Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, April 28, 2017 - Saturday, April 29, 2017
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 28, 2017

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
2:00 p.m.* – 2:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Examinations
3:30 p.m.* – 4:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Moral Character
4:30 p.m.* – Subcommittee on Operations and Management

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Committee Meeting

April 28, 2017

2:30 p.m.* – 3:30 p.m. Open and Closed Sessions

April 29, 2017

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 (Karen Goodman)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Recognition of Retiring Examination Development and Grading Team Members. Attachment "O-100."
2. Oral Report on April 6, 2017 Law School Assembly Meeting.
3. Oral Report on Ongoing Bar Examination Studies.
4. Special Meeting - July 31, 2017.
5. Draft March 17, 2017 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-101."
b. Schedule for June 23 and 24, 2017 Committee Meeting. Attachment "O-102."
c. Status of Pending Legislation.
d. Update on Pending Office of Admissions Activities.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Tentative Dates for Subcommittee Conference Calls to Consider Testing Accommodations Appeals for the June 2017 First-Year Law Students' Examination and the July 2017 California Bar Examination - May 23, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. and June 13, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
2. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-200." (Traci Belmore)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Financial Analysis Report as of February 28, 2017. Attachment "O-300." (Erika Hiramatsu and Greg Shin)
2. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-301." (Erika Hiramatsu)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Proposed Amendments to the Law School Regulation Statutes and Rules re Mandatory Accreditation of Law Schools. Attachment "O-400." (Larry Sheingold, Gayle Murphy and George Leal)
2. Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform Proposals and Mandatory Competency Training for Law Schools Regulated by the Committee. Attachment "O-401." (Larry Sheingold and Gayle Murphy)
3. Proposed Amendments to Guideline 6.9 of the Guidelines for Accredited Law School Rules. Attachment "O-402." (Larry Sheingold, Gayle Murphy and George Leal)
4. Pacific Coast University School of Law - Inspection Report. Attachment "O-403." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. San Francisco International University College of Law - Inspection Report re Application for Registration as Unaccredited, Correspondence Law School. Attachment "O-404." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
6. Trinity Law School - Major Change Request/Petition for Waiver of Guideline 7.11. Attachment "O-405." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
7. Notice of Changes in Law School Administrators. Attachment "O-406." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
8. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-407." (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. The Unauthorized Practice of Law and the Processing of Moral Character Determination Applications [Special Set for 3:15 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2017]. (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
2. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-500." (Jeanne Vanderhoff)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Processing of Testing Accommodations Petitions Related to Psychological Disabilities. [Special Set for 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2017.]
2. Meeting with Examination Development and Grading Team and Approval of Written Questions for Inclusion on July 2017 California Bar Examination. [Special Set for 9:00 a.m., Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Closed Session.]
3. Report from Counsel. (Destie Overpeck)
a. Report on Pending Litigation.
b. Advice from Counsel on Open Session Agenda items as Needed.
4. Draft March 17, 2017 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a. Grading of February 2017 California Bar Examination. Attachment "C-100."
b. Report on Preparations for July 2017 California Bar Examination. Attachment "C-101."
c. Update on Confidential Pending Items.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Examinations Petitions. Attachment "C-200." (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
2. Testing Accommodations Appeals. Attachment "C-201." (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

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

1. University of West Los Angeles - Petition of Waiver of Guideline 6.5(A) re Individual Students. Attachment "C-400." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. 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." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
2. Additional Moral Character Determination Matters. Attachment "C-501." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
3. State Bar Court Moral Character Determination Decisions. Attachment "C-502." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
4. Status of Moral Character State Bar Court Cases. Attachment "C-503." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
5. Moral Character Petitions. Attachment "C-504." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
*Closed pursuant to Title 6. Division 2, Chapter 2, Rule 6.62 of the Rules of the State Bar of California.
   
 
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IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards:
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
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