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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6067
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6067
Every person on his admission shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and faithfully to discharge the duties of any attorney at law to the best of his knowledge and ability. A certificate of the oath sha
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6068
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6068
It is the duty of an attorney to do all of the following: (a) To support the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this state. (b) To maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and judicial officers. (c) To counsel or maintain those actions, proceedings, or def
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6069
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6069
(a) Every licensee of the State Bar shall be deemed by operation of this law to have irrevocably authorized the disclosure to the State Bar and the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 7473 of the Government Code of any and all financial records held by financial institutions as def
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070
(a) The State Bar shall request the California Supreme Court to adopt a rule of court authorizing the State Bar to establish and administer a mandatory continuing legal education program. The rule that the State Bar requests the Supreme Court to adopt shall require that, within d
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070.1
(a) For the purpose of subdivision (c) of Section 6070, “full-time employees of the State of California” shall include all licensees of the State Bar employed by the California State Legislature, regardless of the licensee’s official position classification. (b) This section is d
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6070.5
(a) The State Bar shall adopt regulations to require, as of January 1, 2022, that the mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) curriculum for all licensees under this chapter includes training on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies to address how uninte
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6071
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6071
(a) The State Bar shall request the California Supreme Court to amend Rule 9.31 of the California Rules of Court, relating to the mandatory continuing education program, to provide that one hour of the mandatory eight hours of legal education activities in legal ethics or law pra
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6072
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6072
(a) A contract with the state for legal services that exceeds fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall include a certification by the contracting law firm that the firm agrees to make a good faith effort to provide, during the duration of the contract, a minimum number of hours of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073
It has been the tradition of those learned in the law and licensed to practice law in this state to provide voluntary pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford the help of a lawyer. Every lawyer authorized and privileged to practice law in California is expected to make
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073.1
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Legal aid organization” has the meaning provided in Section 6159.51. (b) “Person of limited means” means an individual qualified as “low-income,” “very low income,” or “extremely low income” under the current Dep
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6073.2
(a) Pursuant to Section 6073, every lawyer should aspire to fulfill their individual commitment to provide pro bono legal services each year and contribute financially to California legal aid organizations. (b) An active licensee shall report whether they have provided pro bono l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6074
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6074
(a) The Legislature finds that securing civil legal assistance is difficult for veterans, service members, and their families who cannot afford legal services, for reasons unique to their military or veteran status. The Legislature further finds that the State Bar is uniquely sui
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6075
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6075
In their relation to the provisions of Article 6, concerning the disciplinary authority of the courts, the provisions of this article provide a complete alternative and cumulative method of hearing and determining accusations against licensees of the State Bar.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6076
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6076
With the approval of the Supreme Court, the Board of Trustees may formulate and enforce rules of professional conduct for all licensees of the State Bar.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6077
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6077
The rules of professional conduct adopted by the board, when approved by the Supreme Court, are binding upon all licensees of the State Bar. For a willful breach of any of these rules, the State Bar Court has power to discipline attorneys by reproval, public or private, or to rec
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6077.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6077.5
An attorney and his or her employees who are employed primarily to assist in the collection of a consumer debt owed to another, as defined by Section 1788.2 of the Civil Code, shall comply with all of the following: (a) The obligations imposed on debt collectors pursuant to Artic
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6078
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6078
After a hearing for any of the causes set forth in the laws of the State of California warranting disbarment, suspension, or other discipline, the State Bar Court has the power to recommend to the Supreme Court the disbarment or suspension from practice of licensees or to discipl
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.1
(a) The Supreme Court shall appoint a presiding judge of the State Bar Court. In addition, five hearing judges shall be appointed, two by the Supreme Court, one by the Governor, one by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one by the Speaker of the Assembly, to efficiently decide an
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.4
The exercise by an attorney of his or her privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United Sates, or of any other constitutional or statutory privileges shall not be deemed a failure to cooperate within the meaning of subdivision (i) of Section 6068.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6079.5
(a) The board shall appoint a lawyer admitted to practice in California to serve as chief trial counsel. He or she shall be appointed for a term of four years and may be reappointed for additional four-year periods. He or she shall serve at the pleasure of the board. He or she sh
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6080
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6080
The State Bar Court shall keep a record of all State Bar Court disciplinary proceedings. In all disciplinary proceedings resulting in a recommendation to the Supreme Court for disbarment or suspension, the State Bar Court shall keep a transcript of the evidence and proceedings th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6081
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6081
Upon the making of any decision recommending the disbarment or suspension from practice of any licensee of the State Bar, the State Bar Court shall immediately file a certified copy of the decision, together with the transcript and the findings, with the Clerk/Executive Officer o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6081.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6081.1
Nothing in Sections 6080 and 6081 shall require the State Bar Court to transcribe oral testimony unless ordered by the Supreme Court or requested by a party at the party’s expense.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6082
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6082
Any person complained against and any person whose reinstatement the State Bar Court may refuse to recommend may have the action of the State Bar Court reviewed by the California Supreme Court in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the California Supreme Court.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6083
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6083
(a) A petition to review or to reverse or modify any decision recommending the disbarment or suspension from practice of a licensee of the State Bar may be filed with the Supreme Court by the licensee within 60 days after the filing of the decision recommending such discipline. (