State Bar Board Welcomes New President, Trustees

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 10 No. 2014 Pg. 03
• Publication year: 2014
• Pages: 03
• Year: 2014
• topic: Business of Law,Civil Rights

State Bar board welcomes new president trustees No. 2014 #03 California Bar Journal October, 2014

Laura Ernde, Staff Writer.

As Craig Holden prepared to take the oath as State Bar president last month, he drew the crowd's attention to a historic moment: The chief justice, the incoming president and the outgoing president who shared the stage each "represent the rich tapestry of diversity in the state of California."

When the applause died down, he got serious. "But don't be fooled by the optics," he said. "We have more work to do. We need to promote and support diversity pipeline initiatives that ensure that we have a strong supply of diverse students in the next generation of leaders coming into the profession."

In his Sept. 13 inaugural...