Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, August 26, 2016
12:30 p.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

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Joint Meeting: [Closed Session]
Subcommittee on Operations and Management
and Subcommittee on Examinations
1:00 p.m.* – 1:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
1:30 p.m.* – 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Examinations
2:00 p.m.* – 2:45 p.m. Subcommittee on Moral Character
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Subcommittee on Educational Standards

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COMMITTEE MEETING

3:45 p.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. Recognition of Outgoing Officer and Members.  Attachment "O-100."
2. Oral Reports on Members' Visits to July 2016 California Bar Examination Test centers.
3. Designation of Representatives for Admission Ceremonies for Successful July 2016 California Bar Examination Applicants.  Attachment "O-101."
4. Draft June 24 and 25, 2016 Committee of Bar Examiners Public Meeting Minutes.
5. Affirmation of July 11, 2016 Action Taken by Subcommittee on Examinations regarding June 2016 First-Year Law Students' Examination.  Attachment "O-102."

B. REPORT FROM SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/CONSENT/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a.  2017 Schedule for Committee Meetings.  Attachment "O-103."
b.  Key Indicators.  Attachment "O-104."
c.  Schedule for October 14 and 15, 2016 Committee Meeting.  Attachment "O-105."
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals and accomplishments.  Attachment "O-200." 
(Jeanne Vanderhoff)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Oral Report on Meeting of Budget Working Group Meeting on August 25, 2016.  (Lee Wallach)
2. Financial Analysis Report as of June 30, 2016.  Attachment "O-300."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
3. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals and Accomplishments.  Attachment "O-301."  (Joel Miliband)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Oral Report on Meeting of Law School Rules II Working Group Meeting on August 25, 2016.  (Larry Sheingold)
2. Oral Report on Meeting of California Accredited Law School Rules Advisory Committee Meeting on August 25, 2016.  (Larry Sheingold)
3. New Disclosure Requirements for California Accredited and Unaccredited Law Schools.  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. Trinity Law School - Withdrawal for Request for Wavier.  Attachment "O-400."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. Notice of Changes in Law School Administrators.  Attachment "O-401."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
6. Western Sierra Law School - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "O-402."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
7. Pacific West College of Law - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "O-403."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
8. Monterey College of Law - Request for Approval of Major Change and Establishment of Branch Campus - Bakersfield.  Attachment "O-404."  (Larry Sehingold and George Leal)
9. Unaccredited Law School 2016 Disclosure Statements.  Attachment "O-405."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
10. Southern California Institute of Law - Request to Defer Five-Year Inspection.  Attachment "O-406."  (Larry Sheingold and Gayle Murphy)
11. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals and Accomplishments.  Attachment "O-407."  (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. 2015 - 2016 Subcommittee Goals and Accomplishments.  Attachment "O-500."  (Alan Yochelson)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time (Lee Wallach)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Draft June 24 and 25, 2016 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.
2. Appointment of Members to Advisory Committee on California Accredited Law School Rules.  Attachment "C-100."
3. Report from Counsel.  (Destie Overpeck)
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.  July 2016 California Bar Examination Grading - Second Calibration Session.
b.  Update on Confidential Pending Items.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Affirmation of Subcommittee on Examinations' Decisions re. Testing Accommodations Appeals for the July 2016 California Bar Examination.  Attachment "C-200."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
2. Examinations Petitions.  Attachment "C-201."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
3. Testing Accommodations Appeals.  Attachment "C-202."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
4. Report on Administration of the July 2016 California Bar Examination (In Conjunction with Subcommittee on Operations and Management).  Attachment "C-203."  [Special Set for 12:30 p.m., August 26, 2016.]  (Jeanne Vanderhoff , Joel Miliband, and Greg Shin)
5. Report on Grading of June 2016 First-Year Law Students' Examination and Technical Report.  Attachment "C-204."  (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Lisa Cummins)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Operations and Management Petitions.  Attachment "C-300."  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
2. Report on Administration of the July 2016 California Bar Examination (In Conjunction with Subcommittee on Examinations).  Attachment "C-203."  [Special Set for 12:30 p.m., August 26, 2016.]  (Jeanne Vanderhoff, Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
3. Items from July 2016 California Bar Examination Administration Report Requiring Subcommittee Review and Action.  Attachment "C-301" distributed to Subcommittee Members Only.  (Joel Miliband and Greg Shin)
4. Report on Administration of the June 2016 First-Year Law Students' Examination.  Attachment "C-302."  (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.
   
 
Close
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards:
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
Attachments:
None