Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.12 · Chapter 3. Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
Standard of review for State Bar Court Review Department
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
In reviewing the decisions, orders, or rulings of a hearing judge under rule 301 of the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California or such other rule as may be adopted governing the review of any decisions, orders, or rulings by a hearing judge that fully disposes of an entire proceeding, the Review Department of the State Bar Court must independently review the record and may adopt findings, conclusions, and a decision or recommendation different from those of the hearing judge.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 9.12 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 951.5 by the Supreme Court effective February 23, 2000.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/nine/rule9_12
- Text hash
- sha256 42586f7c0e986f8db446543ed3aa69fe90ed1bebc22513b5842d82be219e138f
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
- The Judicial Council's PDF of Title 9 (last modified June 1, 2026) prints this rule differently: where this page prints “301” the PDF prints “5.151”. The rule page's text is shown.
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