Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, June 23, 2017 - Saturday, June 24, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The State Bar of California
845 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
213-765-1500

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



June 23, 2017

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

June 24, 2017

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Subcommittee on Examinations

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Committee Meeting

June 23, 2017

1:00 p.m.* – 2:30 p.m. Open and Closed Sessions

June 24, 2017

9:45 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. Presentation on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Eileen C. Moore, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal and Dr. Kathleen West and Traumatic Brain Injuries and Admission to the Practice of Law in California - Former Committee Member KV Kumar. [Special Set for 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 23, 2017.]
2. Recognition of Outgoing Committee Member. Attachment "O-100."
3. Status Report on Ongoing Bar Examination Studies. Attachment "O-101."
4. Draft April 28 and 29, 2017 Committee of Bar Examiners Public Meeting Minutes.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/CONSENT/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a. Introductions of New Executive Staff Employees Amy Nunez, Assistant Director, Admissions, and Mark Torres-Gil, Director, Moral Character Determinations.
b. Key Indicators. Attachment "O-102."
c. Schedules for July 31, 2017 and August 31, 2017 Committee Meetings. Attachment "O-103."
d. 2017 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force Recommendations Concerning the Committee of Bar Examiners. Attachment "O-104."
e. Moral Character Investigation Process and Fingerprint Records. [Special Set for 2:00 p.m., Friday, June 23, 2017.] (Amy Nunez)
f. 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 July 2017 California Bar Examination - July 7, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. and July 14, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
2. Draft Report to the Supreme Court on the February 2017 General Bar Examination. Attachment "O-200." (Traci Belmore and Gayle Murphy)
3. Phased Grading. Attachment "O-201." (Traci Belmore and Gayle Murphy)
4. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-202." (Traci Belmore)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Financial Analysis Report as of April 30, 2017. Attachment "O-300." (Erika Hiramatsu and Greg Shin)
2. Refund of Fees Policy. Attachment "O-301." (Erika Hiramatsu and Greg Shin)
3. Proposed Adjustments to Law School Fees. Attachment "O-302." (Erika Hiramatsu, Gayle Murphy and Andrew Conover)
4. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-303." (Erika Hiramatsu)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Concord Law School - Major Change Request re Change of Ownership. Attachment "O-400." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. Proposed Amendments of Guideline 6.9, Guidelines for Accredited Law School Rules - Return from Public Comment. Attachment "O-401." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
3. Proposed Amendments to Accredited Law School Rules and Unaccredited Law School Rules re Mandatory Competency Training Curriculum - Request to Circulate for Public Comment. Attachment "O-402." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. Notice of Changes in Law School Administrators. Attachment "O-403." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. San Joaquin College of Law - Periodic Inspection Report. Attachment "O-404." (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
6. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment O-405." (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Meeting with Association of Discipline Defense Counsel re Processing of Moral Character Determination Applications. [Special Set for 3:30 p.m., Friday, June 23, 2017.] (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
2. Proposed Amendments to Admissions Rules re Qualification of Out-of-State Attorney Applicants to File Moral Character Determination Applications - Request to Circulate for Public Comment. Attachment "O-500." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Gayle Murphy)
3. Interpretation of Court Rule re "Good Standing" of Applicants Applying for Limited Practice Admission Programs. Attachment "O-501." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Greg Shin)
4. 2016 - 2017 Subcommittee Goals. Attachment "O-502." (Jeanne Vanderhoff)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time (Karen Goodman)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Report from Counsel. (Destie Overpeck)
a. Advice of Counsel re California Public Records Act Requests for Electronic Admissions Data. Attachment "C-100."
b. Report on Pending Litigation.
c. Advice from Counsel on Open Session Agenda Items as Needed.
2. Draft April 28 and 29, 2017 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.
B. REPORT FROM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
a. Investigations and Fingerprint Records. Attachment "C-101."
b. Planning for Administration and Grading of July 2017 California Bar Examination. Attachment "C-102."
c. 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 June 2017 First-Year Law Students' Examination and the July 2017 California Bar Examination. Attachment "C-200." (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
2. Examination Petitions. Attachment "C-201." (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
3. Testing Accommodations Appeals. Attachment "C-202." (Traci Belmore and Lisa Cummins)
4. Draft Report: "Analysis of the February 2017 California Bar Examination" Prepared by Roger Bolus, Ph.D., Research Solutions Group. Attachment "C-203." (Traci Belmore and Gayle Murphy)
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. 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 Mark Torres-Gil)
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 Mark Torres-Gil)
4. Status of Moral Character State Bar Court Cases. Attachment "C-503." (Jeanne Vanderhoff and Mark Torres-Gil)
*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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III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management:
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
Attachments:
None