September 2009 BOG Book

The September Board of Governors meeting will be held on September 24–25, 2009, at the WSBA Conference Center, located at 1325 4th Avenue, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98101.

In an effort to "go green" and conserve resources, the WSBA will no longer produce or mail out hard copies of the BOG book. For those attending the BOG meeting, it will be necessary to download the materials onto your laptop prior to arriving at the meeting. You will need Adobe Reader 9 to view the book. You can download the software for free at www.adobe.com/reader. Alternatively, please feel free to print out any portion of the BOG book to bring to the meeting with you.

If you need assistance downloading or navigating the BOG book, please see our user guide here: Quick Reference Guide

To download, right-click on the link and select "Save Target As..." to save to your computer.

For a copy of the entire BOG book, click here: September BOG Book

To download the late materials, click here: September Late Materials
(as of Tuesday, September 22, 2009)

If you prefer to download a specific section, please click on the relevant link below:

General Information

Tab 1 - Agenda

Tab 2 - Executive Session - For WSBA Governors only. For more information, click here.

Tab 3 - Public Session - Introductions and Welcome

a. Approval of Minutes (action)
b. Report on Executive Session (no materials)
c. Executive Director's Report

Tab 4 - Consent Calendar

a. Approve 2010 Keller Deduction Schedule
b. Approve Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee Appointment
c. Approve Proposed Vice-Chair Appointments to Regulatory Boards
d. Approve WSBA Leadership Institute (WLI) Board Appointments
e. Approve Revisions to WSBA Leadership Institute (WLI) Policies and Procedures
f. Adopt Discipline Review Committee Final Report
g. Approve Appointments to Hearing Officer Selection Panel
h. Approve Appointment to Law Clerk Board
i. Approve WSBA Committee, Board, and Panel Appointment Recommendations
j. Approve Appointment to Judicial Information Systems Committee (JISC)

Tab 5 - Washington State Bar Foundation

a. Proposed Bylaw Changes (action)
b. Appointments to Board of Trustees (action)
c. Proposed Staffing Request (action)

Tab 6 - Fiscal Matters

a. Adoption of FY2010 Budget (action)
b. Funding for Civil Legal Aid Grant Update (information)
c. Investment Update (information)
d. July 2009 YTD Financial Statements (information)

Tab 7 - Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Annual Report

Tab 8 - Report on ABA Annual Meeting - Lish Whitson, WSBA ABA Delegate (no materials)

Tab 9 - Legal Foundation of Washington - Nicholas Gellert, President

Tab 10 - Governors' Forum (no materials)

Tab 11 - Liaisons' Forum (no materials)

Tab 12 - BOG Matters

a. Various Committee Appointments (action)
    - Approve Appointment to Council on Public Legal Education
    - Approve Appointment to Practice of Law Board
    - Approve Appointments to Judicial Recommendations Committee
    - Nomination to Board for Judicial Administration Best Practices
b. Approve Hearing Officer Appointments (action)
c. Proposed Joint Agreement Between WSBA and LAW Fund (action)
   - Proposed Amendments to Member Data and Contact Information 
     Policy (action)
d. Proposed Comment to RPC 1.3 Re Succession Planning (action)
e. WSBA Professionalism Outreach Initiative (action)
f. Update from BOG Diversity Committee
g. Reports from WSBA Standing Committees on FY09 Activities and FY10 Plans
h. President-elect Mungia's Proposed Mentoring Program (first reading)

Tab 13 - Program Review

a. Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) (action)
b. Limited Practice Officers (LPO) (action)
c. Law Clerk Program (action)
d. Practice of Law Board (POLB) (action)

Tab 14 - Update from Council on Public Defense (CPD)

a. Council on Public Defense Recommendation Re District and Municipal Court Judges Association (DMCJA) Proposed Revision to CrRLJ 4.1 (action) - Jackie McMurtie and Bob Boruchowitz, Members, CPD

b. Office of Public Defense (OPD) Status Report on Public Defense in Washington State - Joanne Moore, Director, OPD

Tab 15 - Washington Young Lawyers Division (WYLD) Annual Report and Swearing-In of President

Tab 16 - Court Rules and Procedures (Rules) Committee - Roger Wynne

a. CR 43 Telephonic Testimony (action)
b. Recommended Response Regarding "Clawback" Amendments to
CR 26 and CR 45 (action)
c. Proposed New Evidence Rule ER 502 (action)
d. Proposed Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Amendments (continued discussion)
e. Correspondence Re Proposed ER 502 and ESI Recommendations

Tab 17 - Officers' Reports

a. President's Activities
    - President's Correspondence
b. President-elect's Activities

Tab 18 - Future Meetings

Adjourn Annual Meeting