February 22, 2013 - Oregon State Bar

BOG Agenda Memo — Executive Director’s Operations Report
February 22, 2013 Page 2
Admissions • We continue to see fewer applicants than in prior years. The February 2013
bar exam will test roughly 210 applicants, down from a more typical 250‐
260.
• There were 641 admittees in 2012 (exam, reciprocity, house counsel, all
types). This is roughly 75 fewer than the year before.
• The recruitment effort for a new admissions director continues. The Board
of Bar Examiners is holding a first round of interviews with a number of
candidates on March 1. In the meantime, Charles Schulz continues as
interim director.
Communications &
Public Services
(Kay Pulju)
CLE Seminars
(Karen Lee)
• The Communications & Public Services Department is working on a
comprehensive marketing and outreach plan for the bar. Our major projects
for the first half of the year will be establishing a comprehensive CLE
Seminars page on the bar’s website and working with the Referral &
Information Services Department on public outreach. We are also preparing
to resume production of Legal Links, our legal information video series
distributed online and through community access TV.
• The January edition of the Bulletin featured a cover story on OSB President
Mike Haglund and his goals for the year ahead. A new regular section,
Attorneys’ Marketplace, debuted in the same edition. The marketplace will
provide a consistent platform for finding services and vendors formerly
listed in the “Attorneys Guide to Products and Services” section of the
printed membership directory.
• Invitations are out for two upcoming bar events: the annual 50‐Year
Member Luncheon on March 29, and a tree‐planting event on March 2. The
latter event, under direction of the BOG’s Special Projects Committee, is
being held in partnership with Friends of Trees and will be co‐sponsored by
the OSB Sustainable Future Section, OSB Environmental & Natural
Resources Section and the Oregon New Lawyers Division. It includes two
planting projects in Portland and one in Eugene on the same date.
• Future video replay compilations (Super Video Week and Last Chance
Video) have gone the way of the dodo bird – extinct. Three members
registered for four days of video replays during December.
• Webcast attendance for the last live seminars of 2012 was very good. Out of
274 registrants for three seminars, slightly more than 50% attended via
webcast. Child abuse reporting had the largest attendance, with 85
watching via the Internet.
• We scheduled 24 hours of online videos on December 30 and 31. There
were 38 registrants, and the most popular videos to watch were child abuse
reporting, ethics, and access to justice.
• 2013 marks the end of printed materials included with registration.
Electronic materials will be included with seminar registration, with a print
copy available at $15 for one volume and $25 for materials that require two
volumes.0
• 2013 also marks the closure of ten video replay sites that had low or no
attendance during the past three years.