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Dec. 15, 2017

The evolution of the State Bar

Whatever your view, changes are aplenty, and more are coming. If you get a chance, make your own contribution to the betterment of our profession. Let's go out and do some good.

James Otto Heiting

Heiting & Irwin

Email: joheiting@heitingandirwin.com

James was president of the State Bar of California from 2005 to 2006.

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The State Bar of California was created by the California Legislature in 1927 with the State Bar Act (Business and Professions Code, Section 6000 et seq.). The State Bar is a public corporation -- not an association -- formed to fix qualifications for the admission to practice, adopt rules of professional conduct, and conduct disciplinary proceedings (all with the approval of the Supreme Court). The State Bar was also to aid in the administration of justice. The bar, ...

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