Events
Webinar: Taking a Deposition: Law, Tactics, and Techniques
This webinar will provide new lawyers with an overview of the applicable rules and statutes governing depositions in California and will discuss tactics and techniques for taking a deposition. Whether you listen to this before your first deposition or after your fiftieth deposition, there is sure to be something for everyone. This presentation will also cover differences between taking a deposition in-person compared to a virtual deposition and techniques to effectively navigate those differences.
Webinar: Trust Protectors: Guardians of the (Trust) Galaxy
Along with answering the question of "what is a trust protector?," this presentation will provide insight into common use cases for trust protectors, best practices when advising trust protectors, and potential liability of trust protectors.
CLA Yoga Series: Creating calm, clarity, and confidence using Yoga’s Science of Mind
Stress, overwhelm, anxiety, and distraction. These are just a few of the ruinous enemies of peak productivity—and professional and personal success. Unfortunately, these internal saboteurs have become so commonplace that most of us accept them as a normal and necessary cost of doing business. But here’s what you need to know: they can be stopped in their tracks.
Webinar: Depression and Anxiety: The Personal Story of a Lawyer’s Journey
Depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts are reported to be an increasing concern for people of all ages and background… and some studies have shown that attorneys may be disproportionately impacted by these mental health challenges.
Webinar: International Information Returns – Trends and Strategies
This webinar is review of current IRS trends and best practices regarding information return penalties.
Confronting Climate Change: In California and BeyondÂ
Come to the Environmental Law Climate Change Conference on Friday, April 7, 2023.
Webinar: Hands-On Trial Presentation Software Reviews and Examples
Hands on demonstration with examples from actual cases of the advantages of using three different software programs (Trial Director, Powerpoint, and Sanction) at various stages of a trial.
Webinar: QDRO’s: Don’t Kick the Can Down the Road!
This presentation will begin with a brief overview of the QDRO process, and then continue with a discussion of the various ways family law attorneys can avoid problem arising from retirement plan divisions. Topics covered will include bifurcating marital status (including joinders and provisional QDROs), drafting MSAs and other written agreements to divide retirement plans, and the use of models provided by retirement plan administrators when drafting QDROs in-house. Materials will include sample language to help attorneys avoid the issues covered in the presentation.Â
Webinar: Litigating Commercial Lease Disputes
In this program lawyers will learn about various types of disputes that can arise under a commercial lease, i.e. evictions, breach of lease, use, renewals, mechanic’s liens, premises liability, ADA claims, and other common commercial lease disputes.
Free Webinar: Student Loan Repayment Strategies
Student loan debt is an albatross around the neck of many lawyers, often delaying home ownership, marriage, children, and fulfilling careers. But there's no one correct way to approach it. Jessica Medina, former lawyer turned Accredited Financial Counselor, will be walking us through some student loan repayment strategies including those she used to tackle her own mortgage-sized debt and the framework she applies when helping her own clients approach theirs. She’ll also cover how to make the most of all the updates we’ve seen with student loans over the past couple years so you’re ready to tackle whatever comes next.
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.