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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 11, 2015

State Bar considers dividing itself

A task force grappled with whether the State Bar should serve as both disciplinarian and trade association for California's lawyers.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A special task force grappled with questions Wednesday on whether the State Bar should serve as both disciplinarian and trade association for California's lawyers, amid outside concerns that the association has not done enough to protect the public from unscrupulous lawyers.

The two-hour discussion held by the Governance in the Public Interest Task Force at the State Bar's headquar...

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