Government
Apr. 28, 2016
Lawmakers open to splitting up State Bar
Members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee said multiple scandals should prompt major reforms.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawmakers strongly expressed their openness Tuesday to splitting up the State Bar because of multiple scandals in recent years, with one assemblyman comparing the agency to the Titanic and saying it needed to be turned around rapidly.
Some members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee also raised the prospect of ultimately opposing and trying to hold up the bar's dues bill unless significant refor...
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