California Lawyers Association, Privacy Law
The Topic May Be Privacy: But CLA Isn’t Keeping Quiet
February 2025

California Lawyers Association’s (CLA) Privacy Law Section is hosting its Third Annual Privacy Summit in Los Angeles on February 27-28, 2025, at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. This two-day event will cover a comprehensive range of issues impacting legal professionals practicing privacy law. Participants may earn up to 11 hours of MCLE, including 3 hours of Technology in the practice of law.
The Summit features over a dozen panel discussions on the latest developments and challenges in privacy and cybersecurity law, and current legal frameworks, emerging trends, and best practices. Topics include cybersecurity audits, legislation, employee privacy, health, and federal and state AI laws. The 2025 Summit schedule is available here.
“CLA’s Summit offers a personal experience and opportunity to network with colleagues and leaders in the area of privacy law,” explains Nick Ginger, Privacy Law Section Chair. “California’s privacy law attorneys are a close knit group of people, and through this event, participants are able to engage with people they truly respect.”
In partnership with our generous Summit sponsors, the Privacy Law Section is offering law students scholarships granting free admission to the Summit. The scholarship application is available online here. If you are interested in contributing to the Summit student scholarship program, please contact us directly or through our website.
Each year, the Privacy Law Section honors a Privacy Lawyer of the Year at a reception during the Summit. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to advancing the field of privacy law.
Approximately 200 people are expected to be in attendance, including regulators, thought leaders, and other experts in the practice including in-house counsel, private firms, solo practitioners, and government attorneys. Panels and roundtable discussions will be recorded and made available through the Privacy Law Section’s education catalog.
Last year, The California State Bar approved to establish Privacy Law as a new specialty area. Privacy Law is also the first Section to be created in over 30 years, and the first since CLA became its own entity in 2018. “The Section works to build a pipeline for privacy lawyers,” says Mr. Ginger, who was formerly a tax attorney. He is excited about the Section’s work, advocacy, and the future of privacy law. “Our Executive Committee works as a team. We are all involved in putting on the Summit, for instance. We bring a lot of diversity to the Section, and that benefits everyone.”
Mr. Ginger emphasizes that California was the first state to give its residents rights over their personal data. Eighteen states have followed, but the majority do not have full-scale privacy laws in place. Attorneys in the privacy field believe it is critical to further regulations which protect consumers and foster innovation. The Section has many Sub-Committees and publishes an in-depth, annual Privacy Law Journal.
For more information and to attend the Summit, visit: https://calawyers.org/annual-privacy-summit/.