The State Bar of California ebriefs

HEARINGS --- The bar's annual hearings on attorney discipline, admissions and competence will take place next month in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

2007 DUES --- Annual fee statements will be mailed Nov. 15. Bar dues not postmarked or paid online by Feb. 1 will be considered late and a penalty will attach on Feb. 2.

FREE FEE ARB TRAINING --- Recent developments in fee arbitration will be discussed at a free training program on Nov. 14 in Palm Desert.

FRYE RULING --- The State Bar launched a study last month of nonprofit legal practice in California, responding to the Supreme Court's directive in Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Clinic Inc. Comments are sought.

APPLY --- The application for a 2007-08 appointment to a State Bar committee is now available at the bar's Web site.