Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 15, 2017
State Bar planning to get arrest alerts for current and future attorneys
The agency's board had previously directed staff to enter a contract that would apply to lawyers licensed after it is signed, not the more than 185,000 active bar members.
By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
State Bar officials said Wednesday that the agency is expanding and accelerating its efforts to come into compliance with a law requiring it to be notified when attorneys are arrested.
The bar now plans to eventually receive arrest alerts from the California Department of Justice concerning both current and future licensed attorneys, a process that would involve re-fingerprinting active licensees...
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