Government
Mar. 8, 2013
State bar board votes to pursue dues increases
Finishing up a two-day meeting, the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California voted to move forward with a legislative proposal to increase dues to pay for legal aid services, despite dissenting votes by five members.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The State Bar of California on Thursday voted to draft a legislative proposal to increase lawyers' dues after a two-day board meeting in Sacramento.
The push to create a new source of funding for hard-hit legal aid services by increasing dues drew dissent at a bar committee meeting Wednesday, where three out of eight members voted against the proposal. A final vote by the Board of Trustees was also ...
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