ARTICLE 3. Investigations, Examining Committee, Subpoenas, and Other Proceedings [6043.5. - 6054.]
Heading of Article 3 amended (as added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 34) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 27.
§§ 6043.5–6054 · 19 sections
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 6046.2 (a) On or before November 30, 2026, the Committee of Bar Examiners shall provide a report to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme…
- § 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…
- § 6046.6 (a) (1) (A) The Committee of Bar Examiners shall not alter the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or…
- § 6046.7 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the examining committee shall be responsible for the approval, regulation, and oversight of degree-granting unaccredited law…
- § 6046.8 (a) 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…
- § 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…
- § 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)…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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,…
- § 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…
- § 6051.1 A motion to quash a subpoena issued pursuant to Section 6049 shall be brought in the State Bar Court.
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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…