Sections
21 entriesSection 6210Establishes legislative findings and purpose only, not an operative rule, that existing free civil legal-services programs inadequately serve indigent people, especially underserved…Section 6210.5Establishes a 24-member Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, generally with four-year terms, one reappointment and limited extensions up to 10 years, while…Section 6211Requires attorneys and law firms receiving or disbursing trust funds to maintain an IOLTA account for nominal or short-term client funds and…Section 6212Requires the following: An attorney who, or a law firm that, establishes an IOLTA account pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6211…Section 6213Defines qualified legal-services projects, support centers, recipients, indigent persons, fee-generating cases, and IOLTA accounts. A qualifying law-school program must operate at least…Section 6214Establishes a presumption that projects meeting specified requirements and funded by the Legal Services Corporation or Older Americans Act are qualified legal-services…Section 6214.5Establishes eligibility for all distributions under the referenced funding provision for a law school program that qualifies as a qualified legal services…Section 6215Establishes a presumption that support centers meeting the specified qualifications and operating an office and providing services in California on December 31,…Section 6216Requires the State Bar to begin distributing funds 18 months after the article’s effective date, or earlier when adequate funds are available,…Section 6217Requires each recipient providing legal assistance under the article to maintain quality service and professional standards, spend received funds consistently with the…Section 6218Requires every legal-services project and support center receiving article funds to adopt financial-eligibility guidelines for indigent persons. Limits qualified-program funds to costs…Section 6219Allows qualified legal-services projects and support centers to use article funds for paid work opportunities and, where feasible, scholarships for disadvantaged law…Section 6220Bars qualified support centers from disqualifying attorneys in private practice solely because they are private practitioners when those attorneys provide legal services…Section 6221Requires qualified legal services projects to make significant efforts to use 20 percent of funds allocated under the article to increase services…Section 6222Requires each recipient of article funds to submit an annual financial statement to the State Bar with a CPA audit or approved…Section 6223Prohibits State Bar-allocated funds from supporting fee-generating cases except under State Bar guidelines, criminal proceedings, or legal assistance for persons other than…Section 6224Allows the State Bar to deny, end, or refuse future funding when an applicant or recipient is unqualified or noncompliant, but requires…Section 6225Requires the State Bar Board of Trustees to adopt regulations and procedures ensuring allocated funds provide civil legal services to indigent persons,…Section 6226Requires the following: The program authorized by this article must become operative only upon the adoption of a resolution by the Board…Section 6227Requires the following: Nothing in this article must create an obligation or pledge of the credit of the State of California or…Section 6228Prohibits the following: If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any group or circumstances is held invalid, such…