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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6060.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6060.7
The examining committee shall be responsible for the approval, regulation, and oversight of degree-granting law schools that meet both of the following: (a) Award the juris doctor (J.D.) professional degree in California. (b) Are not approved by the American Bar Association.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6060.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6060.9
Approval of any agency or agencies not existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State shall not be made a condition for accreditation of any California law school.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061
Any law school that is not accredited by the examining committee of the State Bar shall provide every student with a disclosure statement, subsequent to the payment of any application fee but prior to the payment of any registration fee, containing all of the following informatio
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061.5
A law school that is not accredited by the examining committee of the State Bar may refer to itself as a university or part of a university and, if it so refers to itself, shall state whether or not the law school is associated with an undergraduate school.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6061.7
(a) Any law school that is not approved by the American Bar Association shall publicly disclose on its Internet Web site, with a link from the Internet home page under “Admissions,” all of the following information: (1) Admissions data. (2) Tuition, fees, and financial aid. (3) C
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6062
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6062
(a) To be certified to the Supreme Court for admission, and a license to practice law, a person who has been admitted to practice law in a sister state, United States jurisdiction, possession, territory, or dependency the United States may hereafter acquire shall: (1) Be of the a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6063
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6063
Applicants for admission to practice shall pay such reasonable fees, fixed by the board, as may be necessary to defray the expense of administering the provisions of this chapter, relating to admission to practice. These fees shall be collected by the State Bar and paid into the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6064
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6064
(a) Upon certification by the examining committee that the applicant has fulfilled the requirements for admission to practice law, the Supreme Court may admit the applicant as an attorney at law in all the courts of this state and may direct an order to be entered upon its record
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6064.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6064.1
No person who advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of this State by force, violence, or other unconstitutional means, shall be certified to the Supreme Court for admission and a license to practice law.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6065
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6065
Any applicant for admission to practice who did not pass the California bar examination, for 30 days following the release of examination results, shall have electronic access to their answers to the written sessions of the bar examination, which shall include the ability to down
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6066
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 6066
Any person refused certification to the Supreme Court for admission to practice may have the action of the board, or of any committee authorized by the board to make a determination on its behalf, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, reviewed by the Supreme Court, in accor
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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.