This article focuses on several familiar topics of legal ethics and how they apply to the inhouse lawyer. A lawyer must self-report to the State Bar, within 30 days, any of eight different events.Seven of the events are specified in California Bus. State Bar of California. Sacramento Superior Court attorney misconduct controversy. The State Bar of California is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct. The State Bar of California is responsible for managing the admission of lawyers to the practice of law, investigating complaints of professional misconduct. We are no longer a professional association, or as is typically called in Sacramento, a trade association. Beginning on December 1, 2022, all California lawyers must: Register their client trust accounts (including IOLTA) annually with the State Bar. The Daily Journal has more journalists covering the California legal profession than any other publication.