advice from Counsel on Open Session Agenda Items as Needed.
c.  Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a.  Update on Confidential Pending Items. 
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Examinations Petitions.  Attachment "C-200."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins) 
2. Testing Accommodations Appeals.  Attachment "C-201."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
3. Draft Report:  "Analysis of the July 2015 California Bar Examination" Prepared by Roger Bolus, Ph.D., Research Solutions Group.  Attachment "C-202."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
4. Technical Report on October 2015 First-Year Law Students' Examination.  Attachment "C-203."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Operations and Management Petitions.  Attachment "C-300."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Trinity Law School - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "C-400." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. American Institute of Law - Registration Inspection Report.  Attachment "C-401."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
3. California School of Law - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "C-402."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. American Heritage University School of Law - Report of Inspection.  Attachment "C-403."  (Larry Sheingold, Gayle Murphy and Greg Shin)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Affirmation of Informal Conference Decisions. Attachment "C-500." (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
2. Consideration of Current Investigation Reports. Attachment "C-501."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
3. Additional Moral Character Determination Matters. Attachment "C-502."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
4. State Bar Court Moral Character Determination Decisions. Attachment "C-503."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
5. Status of Moral Character State Bar Court Cases. Attachment "C-504."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
*Closed pursuant to Title 6. Division 2, Chapter 2, Rule 6.62 of the Rules of the State Bar of California.
   
 
Close
I. Chair's Time (Lee Wallach):
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
Attachments:
None