St. Francis School of Law Dean appointed to state bar committee

St. Francis School of Law has announced that Dean Carole J. Buckner, J.D., has been appointed to the State Bar of California’s Mandatory Fee Arbitration Committee.

The MFA Committee oversees California’s mandatory attorney-client fee arbitration program, which provides an informal, confidential, lower-cost forum for resolving fee disputes between lawyer and client. The Committee reviews and comments upon proposed legislation, recommends amendments to fee arbitration statutes and procedures to the board of trustees, and oversees the State Bar’s Mandatory Fee Arbitration Department.

“I am honored to be selected for membership on the California State Bar’s committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration,” said Buckner. “On this committee I will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of guidance for the legal community on billing for legal fees in furtherance of successful business relationships between lawyers and their clients.”

Buckner’s extensive experience includes both civil and criminal law, and she specializes in legal ethics and professional responsibility in her firm, Buckner Law Corp. She has practiced as an in-house counsel for a publicly traded company and in private law firms in the areas of business, commercial, real estate and employment litigation. As a federal prosecutor for the Central District of California, she handled white-collar cases as a special assistant U.S. attorney.

Buckner has more than 14 years of experience as an educational administrator and legal educator, teaching courses such as professional skills, civil procedure, professional responsibility, real property, evidence, Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, torts, remedies and legal ethics, and business representation.

She has served as associate dean at Concord Law School of Kaplan University and as dean and chief academic officer at Abraham Lincoln University’s School of Law, both in Los Angeles, and has taught at Western State College of Law at Argosy University, Fullerton.

In addition to her recent committee appointment, Buckner is the former chair of the California State Bar's Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, and served on that committee for six years. She is also a member and former chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee and is co-chair of the Orange County Bar Association's Professionalism and Ethics Committee.

For more information about the 100 percent online juris doctor degree program at St. Francis School of Law, contact the admissions office at 800.931.2694 oradmissions@stfrancislaw.com, or visitwww.stfrancislaw.com.

About St. Francis School of Law

St. Francis School of Law is the first not-for-profit online law school in the United States. Unlike colleges organized as profit-making enterprises or subsidized by government funds and alumni donations, St. Francis operates as an independent institution devoted to serving its students and their interests. It has the freedom to invest in the quality of education and focus on the core values that form its cornerstone.

One of the nation’s most innovative online law schools and recognized by the State Bar of California, St. Francis strives to incorporate the professional and practical curricula, taught by seasoned legal practitioners, that make its graduates practice-ready. For more information, visitwww.stfrancislaw.com.