New Bar President Includes Diversity on His Agenda

Newly elected California Bar Association President Jeffrey Bleich said he intends to strengthen the young lawyer division and promote a pipeline program designed to interest young people, especially those from underrepresented minorities, in law careers. The 211,00-member organization elected Bleich, 46, to the group's presidency on a first ballot. Bleich, who is a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson in San Francisco, will be sworn in Sept. 29 at the Bar annual conference in Anaheim. Bleich specializes in complex civil litigation, appellate practice, media law, communications law and intell...