California State Bar Pulls New Leader From Judicial Council

The California State Bar named a new top executive Thursday— a director with the policymaking body of the state’s courts with deep Sacramento roots— to steer the agency as it continues to deal with the fallout of the botched rollout of its new bar exam.

Laura Enderton-Speed, who currently leads the office providing leadership support to the Judicial Council of California, was appointed by a unanimous vote at the State Bar’s Board of Trustees meeting, according to a news release. She is also an adjunct professor at University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law and at California State University, ...