May 16, 2024
State Bar trustees approve expungement of discipline records
The board also discussed how participation in protests could affect moral fitness and received a warning over disruptions to the next bar exam.
The State Bar Board of Trustees approved a proposal that would expunge attorneys' discipline records after eight years. The policy is based on research showing it would disproportionately help Black and Latino attorneys and that few lawyers reoffend if they keep a clean record for several years.
At its open meeting on Thursday, the board also discussed how participation in protests would be viewed during moral fitness examinations and received a warning that hotel strikes coul...
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