When it meets December 2 on Amelia Island, the Board of Governors is expected to weigh a much-anticipated mentoring proposal, and a host of proposed rule amendments, including one that would make it easier to use sealed or expunged criminal records in Bar disciplinary cases, and proposed bylaw amendments designed to make Bar elections more efficient.

The Special Committee on Mentoring New Lawyers is expected to deliver a thorough presentation on a new program that would serve attorneys with three or less years of experience and who work in firms with three or fewer lawyers.

President Gary Lesser formed the panel in June, saying he wants to help a growing number of beginning lawyers who, under pressure to pay off student loans, are launching solo practices straight out of law school.