Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, April 29, 2016 - Saturday, April 30, 2016
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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

April 29, 2016

10:30 a.m. –   Public Forum on Proposed Amendments to Law School Oversight Statutes and Rules
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Subcommittee on Educational Standards
 2:00 p.m.* – 2:45 p.m.  Subcommittee on Examinations
 3:15 p.m.* – 4:00 p.m.  Subcommittee on Moral Character
 4:00 p.m.* –   Subcommittee on Operations and Management

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COMMITTEE MEETING

April 29, 2016

 2:45 p.m.* – 3:15 p.m.   Open and Closed Sessions

April 30, 2016

 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.   Closed Session
10:00 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. Public Forum re Law School Oversight by the Committee of Bar Examiners and Proposed Amendments to Statutes and Rules.  Attachment "O-100."
2. Presentation from the Office of Chief Trial Counsel on Ethics and Client Trust Accounting Schools.  [Special Set for 2:45 p.m., Friday, April 29, 2016.]
3. Oral Reports on April 2016 NCBE Conference.
4. Recognition of Outgoing Committee Member and Counsel to the Committee.  Attachment "O-101."
5. Draft March 18, 2016 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-102."
b.  Schedule for June 24 and 25, 2016 Committee Meeting.  Attachment "O-103."
c.  Legislative Proposals Potentially Affecting Admissions Operations.  Attachment "O-104."
d.  Committee Policy on the Release of Examination Results.  Attachment "O-105."
e.  Update on Pending Activities of the Office of Admissions.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Tentative Dates for Conference Calls to Consider Testing Accommodations Appeals for the June 2016 First-Year Law Students' Examination and the July 2016 California Bar Examination (May 24, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. and June 14, 2016 at 12:00 p.m.)  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
2. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-200."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Future Admissions Budgets and Fees.  Attachment "O-300."  (Joel Miliband and Gayle Murphy)
2. Proposed Amendment to Admissions Rules re Committee of Bar Examiners' Open/Closed Meetings.  Attachment "O-301."  (Joel Miliband and Gayle Murphy)
3. Financial Analysis Report as of February 29, 2016.  Attachment "O-302."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
4. Review of Testing Accommodations Cost Trends.  Attachment "O-303."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin) - WITHDRAWN
5. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-304." (Joel Miliband)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Concord Law School - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "O-400." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. Proposed Additional Disclosures by California Accredited Law Schools and SB 1281 Revised.  Attachment "O-401."  (Larry Sheingold and Gayle Murphy)
3. Proposed Amendments to Guidelines for Accredited Law School Rules re Branch Campuses/Satellite Campuses - Request to Circulate for Public Comment.  Attachment "O-402."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. Notices of Changes in Law Schools Administrators.  Attachment "O-403."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. Law School Oversight by the Committee of Bar Examiners and Proposed Amendments to Statutes and Rules.  Attachment "O-404."  (Larry Sheingold and Gayle Murphy)
6. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-405."  (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Proposed Amendments to Admissions Rules re Processing of Moral Character Determination Applications.  Attachment "O-500."  (Alan Yochelson, Gayle Murphy and Kelly O'Haire)
2. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-501."  (Alan Yochelson)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time (Lee Wallach)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Draft March 18, 2016 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.
2. Meeting with Examination Development and Grading Team and Approval of Written Questions for Inclusion on July 2016 California Bar Examination.  [Special Set for 9:00 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Closed Session.]
3. Report from Counsel.  (Rachel Grunberg)
a.  Report on Pending Litigation.
b.  Advice from Counsel on Open Session Agenda Items as Needed.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a.  Release of February 2016 California Bar Examination Results.  Attachment "C-100."
b.  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. Planning for Modified Examination Adminstration in July 2017.  Attachment "C-202."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff, Gayle Murphy and Lisa Cummins)
4. Proposed Study to Explore Expanding Bar Examination Grader Groups.  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. Open Session Agenda Items Requiring Discussion in Closed Session.  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Informal Conference Recommendations.  Attachment "C-500."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
2. Additional Moral Character Determination Matters.  Attachment "C-501."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
3. State Bar Court Moral Character Determination Decisions.  Attachment "C-502."  (Alan Yochelson and Kelly O'Haire)
4. Status of Moral Character State Bar Court Cases.  Attachment "C-503."  (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.