Committee of Bar Examiners Meeting
Notice and Agenda
Friday, December 1, 2017 - Saturday, December 2, 2017
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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
December 1, 2017

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
2:30 p.m.* – 3:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Moral Character
3:30 p.m.* – 4:15 p.m. Subcommittee on Examinations
4:15 p.m.* – 5:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Operations and Management

* 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. 

COMMITTEE MEETING

December 1, 2017

12:30 p.m.* – 1:30 p.m. Open and Closed Sessions

December 2, 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 (Erika Hiramatsu)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Chair's Report.
2. Presentation on Bagley Keene.  [Special Set for 12:30 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2017.]  (Destie Overpeck)
3. Oral Report on Status of Performance Study.  (Karen Goodman and Larry Sheingold)
4. Oral Report on Board of Trustees' November Meeting.
5. Update on Psychological Interventions Project.
6. Recognition of Retiring Admissions Director.  Attachment "O-100."
7. Draft October 13 and 14, 2017 Committee of Bar Examiners Public Meeting Minutes. Attachment "O-101."
B. REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS (Gayle Murphy)

1. ACTION/CONSENT/DISCUSSION/INOFORMATION
a.  Key Indicators. Attachment "O-102."
b.  Schedule for February 2 and 3, 2018 Committee Meeting. Attachment "O-103."
c.  Release of Results from July 2017 California Bar Examination.
d.  Distribution of Examination Lists to Law Schools.
e.  Update on Pending Office of Admissions Activities.
II. Subcommittee on Examinations
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Tentative Date for Subcommittee Conference Call to Consider Testing Accommodations Appeals for the February 2018 California Bar Examination - January 18, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.  (David Torres and Lisa Cummins)
2. Draft Report to the Supreme Court on the July 2017 California Bar Examination.  Attachment "O-200."  (David Torres and Lisa Cummins)
4. 2017 - 2018 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-201."  (David Torres)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. 2018 Preliminary Budget.  Attachment "O-300."  (Karen Goodman and Greg Shin)
2. Financial Analysis Report as of September 31, 2017.  Attachment "O-301."  (Karen Goodman and Greg Shin)
3. July 2017 California Bar Examination Cost Analysis.  Attachment "O-302."  (Karen Goodman and Greg Shin)
4. Proposed Amendments to Admissions Rules re Open/Closed Meeting Rules and Implementation of Bagley-Keene, January 1, 2018.  Attachment "O-303."  (Karen Goodman and Gayle Murphy)
5. Oral Report on Status of Admissions Information Management System.  (Karen Goodman and Amy Nunez)
6. 2017- 2018 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-304."  (Karen Goodman)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. McMillan Academy of Law - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "O-400."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
2. Southern California Institute of Law - Periodic Inspection Report.  Attachment "O-401."  (Larry Sheingold, Gayle Murphy and Greg Shin)
3. Notice of Changes in Law School Administrators.  Attachment "O-402."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
4. Oral Report on Interim Inspection of Pacific West College of Law.  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
5. Implementation of Reactivation of Minimum Bar Passage Rate Accreditation Standard.  Attachment "O-403."  (Larry Sheingold and George Leal)
6. 2017 - 2018 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-404."  (Larry Sheingold)
V. Subcommittee on Moral Character
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Proposed Delegation of Authority re Applicants Referred to LAP Who Complete Abeyance Early.  Attachment "O-500."  (James Efting and Mark Torres-Gil)
2. Proposed Amendments to Admissions Rules re Qualification of Out-of-State Attorney Applicants to File Moral Character Determination Applications - Return from Public Comment.  Attachment "O-501."  (James Efting and Mark Torres-Gil)
3. 2017 - 2018 Subcommittee Goals.  Attachment "O-502."  (James Efting)
VI. ADJOURNMENT
Closed Session
I. Chair's Time (Erika Hiramatsu)
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Report from Chair on Confidential Pending Items.
2. Moral Character Informal Conferences Training.  [Special Set for 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 1, 2017.]  (Alan Yochelson, former CBE Chair)
3. Meeting with Examination Development and Grading Team and Approval of Written Questions for Inclusion on February 2018 California Bar Examination.  [Special Set for 9:00 a.m., Saturday, December 2, 2017 in Closed Session.]
4. Report from Counsel.  (Destie Overpeck)
a.  Report on Pending Litigation.
b.  Advice from Counsel on Open Session Agenda Items as Needed.
5. Draft October 13 and 14, 2017 Committee of Bar Examiners Confidential Meeting Minutes.  Attachment "C-100."
D. REPORT FROM THE 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."  (David Torres and Lisa Cummins)
2. Testing Accommodations Appeals.  Attachment "C-201."  (David Torres and Lisa Cummins)
3. Draft Report: "Analysis of the July 2017 California Bar Examination" Prepared by Roger Bolus, Ph. D., Research Solutions Group.  Attachment "C-202."  (David Torres and Gayle Murphy)
III. Subcommittee on Operations and Management
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Operations and Management Petitions.  Attachment "C-300."  (Karen Goodman and Greg Shin)
2. Report on Administration of the October 2017 First-Year Law Students' Examination.  Attachment "C-301."  (Karen Goodman and Greg Shin)
IV. Subcommittee on Educational Standards
A. ACTION/DISCUSSION/INFORMATION

1. Petition for Waiver of Guideline 6.5(A) re Extension of Time to Award J.D. Degree - Cal Northern School of Law.  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."  (James Efting and Mark Torres-Gil)
2. Additional Moral Character Determination Matters.  Attachment "C-501."  (James Efting and Mark Torres-Gil)
3. State Bar Court Moral Character Determination Decisions.  Attachment "C-502."  (James Efting and Mark Torres-Gil)
4. Status of Moral Character State Bar Court Cases.  Attachment. "C-503."  (James Efting 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.