Sections
19 entriesSection 6043.5Prohibits knowingly making or causing a false and malicious report or complaint to the State Bar accusing an attorney of professional misconduct…Section 6044Allows the chief trial counsel, with or without a complaint, to initiate and conduct investigations concerning State Bar licensee discipline, suspected actual…Section 6044.5Requires the State Bar to confidentially disclose or exchange nonpublic information with the appropriate enforcement agency when alleged licensee misconduct may support…Section 6046Allows the board to establish a 19-member examining committee to examine law-admission applicants, administer admission requirements, and certify qualified applicants to the…Section 6046.2Requires the Committee of Bar Examiners, by November 30, 2026, to report to the board, Chief Justice, and legislative judiciary committees on…Section 6046.5Requires three public examining-committee members each to be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, Assembly Speaker, and Governor for four-year terms, except…Section 6046.6Limits major bar-exam changes by requiring two years’ notice for substantial preparation changes or remote administration, 18 months for a multiple-choice vendor…Section 6046.7Requires examining committee to approve, regulate, and oversee California law schools that award a J.D. and lack approval from both the American…Section 6046.8Requires the board to oversee a bar-exam evaluation every seven years or more often if the Supreme Court directs, and make findings…Section 6047Allows the examining committee, subject to board approval, to adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary or advisable to make the qualifications prescribed…Section 6049Allows the State Bar Court at hearings to receive evidence, administer oaths and affirmations, and subpoena witnesses and documents. During investigations, the…Section 6049.1Establishes a certified final out-of-jurisdiction attorney-discipline order as conclusive evidence of professional misconduct in California, subject to limited challenges over appropriate discipline,…Section 6049.2Allows relevant and material testimony from a contested civil action or special proceeding involving the complained-against person to be admitted in State…Section 6050Establishes contempt of the subpoenaing body when a subpoenaed person refuses to appear, testify, answer pertinent and proper questions, or produce required…Section 6051Allows the State Bar Court or chief trial counsel to report subpoena contempt to the superior court where the matter is pending,…Section 6051.1Requires any motion to quash a subpoena issued under the referenced State Bar authority to be filed in the State Bar Court.…Section 6052Allows the State Bar Court, chief trial counsel, or their designee to administer oaths and issue subpoenas under the specified subpoena provision.…Section 6053Allows the board or committee with jurisdiction to order a State Bar licensee to undergo examination by one or more designated physicians…Section 6054Requires law-enforcement, licensing, and court personnel to assist the State Bar in admission, discipline, or reinstatement matters, and requires specified applicants and…