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March 30-31, 2001 Meeting Agenda
BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING
510 L Street, Suite 602
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
March 30 & 31, 2001
Friday, March 30, 2001
9:00 a.m. Roll Call & President's Remarks
9:05 a.m. Strategic Planning
9:30 a.m. Financial Auditor (Charlotte Tharp)
9:45 a.m. Alaska Pro Bono Program Barrister's Ball: use of Bar credit card machine (Sabrina Fernandez)
10:00 a.m. VCLE Dues Discount or Other Incentives
10:30 a.m. In the Disciplinary Matter Involving Marcus Paine, ABA File Nos. 1996D072 et al. Consideration of Hearing Committee Report (tentative)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Information & Consent Items
A. ALSC and Judicial Conduct Commission Advisory Poll
B. Pro Bono Dues Reduction
C. Rule 43 Waiver (DeMarsh, Dickey)
D. February 2001 Bar Exam report
E. Approval of January minutes
F. Historians Committee activities
G. Thank you from ANDVSA
1:30 p.m. Stipulation for Discipline: In the Disciplinary Matter Involving ABA File Nos. 1995D090, 1995D225, 1996D057
2:00 p.m. Judicial Independence Committee: Proposed Bylaw Change
2:15 p.m. Convention Awards
2:30 p.m. Supreme Court Oral Argument Broadcast: proposal (Cynthia Fellows)
2:45 p.m. Stipulation for Discipline: In the Disciplinary Matter Involving ABA File Nos. 1995D183, 1996D092
3:30 p.m. Ethics Opinions: Attorney's Duties When Advised By Custodian That Criminal Defendant Has Breached Conditions of Client's Release (Brent Cole) 4:00 p.m. CLE & Convention
A. Report
B. Request to Form Law & Community Health Section
4:15 p.m. Reciprocity Applicants
4:30 p.m. RECESS
Saturday, March 31
9:00 a.m. Personnel Policies
9:30 a.m. Dues Reduction for e-mail
9:45 a.m. Merit Selection Committee for 9th Circuit Lawyer Representative
10:00 a.m. Alaska Bar Staff Pension Plan
10:15 a.m. Discipline and Fee Arbitration Report
A. Statistics: Update 1st Quarter 2001
B. Summaries
10:30 a.m. Public Comment
10:45 a.m. Rules
A. Status of Proposed Rules Chart
B. Bar Rules 10 & 12: Amendments relating to the appointment of special bar counsel (published Jan/Feb 2001 Bar Rag)(final consideration)
C. Bar Rule 31: Proposed amendment to increase trustee counsel compensation from $5000 to $10,000 (published Jan/Feb 2001 Bar Rag)(final consideration)
D. Bar Rule 45: Amendments to delete requirement of domicile in Alaska and adding failure to pay a fee arbitration award to the definition of "dishonest conduct." (published Jan/Feb 2001 Bar Rag)(final consideration)
E. Bar Rule 31(g)(3) and Bar Rule 54: Amendments permitting payment of trustee counsel compensation from the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection (first consideration)
11:15 a.m. Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct Committee
A. ARPC 1.5(d): Proposed amendment regarding contingent fees in domestic relations cases
11:30 a.m. Funding of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection: is it enough?
11:45 a.m. House Bill 86: "An Act relating to civil liability for certain false or improper allegations in a civil pleading for certain improper acts relating to a civil action."
12:00 p.m. Adjourn
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