California Lawyers Association
Workers’ Comp Section Hosts Youth Academy Students

About a dozen high school and college students from Oaklandâs Centro Legal de la Razaâs Youth Law Academy got a first-hand look at what itâs like to be a workersâ compensation attorney last month.

During an Aug. 5 field trip to the Oakland Workersâ Compensation Appeals Board â organized by the California Lawyers Association Workersâ Compensation Section Executive Committee â the students watched the judges run their calendars. After court, the committee hosted the students for lunch at the Rotunda Building. A panel of six â two judges, two defense lawyers and two applicant lawyers â discussed workersâ compensation law, shared how they became judges and lawyers and answered questions.

Section Chair Maria Sager thanked the academyâs program director, Raymundo Jacquez, for his efforts in facilitating the collaboration.
âImagine if we could do something like the above on a statewide level,â Sager said. âWouldnât that be incredible. Imagine the lives we could possibly change for the better.â