2017

December 21, 2017
Wisconsin Bar reformer Steven Levine petitions court to only fund regulation.

PETITION TO REPEAL AND REPLACE SCR 10.03(5)(b) WITH SCR 10.03(5)(b)-(e) AND TO AMEND SCR 10.03(6) AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PETITION Petitioner Steven Levine hereby petitions this Court to repeal SCR 10.03(5)(b), to adopt a new SCR 10.03(5)(b)-(e), and to

December 20, 2017
Goldwater Institute asks U.S. Supreme Court to protect attorneys' First Amendment rights.

By Jennifer Tiedemann News Release Posted on December 15, 2017 Phoenix—Today, the Goldwater Institute has asked the United States Supreme Court to take a case to help protect attorneys’ right to free speech—including their right not to speak. Arnold Fleck

October 3, 2017
Cal State Bar Prepares to Implement Historic Reforms Following Gov. Brown Signature on the Agency's Annual Fee Bill

State Bar of California News Release For Immediate Release: Oct. 2, 2017 State Bar Prepares to Implement Historic Reforms Following Gov. Brown Signature on the Agency’s Annual Fee Bill On October 2, 2017, Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 36 into

May 2, 2017
Comment Period Ends May 22, 2017 For Petition to Amend Arizona Supreme Court Rule 32

As posted here in January, the Goldwater Institute filed a petition asking the Arizona Supreme Court to amend its Rules 32(c) and (d) so as to split the functions of the State Bar of Arizona into two distinct subsets, a

March 14, 2017
House Bill 2295 – FACT SHEET

House Bill 2295 Also see Goldwater Institute HB 2295 Bullet Points What it does Separates the regulatory functions from the trade association purposes of the State Bar of Arizona; And thereby eliminates the longstanding regulator/trade association conflict of interest

January 25, 2017
REP. KERN CALLS FOR SEPARATING STATE BAR'S REGULATORY AND TRADE ASSOCIATION FUNCTIONS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

Can a quasi-government agency avoid dysfunction when it has dual roles as regulator protecting the public from unethical lawyers and as trade association promoting lawyers’ professional and economic interests? District 20 House Member Anthony Kern says “No, it can’t.” For

January 11, 2017
Petition filed to split up Arizona Bar's regulatory functions from its trade association activities.

A petition was filed today that asks the Arizona Supreme Court to amend its Rules 32(c) and (d) so as to split the functions of the State Bar of Arizona into two distinct subsets, a mandatory membership organization (“Mandatory Bar”)