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Webinar Replay: The Five Steps to Effective Online Negotiations
How you interact in negotiations has a direct and immediate impact on your results. Yet we tend to engage and make these decisions off-the-cuff. Don’t. Instead, take advantage of the experts’ proven research so you will use the most effective strategies and get your best deals.
5 Positive Psychology Activities to Cultivate Resilience & Preserve Mental Health During the Pandemic
Resilience is a critical resource for lawyers that has become even more important during the COVID pandemic. The field of positive psychology provides the foundation for many activities that can be incorporated into every-day life (even during quarantine) to foster well-being and bolster positive emotions to promote resilience and preserve mental health during this difficult time.
Removing a President and Barring the President’s Return: Impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and the 14th Amendment
Issues surrounding the impeachment and the 25th Amendment have dominated the headlines. Join us for an engaging discussion about how impeachment, the 14th and 25th amendments work from the perspiration two constitutional law professors.
Judaism, Law, and Social Change
This panel will explore the role that Jewish lawyers have played in social justice efforts from the Civil Rights Movement to the labor movement. Panelists will share their own personal stories tackling inequality and antisemitism, and discuss how Jewish faith and culture inspired their careers in public service.
Respect Your Own Boundaries
As lawyers, our zealous advocacy often means we overstep our boundaries to help our clients. We want to deliver high quality representation to exceed the needs of our clients.
Ready to Rock Your Practice?
As we well know, law is a high-demand, high-intensity profession requiring skills that go beyond analytical thinking. Staying focused, productive, and high-performing is a challenge in the best of times. On top of that, noncognitive influencers are always at play. What are some of those hidden factors and necessary skills? Join this interactive hour to pick up a few tools of the trade that support a sustainable, high-performance career in law.
Wellness Wednesday: Book Club: “What Are You Hungry For” by Deepak Chopra
In 2021 you can count on the Health and Wellness Committee on the 3rd Wednesday of every month for programming and activities focused on the wellbeing of our members and the legal profession. This month join us as we discuss “What Are You Hungry For: The Chopra Solution to Permanent Weight Loss, Well-Being, and Lightness of Soul”, by Deepak Chopra, MD.
The Judicial Appointment Process: What You Need to Know
Hear from the Governor’s new Judicial Appointments Secretary, the Deputy Judicial Appointments Secretary, the Chair of the Judicial Nomination Evaluation Committee, the two sitting judges about the judicial appointments process and how to plan your path to the bench.
A View Into the Breonna Taylor Civil Case
Lonita Baker, lead counsel representing Breonna Taylor’s family in the civil lawsuit against the city of Louisville, provides insight into this highly publicized and debated civil case as well as the decisions related to the criminal side of the case. Breonna Taylor’s killing became an international story and a viral conversation regarding racial injustice, systemic racism and police use of deadly force.
The History of Black Judges and Lawyers in California
This program will explore the history of Black judges and lawyers in California, and the important contributions they have made to the advancement of civil rights, diversity, and inclusion in the United States.
We are committed to accessibility! Virtual events are equipped with closed captioning. To request an in-person accommodation, send us a note at accessibility@calawyers.org or contact us at 916-516-1760 for assistance.