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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032.1
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 donations on behalf of and for the purpose of funding California ChangeLawyers, which promotes a better justice sy
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6032.5
(a) The Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Account is hereby established within the State Treasury. (b) Funds from an IOLTA account that escheat to the state and are deposited into the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Account pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 156
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6033
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6033
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Bar is expressly authorized to facilitate the professional responsibilities of licensees by collecting, in conjunction with the State Bar’s collection of its annual license fees or otherwise, voluntary financial support for nonprofit o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6034
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6034
(a) The State Bar of California is authorized and directed to participate as a state agency in the Interagency Intercept Collections Program established pursuant to Section 12419.2 of the Government Code for the collection of any unpaid amounts owed to the State Bar of California
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6034.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6034.1
(a) Any entity of the State Bar of California exploring a regulatory sandbox shall do all of the following: (1) Prioritize protecting individuals, especially those in need of legal assistance, from unscrupulous actors, including those actors seeking to do business in the legal fi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6035
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6035
Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, the definitions set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 82000) of Title 9 of the Government Code shall govern the interpretation of this article.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6036
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6036
(a) Any member of the board of trustees shall disqualify themself from making, participating in the making of, or attempting to influence any decisions of the State Bar in which the member has a financial interest, as that term is defined in Section 87103 of the Government Code,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6037
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6037
No action or decision of the State Bar shall be invalid because of the participation therein by a member or members of the board of trustees in violation of Section 6036. However, any member who intentionally violates the provisions of subdivision (a) of Section 6036 is guilty of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6038
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6038
Attorney members of the Judicial Council, members of the Commission on Judicial Performance who are not judges, and employees designated in the Conflict of Interest Code of the State Bar of California are subject to provisions of this article with respect to making, participating
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6043.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6043.5
(a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The State Bar may, in its discret
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6044
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6044
The chief trial counsel, with or without the filing or presentation of any complaint, may initiate and conduct investigations of all matters affecting or relating to: (a) The discipline of the licensees of the State Bar. (b) The acts or practices of a person whom the chief trial
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6044.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6044.5
(a) When an investigation or formal proceeding concerns alleged misconduct which may subject a licensee to criminal prosecution for any felony, or any lesser crime committed during the course of the practice of law, or in any manner that the client of the licensee was a victim, o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046
The board may establish an examining committee having the power: (a) To examine all applicants for admission to practice law. (b) To administer the requirements for admission to practice law. (c) To certify to the Supreme Court for admission those applicants who fulfill the requi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.2
(a) On or before November 30, 2026, the Committee of Bar Examiners shall provide a report to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, and to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code on whether
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.5
Three of the public members of the examining committee shall be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, three of the public members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and three of the public members shall be appointed by the Governor. They shall serve for a term
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.6
(a) (1) (A) The Committee of Bar Examiners shall not alter the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or preparation required for passage of the examination, except after giving two years’ notice of that change. (B) This requirement
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.7
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the examining committee shall be responsible for the approval, regulation, and oversight of degree-granting unaccredited law schools that meet both of the following: (1) Award the juris doctor (J.D.) professional degree in California. (2) Are no
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6046.8
(a) At least once every seven years, or more frequently if directed by the Supreme Court, the board of trustees shall oversee an evaluation of the bar examination to determine if it properly tests for minimally needed competence for entry-level attorneys and shall make a determin
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6047
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6047
Subject to the approval of the board, the examining committee may adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of making effective the qualifications prescribed in Article 4.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049
(a) Upon the trial and hearing of all matters, the State Bar Court may do all of the following: (1) Take and hear evidence pertaining to the proceeding. (2) Administer oaths and affirmations. (3) Compel, by subpoena, the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049.1
(a) In any disciplinary proceeding under this chapter, a certified copy of a final order made by any court of record or any body authorized by law or by rule of court to conduct disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, of the United States or of any state or territory of the U
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6049.2
In all disciplinary proceedings pursuant to this chapter, the testimony of a witness given in a contested civil action or special proceeding to which the person complained against is a party, or in whose behalf the action or proceeding is prosecuted or defended, may be received i
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6050
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6050
Whenever any person subpoenaed to appear and give testimony or to produce books, papers or documents refuses to appear or testify before the subpoenaing body, or to answer any pertinent or proper questions, or to produce such books, papers or documents, he or she is in contempt o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6051
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6051
The State Bar Court or the chief trial counsel may report the fact that a person under subpoena is in contempt of the subpoenaing body to the superior court in and for the county in which the proceeding, investigation or other matter is being conducted and thereupon the court may
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6051.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6051.1
A motion to quash a subpoena issued pursuant to Section 6049 shall be brought in the State Bar Court.