6043.5. (a) Every person who reports to the State Bar or causes a complaint to be filed with the State Bar that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct, knowing the report or complaint to be false and malicious, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The State Bar may, in its discretion, notify the appropriate district attorney […]
6044. The chief trial counsel, with or without the filing or presentation of any complaint, may initiate and conduct investigations of all matters affecting or relating to: (a) The discipline of the licensees of the State Bar. (b) The acts or practices of a person whom the chief trial counsel has reason to believe has violated or […]
6044.5. (a) When an investigation or formal proceeding concerns alleged misconduct which may subject a licensee to criminal prosecution for any felony, or any lesser crime committed during the course of the practice of law, or in any manner that the client of the licensee was a victim, or may subject the licensee to disciplinary charges […]
6046. The board may establish an examining committee having the power: (a) To examine all applicants for admission to practice law. (b) To administer the requirements for admission to practice law. (c) To certify to the Supreme Court for admission those applicants who fulfill the requirements provided in this chapter. The examining committee shall be comprised of 19 […]
6046.5. Three of the public members of the examining committee shall be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, three of the public members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and three of the public members shall be appointed by the Governor. They shall serve for a term of four years, except that […]
6046.6. (a) The examining committee shall not alter the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or preparation required for passage of the examination, except after giving two years’ notice of that change. This requirement does not apply to a change in the bar examination that is applicable only at […]
6046.7. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Committee of Bar Examiners shall adopt rules that shall be effective on and after January 1, 2008, for the regulation and oversight of unaccredited law schools that are required to be authorized to operate as a business in California and to have an administrative office in California, […]
6046.8. At least once every seven years, or more frequently if directed by the Supreme Court, the board of trustees shall oversee an evaluation of the bar examination to determine if it properly tests for minimally needed competence for entry-level attorneys and shall make a determination, supported by findings, whether to adjust the examination or […]
6047. Subject to the approval of the board, the examining committee may adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of making effective the qualifications prescribed in Article 4. (Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34.)
6049. (a) Upon the trial and hearing of all matters, the State Bar Court may do all of the following: (1) Take and hear evidence pertaining to the proceeding. (2) Administer oaths and affirmations. (3) Compel, by subpoena, the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and documents pertaining to the proceeding. (b) In the conduct of investigations, […]
6049.1. (a) In any disciplinary proceeding under this chapter, a certified copy of a final order made by any court of record or any body authorized by law or by rule of court to conduct disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, of the United States or of any state or territory of the United States or of the […]
6049.2. In all disciplinary proceedings pursuant to this chapter, the testimony of a witness given in a contested civil action or special proceeding to which the person complained against is a party, or in whose behalf the action or proceeding is prosecuted or defended, may be received in evidence, so far as relevant and material […]
6050. Whenever any person subpoenaed to appear and give testimony or to produce books, papers or documents refuses to appear or testify before the subpoenaing body, or to answer any pertinent or proper questions, or to produce such books, papers or documents, he or she is in contempt of the subpoenaing body. (Amended by Stats. […]
6051. The State Bar Court or the chief trial counsel may report the fact that a person under subpoena is in contempt of the subpoenaing body to the superior court in and for the county in which the proceeding, investigation or other matter is being conducted and thereupon the court may issue an attachment in […]
6051.1. A motion to quash a subpoena issued pursuant to Section 6049 shall be brought in the State Bar Court. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 453, Sec. 9.)
6052. The State Bar Court or the chief trial counsel, or their designee, may administer oaths and issue any subpoena pursuant to Section 6049. Depositions may be taken and used as provided in the rules of procedure adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 698, Sec. 7. (SB 176) […]
6053. Whenever in an investigation or proceeding provided for or authorized by this chapter, the mental or physical condition of the licensee of the State Bar is a material issue, the board or the committee having jurisdiction may order the licensee to be examined by one or more physicians or psychiatrists designated by it. The […]
6054. (a) State and local law enforcement and licensing bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and attachés of the courts of this state shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information, including the providing of state summary criminal history information and local summary criminal history information, to the State Bar of California […]
