Report 2011-030 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2011-030: State Bar of California: Its Lawyer Assistance Program Lacks Adequate Controls for Reporting on Participating Attorneys (Release Date: May 2011)

Recommendation #1 To: Bar of California, State

The assistance program should take steps to better gauge its effectiveness. For example, it could measure how long its participants remain in the program and assess the program's impact on any further actions that disciplinary bodies impose on these attorneys. Further, if the assistance program believes that the effectiveness of the program is better measured through other means, it should develop these alternative measures and assess the program's effectiveness in meeting its stated goals.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2013

The State Bar identified and implemented performance measures. Please see supporting documentation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From September 2012

The State Bar's Office of Budget & Performance Analysis will work with LAP program management and the program oversight committee to define and report performance measures for the program.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Not Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2011-030

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.