State Bar Publishes Reports Outlining Fee Increase Needs
State Bar Court Recommends John Eastman's Disbarment
2023 Diversity Report Card Highlights Diversity Gains, Ongoing Challenges
As required by the Legislature, the State Bar has published three reports detailing its funding needs to support its public protection mission in 2025 and beyond. The three interdependent reports provide lawmakers, who approve the fee bill every year, with recommendations and options to ensure that the State Bar’s funding adequately supports its mission.
In a 128-page ruling, California State Bar Court Hearing Judge Yvette D. Roland found licensee John Charles Eastman (SBN 193726) culpable of 10 of the disciplinary charges filed by the State Bar’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel (OCTC) and recommended that he be disbarred. Absent a challenge, the recommendation goes to the California Supreme Court for review.
The 2023 Report Card on the Diversity of California’s Legal Profession provides insights into the demographic changes among California's attorneys since 2019, highlighting trends in racial/ethnic and gender representation. The 2023 report introduces new analyses on Latino and Asian subgroups, examines the diversity and reasons behind attorneys transitioning to inactive status over the past decade, and features the State Bar's new DEI Leadership Seal Program.