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State Bar & Bar Associations

Oct. 17, 2000

Price of Justice

The State Bar Board of Governors needs to set measurable goals for the disciplinary system before it can make principled decisions such as how much it should cost.

        By Palmer Brown Madden

        How much should attorneys be spending on the State Bar's disciplinary system? Currently we are spending $37.5 million, which is some 75 percent of the State Bar's total budget. This comes out to $278 per active member. Are we spending enough? Too much? How should the Board of Governors decide these questions? I believe that before the board ...

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