IN RE GARCIA

No. S202512.

58 Cal.4th 440 (2014)

165 Cal. Rptr. 3d 855

315 P.3d 117

In re SERGIO C. GARCIA on Admission.

Supreme Court of California.

January 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fishkin & Slatter, Jerome Fishkin , Lindsay K. Slatter , Samuel C. Bellicini ; Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker and Robert Cooper for Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros , State Solicitor General, Kathleen A. Kenealy , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan Wolff , Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Rochelle C. East , Tamar Pachter , Daniel J. Powell and Ross C. Moody , Deputy Attorneys General, for California Attorney General as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Irell & Manella, Carlos R. Moreno , Eric A. Webber and BJ Ard for Los Angeles County Bar Association, Alameda County Bar Association, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley, Bar Association of San Francisco, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Kern County Bar Association, Marin County Bar Association, Mexican American Bar Association, Multicultural Bar Alliance of Southern California, Riverside County Bar Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, San Bernardino County Bar Association, San Diego County Bar Association, Santa Clara County Bar Association and South Asian Bar Association of Northern California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Anthony P. Marquez ; Law Office of Denis White and Joshua Kaizuka for La Raza Lawyers Association of Sacramento and Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, Ilyce Shugall ; Dolores Street Community Services, Francisco M. Ugarte and Jaclyn Shull Gonzalez as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Rigoberto J. Arrechiga , Elizabeth P. Uribe and Juan A. Ramos for the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Morrison & Foerster, Arturo J. Gonzales , Claudia M. Vetesi , Alexandria A. Amezcua , Javier Serrano ; Girardi | Keese, Howard B. Miller ; Bacon Immigration Law & Policy Program and Nina A. Rabin for California Latino Legislative Caucus as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Shannon P. Minter , Christopher F. Stoll and Angela K. Perone for National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Reed Smith, Raymond A. Cardozo , David J. de Jesus , Rachel M. Golick and Delaney M. Andersen for Michael A. Olivas, Holly S. Cooper, Karen Musalo, Hiroshi Motomura, Cruz Reynoso, and other immigration law professors as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Jennifer Chang Newell , Michael Tan ; Lee Gelernt ; Tanya Broder ; and Bernard P. Wolfsdorf for the American Civil Liberties Union, American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and National Immigration Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Arnold & Porter, Jerome B. Falk, Jr. , Lisa Hill Fenning , John Throckmorton ; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, William A. Norris , L. Rachel Lerman and Amit Kurlekar for law school deans Sandra L. Brooks, Erwin Chemerinsky, Christopher Edley, Jr., Victor Gold, Rachel Moran, Drucilla S. Ramey, and Frank H. Wu as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Brigit G. Alvarez for Joseph A. Vail Center for Immigrant Rights as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

UCLA Downtown Labor Center and Tia Koonse for Dream Team Los Angeles, Orange County Dream Team, California Dream Network, San Fernando Valley Dream Team and United We Dream Network as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Cynthia J. Larsen , Sarah C. Marriott , Alexis Yee-Garcia , Judy Kwan ; LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Jose Perez for Cesar Vargas as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Nicholás Espíritu for Dream Bar Association, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Asian Law Alliance, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund and National Council of La Raza as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Nicholas Kierniesky, in pro. per., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sergio C. Garcia.

Starr Babcock, Lawrence C. Yee , Richard J. Zanassi , Rachel S. Grunberg ; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert E. Palmer , Joshua A. Jessen , Drew A. Harbur ; Mark A. Perry ; Minami Tamaki, Donald K. Tamaki , Minette A. Kwok , Phillip M. Zackler ; Kevin R. Johnson ; Bill Ong Hing ; Bryan Springmeyer ; Kerr & Wagstaffe and James M. Wagstaffe for Respondent Committee of Bar Examiners of State Bar of California.

Larry DeSha, in pro. per., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Committee of Bar Examiners of State Bar of California.

Stuart F. Delery Acting Assistant Attorney General (United States), Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Michael P. Abate and Daniel Tenny for the United States of America as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Committee of Bar Examiners of State Bar of California.


OPINION

CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.

The Committee of Bar Examiners (Committee) — the entity within the State Bar of California (State Bar) that administers the California bar examination, investigates the qualifications of bar applicants, and certifies to this court candidates it finds qualified for admission to the State Bar — has submitted the name of Sergio C. Garcia (hereafter Garcia or applicant) for admission to the State...

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