Events
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…
2019 Annual Meeting
Monterey Conference Center, Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay Two Portola Plaza, Monterey, CA, United StatesThe California Lawyers Association will be hosting its 2nd Annual Meeting on October 10th through the 12th, 2019 at Monterey Conference Center, Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay, Two Portola Plaza Monterey, CA 93940.
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…
Czech-California Multi-Bar Delegate Law Conference
Join us for the Czech-California Multi-Bar Delegate Law Conference on October 17-20, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. It'll be a spectacular event!
2019 Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite
Tenaya Lodge 1122 CA-41, Fish Camp, CaliforniaThe Environmental Law Conference at Yosemite® is nationally recognized as the largest and most prestigious gathering in California of leaders in environmental, land use and natural resources law. We hope you will join us and many of our nation’s top environmental officials, lawyers and other professionals in the spectacular setting of Yosemite.
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.