By Jamie Russo On October 10, 2024, the California Supreme Court declined to adopt the State Bar’s proposed alternative pathway to licensure, the Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE). The PBE’s supervised practice model would have enabled graduates of accredited law schools Continue reading
By Jamie Russo On September 12, 2024, Governor Newsom signed AB 3279 (Committee on Judiciary) (Chapter 227, Statutes of 2024) into law. This bill amends various sections of the Business and Professions Code, granting the State Bar of California authority Continue reading
By James Lanham At its February 25, 2022 meeting, the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California voted to make available for a 45-day public comment period proposed new rules 5.480–5.486 of the Rules of Procedure of the Continue reading
By Ian Ross On November 19, 2021, the State Bar of California’s Committee on Special Discipline Case Audit (Committee) submitted its Report to the Board of Trustees, recommending that the Board establish a Client Trust Account Protection Program (CTAPP) to Continue reading
By James Lanham On February 22–23, 2022, applicants for the California State Bar will take the California Bar Examination in person. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the State Bar began administering exams remotely on October 5-6, 2020. [see 26:1 CRLR 123] Continue reading
By Juan M. Villalvazo On March 15, 2021, the State Bar of California published its biennial report to the state legislature on its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Plan pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6001.3(c). This is the Continue reading
By Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage On February 3, 2021, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman sustained the State Bar of California’s demurrer to LegalMatch’s First Amended Cross Complaint (FACC) for Declaratory Relief, with leave to amend, in State Bar of California Continue reading
By Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage On January 22, 2021, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees voted to defer creation of a new Rule of Professional Conduct or Ethics Opinion related to law enforcement unions’ financial contributions to prosecutorial campaigns, and Continue reading
By Juan M. Villalvazo In October 2020, two studies analyzing the various ways in which California’s minimum bar exam passing score (“cut score”) on the Bar exam impacts examinee outcomes. Both studies were conducted by the same authors, and were Continue reading
By Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage On November 2, 2020, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees Executive Committee approved the Board’s Appointments Liaisons’ recommended slate of two officers and sixteen members to the Closing the Justice Gap Working Group (CTJG Working Continue reading
