1 Hour MCLE; 1 Civility in the Legal Profession. Presented by the Solo and Small Firm Section

California Lawyers Association
400 Capitol Mall STE 650
Sacramento

• 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | MCLE at CLA Office
• 5:30 PM  – 6:30 PM | Happy Hour: Foundation Restaurant & Bar, 400 L St, Sacramento

Come learn how complying with the State Bar’s new Civility Guidelines will actually lower litigation costs for your clients and increase your bottom line, while also decreasing your stress and increasing your job satisfaction. Lawyers who employ empathy and professionalism receive more organic referrals and clients, settle cases for more and sooner. This program will cover the new guidelines and share strategies for effective networking — and then you will be ready to put your knowledge into practice with the one hour networking mixer following the MCLE presentation. One hour civility specialty credit provided.

Registration Info

Through 01/03/2025

• $25 | CLA  Member
• $35 | Non-CLA Member

Cancellations/Refunds

Cancellations and refunds must be received in writing no later than January 3, 2025 and are subject to a 10% service fee. Refunds will not be provided after January 10, 2024.

Speakers

• Arezou Bakhtjou
• Erin Joyce
• Rosie Takhar-Dhillon

Attorney Erin Joyce has extensive experience in State Bar investigations and disciplinary proceedings, plus over twenty-five years of civil litigation practice. Erin was admitted in 1990 and practiced for nearly eight years in an intellectual property boutique before joining the Office of Chief Trial Counsel as a prosecutor for the State Bar, from 1997 through 2016. Erin has over twenty years of experience handling all aspects of discipline cases against attorneys in State Bar Court, from the filing of the complaint through trial and review. She has personally tried dozens of State Bar trials and several appeals. Erin has a comprehensive understanding of how State Bar investigations and proceedings unfold. Before going into private practice, Erin served as Chief Special Investigator for the Los Angeles Fire Department, as a prosecutor for the State Bar of California, and as a lawyer for multiple private practices.

Questions

For program and registration information, please email ProgramRegistrations@calawyers.org or call 916-516-1757.