SACRAMENTO — State Bar President William Hebert is pushing ahead with a proposal to restructure the Board of Governors despite some early criticisms from Bar members.
Hebert’s plan, unveiled earlier this week, would eliminate six lawyers’ seats on the Board of Governors, shrinking the current 23-member body to 17. The governor and Legislature would still name six non-lawyers to the Board, but the state Supreme Court would choose the remaining 11 lawyer-members, stripping Bar members’ current power to elect them.
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