Events
Webinar: Environmental Dispute Resolution Strategies
This webinar will cover settlement tips from top environmental lawyers and mediators on how to resolve environmental matters including CERCLA, Clean Water Act, CEQA and water rights. Topics will include statutory ADR rules in environmental cases, and interactive dialogue on settlement strategies on issues such as: timing, mediator selection, negotiation principles, insurance, injunctive relief, attorneys' fees, and preparation and management of the ADR session.
Webinar: How to Sell Houses When Co-Owners Disagree
1 Participatory MCLE Credits This webinar will cover the following: Speakers: Melissa Karlsten and Elijah Underwood Non-Member Price $75.00Member Price$55.00 Melissa Raneri Karlsten is a shareholder of Aaron, Riechert, Carpol & Riffle, and has been practicing in the area of Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law since 2002. The State Bar of California Board of…
Webinar: Awarding Attorney Fees, Costs, and Interest in Arbitration
Attorney fees, arbitration costs, and interest often constitute a significant portion of an arbitration award. This Webinar examines how arbitrators determine these issues, and provides advocates with the information they need to better advance their client's interests whether they are seeking or opposing fee and cost awards.
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 1) How an arbitrator determines whether to award attorney fees and costs.
 2) The basis for an attorney fee and cost award.
 3) Factors arbitrators consider when determining the amount of attorney fees and costs.
 4) Calculating pre and post-award interest.
 5) Best practices for briefing these issues in arbitration and other practical tips.
Webinar: The Energy Edge: Four Strategies for Minimizing Attorney Burnout
Join Career Leadership Coach Emily Hirsekorn to learn four simple strategies for preventing lawyer burnout: (i) address gaps in valued living, (ii) challenge limiting thoughts, (iii) set regular health and wellbeing goals, and (iv) identify personal energizers to maximize performance.
October 2024 Purisima Creek Open Space Preserve Wellness Hike and Discussion
1.0 Hour Wellness Competence Law practice can be grueling. The work can be intense, and the hours, long. Stress is inevitable, but with a systematic and comprehensive wellness program, with regular hiking as the foundation, manageable. This will be a somewhat demanding 9.3-mile hike. It is a loop (down, then back up), with about 2,100…
Webinar: Financial Fitness – How Ensuring Your Firm’s Finances are In Order Contributes to Mental Health
Lawyers in small firms are besieged by court deadlines and client demands, as well as the necessity of creating a continuous stream of business. On top of these pressures, lawyers have to contend with the administrative requirements for running a law firm, including ensuring properly accounting for entrusted funds, meeting payroll and facing the inevitable cash crunches.
Webinar Series: Litigating Employment Cases from Pleadings to Summary Judgment: How to do What You Do Even Better, Session 1: Pleadings
The pleadings frame an employment case. In some cases, they can even be outcome determinative. When there is a choice of forum, what should each side consider in deciding on state court, federal court or arbitration? Which causes of action do employee lawyers often forget? Should the complaint be general or detailed? What factors should employer lawyers consider in deciding whether to file a demurrer, a FRCP 12(b)(6) motion, or a motion to strike? What should employers include, and not include, in the answer? Are cross complaints ever a good idea? These topics and more will be explored in depth.Â
Free Webinar: Defending Diversity in Education
Please join us to hear esteemed scholar Professor Rachel Moran of Texas A&M University School of Law discuss developments in education litigation since the US Supreme Court struck-down the use of race in college admissions last year. How can universities
Webinar: Take My Law School Ethics Exam
Do you still have it? Do you think you’ll be able to see the issues in a typical law school exam? Stuart Teicher (the CLE Performer) teaches professional responsibility in law school and he’s going to walk you through one of the exams he recently gave his students (don’t worry — you don’t really have to take the exam if you don’t want to…you can just listen to him talk about it).Â
Webinar: Federal Habeas Corpus 101: Demystifying Federal Habeas Corpus and 28 U.S.C. § 2254
This training will cover the basics of federal habeas corpus and 28 U.S.C. § 2254, including: the statute of limitations, tolling, exhaustion, procedural default, retroactivity, and merits review.
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