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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6011
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6011
(a) The board shall appoint an executive director of the State Bar, who shall be responsible for the leadership and management of the State Bar according to the strategic direction set by the board. (b) The board shall appoint a lawyer admitted to practice in California to serve
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6012
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6012
(a) The board shall appoint a general counsel of the State Bar to serve as the chief legal advisor to the board on issues not related to attorney discipline. (b) The board shall appoint a lawyer admitted to practice in California to serve as general counsel of the State Bar. The
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.1
(a) The Supreme Court shall appoint five attorney members of the board pursuant to a process that the Supreme Court may prescribe. These attorney members shall serve for a term of four years and may be reappointed by the Supreme Court for one additional term only. (b) The Supreme
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.3
(a) One attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules and one attorney member of the board shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. (b) An attorney member appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for a term of four years. Vacanci
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.5
(a) Effective January 1, 2018, a maximum of six members of the board shall be members of the public who have never been licensees of the State Bar or admitted to practice before any court in the United States. (b) Each of these members shall serve for a term of four years. Vacanc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.5.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.5.5
Subdivision (c) of Section 450 and Sections 450.2 to 450.6, inclusive, shall apply to public members appointed or reappointed on or after January 1, 2012.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6013.6
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any full-time employee of any public agency who serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California shall not suffer any loss of rights, promotions, salary increases, retirement benefits, tenure, or other job-relat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6015
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6015
No person is eligible for attorney membership on the board unless both of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) He or she is an active licensee of the State Bar. (b) Either: (1) Prior to October 31, 2020, if elected, he or she maintains his or her principal office for the p
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6016
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6016
(a) The term of office of each attorney member of the board shall be four years. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the term. (b) The board of trustees may provide by rule for an interim board to act in the place and stead of the board when because of vacancies during
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6016.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6016.2
(a) Each appointing authority may remove from office at any time any member of the board appointed by that authority for continued neglect of duties required by law, or for incompetence or unprofessional or dishonorable conduct. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6019
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6019
Each place upon the board for which a member is to be appointed shall for the purposes of the appointment be deemed a separate office.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6020
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6020
The officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6021
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6021
(a) The selection of the chair and vice chair of the board shall be made by appointment of the Supreme Court. (b) The chair and the vice chair shall each be appointed for a term not to exceed two years. The chair and vice chair shall assume the duties of their respective offices
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6023
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6023
The officers of the State Bar shall continue in office until their successors are appointed or selected.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6024
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6024
The chair shall preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and in the event of his or her absence or inability to act, the vice chair shall preside. Other duties of the chair and the vice chair, and the duties of the secretary, shall be such as the board may presc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6025
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6025
Subject to the laws of this state, the board may formulate and declare rules and regulations necessary or expedient for the carrying out of this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6026.11
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6026.11
The State Bar is subject to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and all public records and writings of the State Bar are subject to the California Public Records Act.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6026.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6026.7
(a) The State Bar is subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and all meetings of the State Bar are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. (b) Notwithstan
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6027
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6027
Special meetings of the State Bar may be held at such times and places as the board provides.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6028
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6028
(a) The board may make appropriations and disbursements from the funds of the State Bar to pay all necessary expenses for effectuating the purposes of this chapter. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no member of the board shall receive any other compensation than his or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6029
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6029
(a) The board may appoint such committees, officers and employees as it deems necessary or proper, and fix and pay salaries and necessary expenses. (b) The members of the executive committee of the board shall include at least one board member appointed by each of the following a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6030
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6030
The board shall be charged with the executive function of the State Bar and the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. The violation or threatened violation of any provision of Articles 7 (commencing with Section 6125) and 9 (commencing with Section 6150) of this chapter
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6031
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6031
(a) The board may aid in all matters pertaining to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence or to the improvement of the administration of justice. (b) Notwithstanding this section or any other law, the board shall not conduct or participate in, or authorize any committee,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6031.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6031.5
(a) The California Lawyers Association and its activities shall not be funded with mandatory fees collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6140. The State Bar may provide the California Lawyers Association with administrative and support services, provided the California
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032
Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to collect, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual license fees, voluntary fees on behalf of and for the purpose of funding the California Supreme Court Historical Society, which advances t