Bar Board Task Force Moves to Address Legislative Criticism

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 11 No. 2010 Pg. 04
• Publication year: 2010
• Pages: 04
• Year: 2010
• topic: Business of Law,Contracts,Administrative Law,Corporate / Commercial,Civil Procedure,Public Sector Law

California Bar Journal 2010.

CBJ - November 2010 #04. Bar board task force moves to address legislative criticism

The California Lawyer
November 2010

Bar board task force moves to address legislative criticism

A State Bar Board of Governors task force took steps last month to respond to legislative criticism that the bar may not be meeting its public protection mission. "The legislature perceived that the bar was putting the interests of lawyers ahead of the interests of the public," said bar President Bill Hebert, chair of the Task Force on Governance in the Public Interest. He cited four examples in which lawmakers discern a bias in favor of attorneys at the expense of the public:

* A Find Legal Help feature on the website that didn't allow for searching by practice

* A liability insurance disclosure requirement that opponents considered watered-down

* Opposition to a bill prohibiting attorneys from receiving upfront fees for loan...