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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 9, 2016

High court could deal blow to mandatory bars

Some bar officials nationwide fear impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming Friedrichs decision.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Some state bar officials nationwide fear that if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that public employees don't have to pay dues to unions who bargain on their behalf, it could leave in doubt the future of mandatory bars, including California's.

The case causing concern for the nation's more than 30 mandatory state bars, also known as unified or integrated bars, features California teachers who have ar...

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