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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 7, 2013

State Bar committee backs dues surcharge, but not without dissent

A State Bar committee vote on Wednesday moved the agency one step closer to levying more dues annually on all licensed California lawyers, whose additional money would be applied to legal aid services.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - A State Bar committee vote on Wednesday put the agency one step closer to levying higher annual dues on all licensed California lawyers to help fund legal aid services.


The push on hiking dues, potentially by $100 or more, was not a slam dunk for the committee of attorneys who convened in downtown Sacramento. Five voted in favor of exploring the idea further and three opposed, with the y...

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