Events
Crocker Commercial Real Estate Symposium
Jonathan Club 545 S Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe 2nd Annual Commercial Real Estate Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, September 26, 2019 in Los Angeles. More information about this conference will be provided closer to the date!
Webinar Replay: Legal Cyber Security – Best Standards and Practices for Law Firms
Equifax breach? Cambridge Analytics and Facebook data? Spectre/Meltdown CPU exploits? Self-driving cars killing people? Blockchain?! Technology, computers and phones are evolving. Cyber security protocols and best practices are evolving. Are you evolving? This program will provide an introductory primer to develop the lexicon and familiarity on cyber security protocols and best practices to better equip…
Webinar: Workers’ Compensation Specialization Exam Essay Prep Series
This program offers 1 hour participatory MCLE credit, plus legal specialization in Workers’ Compensation Law. You must register in advance to participate. Are you taking the workers’ compensation specialization exam this year? Has it been awhile since you’ve taken a timed essay? Do you think IRAC is a foreign country? If so, this webinar is a…
Webinar Replay: How to Avoid Common Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Appeal
This program discusses 14 of the most common trial mistakes that can result in waiver, forfeiture, or other loss of arguments on appeal, such as failing to move to strike inadmissible evidence, forgetting to secure all relevant transcripts, and using an improper verdict form. The program provides background on each potential mistake and analysis of how best to avoid them in trial practice. This guidance on how to ensure the best chance at appeal is relevant to the practice of nearly any trial or appellate lawyer. The presenters are appellate practitioners with significant experience in appellate practice and the identification of trial waivers/forfeitures.
Webinar Replay: 2017 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite: Respecting California Native Tribes as Sovereign Nations
This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit; 1 Elimination of Bias. You must register in advance to participate. Certain environmental laws explicitly provide for government-to-government consultation between California’s Native Nations and local, state and federal agencies, but what does “consultation” mean? And what role does cultural bias play in the failure to recognize tribal governments…
A Week in Legal London
May Fair Hotel London, United KingdomJoin us for our 31st year! A Week in Legal London is pleased to continue the tradition of blending exciting new opportunities for interaction with UK colleagues at exceptional legal and historic destinations. For the first time, we go to London in 2019 during the Opening Week of the Legal Year. Tradition and ceremony are on full…
Why I Became a Competition Lawyer – And Am Delighted I Did
UC Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CaPenelope A. Preovolos, the 2019 “Antitrust Lawyer of the Year” and a partner at Morrison & Foerster, will discuss why she became a competition lawyer – and stayed one. In this fireside chat, Penelope will be interviewed by antitrust litigator (and Hastings alum) Francis O. Scarpulla.
Webinar Replay: How Your Request for a Statement of Decision May Make or Break Your Appeal
Statements of decision play increasingly important role in litigation, and can make or break an appeal. Learn about the common mistakes frequently made both by trial courts and lawyers in the statement of decision process, and how that process impacts a subsequent appeal. The speakers will explain how to avoid common mistakes and how to handle the statement of decision process like a pro.
Webinar Replay: 2018 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite: Common Law Lawsuits by Municipalities in The Name of Climate Change
This program offers 1.5 participatory MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. Is Climate Change the next Big Tobacco? A wave of lawsuits in California seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their contribution to climate change. In 2017, the Counties of San Mateo, Marin, and Santa Cruz, and the Cities of…
Annual California Bar Leaders Conference
Monterey Conference Center, Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay Two Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA, United StatesAll Bar Leaders and Bar Executives Are Welcome! Limited Onsite Registration Available, please contact Brianna.Hollingsworth@calawyers.org for more information. Program Outline 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcoming Remarks (coffee will be served) 10:15 – 11:45 | Plenary 1: Mission, Vision and Strategic Planning: Getting the Most from Your Volunteer Time and Effort Want to energize your volunteer…
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