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Joint Conference with the Barcelona Bar Association
Joint Conference with the Barcelona Bar Association
With the cancellation of the Joint Conference, the International Law Section is working to provide alternative online programming. We’ll post additional details as they become available.
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Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Barriers to Housing Production- Real and Perceived
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Barriers to Housing Production- Real and Perceived
This panel will explore the on-going challenges to the construction of new housing and whether those challenges are real or perceived, including reviewing data on processing times and regulatory hurdles to approving new development. Panelists will discuss options for addressing the challenges in order to speed the process for approvals of new housing.
Webinar: Law School-Based Environmental Law Clinics: A Critical Role in Private Enforcement and Legal Training
Webinar: Law School-Based Environmental Law Clinics: A Critical Role in Private Enforcement and Legal Training
Throughout California, law schools have served an important role in training the next generation of environmental law practitioners with environmental clinics that advance environmental protections and eliminate environmental burdens in underserved communities across the state.
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Webinar: Practical Skills Training: Ethical Attorney Advertisement and Marketing
Webinar: Practical Skills Training: Ethical Attorney Advertisement and Marketing
This webinar will cover how to ethically advertise your legal services on the Internet. Learn how to design and operate your website, correspond with clients or prospective clients online, and use social media to maximize your business objectives.
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Federal Government Perspectives
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Federal Government Perspectives
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life, caused thousands of deaths, and unleased unprecedented economic stress not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. These economic conditions have had an impact on the legal profession.
Webinar Replay: You Opened Your Office … Now What?
Webinar Replay: You Opened Your Office … Now What?
Opening a solo or small law office can be a daunting undertaking - from deciding what your practice area will be, setting up your office, dealing with staff, and the business side of the practice.
Webinar: Final CCPA Regulations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Webinar: Final CCPA Regulations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
In this one hour webinar, our speakers will discuss the final California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations set to go into effect on July 1, 2020, and also give practical advice and tips to practitioners and their clients on the likely CCPA compliance and enforcement issues they will start to face after July 1, 2020.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Whether it’s a chance to connect with others virtually or a chance to get away from attempts to impersonate a teacher, we can all use a break. CLA is offering weekly come-as-you-are, informal opportunities to chat with fellow attorneys from around the state via Zoom. We’ll offer light-hearted topics for discussion but beyond a chance…
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Webinar: Wine Law: An Introduction
Webinar: Wine Law: An Introduction
The wine industry is the subject of intense activity in many legal subject areas, including constitutional law, intellectual property, environmental and land use regulation, trade protectionism, and internet commerce.
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Webinar: Ethical Pitfalls and Pratfalls For Attorneys When Using Social Media
Webinar: Ethical Pitfalls and Pratfalls For Attorneys When Using Social Media
This presentation will provide an overview of the manner in which social media usage can implicate an attorney’s ethical duties, including the duty of care, confidentiality, and loyalty.
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Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Is Artificial Intelligence Taking Over the Practice of Real Estate?
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Is Artificial Intelligence Taking Over the Practice of Real Estate?
This lecture will capture the way artificial intelligence is changing real estate practice from time saving innovations, marketing infiltration, security vulnerabilities and eliminating the real estate professional.
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Webinar: Open Meetings and Open Records Digital Conference: Session 8 – Top Ten Public Records Act Tips in the COVID-19 Era
Webinar: Open Meetings and Open Records Digital Conference: Session 8 – Top Ten Public Records Act Tips in the COVID-19 Era
When Governor Gavin Newsom issued the nation’s first stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic, he relaxed some Brown Act provisions, but remained silent as to the Public Records Act.
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Local Government Perspectives
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Local Government Perspectives
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life, caused thousands of deaths, and unleased unprecedented economic stress not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. These economic conditions have had an impact on the legal profession.
Webinar: No Appeal for You! The Civil Disentitlement Doctrine Is More Popular than Ever
Webinar: No Appeal for You! The Civil Disentitlement Doctrine Is More Popular than Ever
The civil disentitlement doctrine is a drastic measure that strips away the right to pursue an appeal. Although it’s reserved for the most egregious of misbehavior, respondents are invoking the doctrine more than ever. But are courts taking the bait?
Webinar Replay: Traps & Tips for the Unwary: Employment Law 101 for Attorneys
Webinar Replay: Traps & Tips for the Unwary: Employment Law 101 for Attorneys
There is a myriad of State and Federal employment laws and regulations that govern employers. This program provides solo and small firms with critical guidance on compliance with the complexities of the Labor Code, the Gov’t Code and related rules and regulations, and will address the most common mistakes lawyers as employers make which creates potential liability in the area of wage & hour and employment law compliance and personnel management.
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Environmental Law Section Book Club – As Long As Grass Grows
Environmental Law Section Book Club – As Long As Grass Grows
We look forward to discussing the lessons ELS members glean from this book, and how we might most like to see these lessons applied in our communities.
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Webinar: Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Bankruptcy Court Litigation
Webinar: Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Bankruptcy Court Litigation
Recent federal cases have changed the recoverability of attorney’s fees in bankruptcy proceedings under California law and the Bankruptcy Code. This program will provide an in-depth discussion of the important decisions regarding the availability of attorney’s fees in litigating issues in bankruptcy court, including contractual attorney’s fees provisions under California law, and an overview of the strategies for both creditors and debtors to pursue and recover attorney’s fees when litigating in bankruptcy court.
Webinar: From Head to Toe, Rating all parts of the Body with the AMA Guides; The Lower Extremities and Pain Chapters of the AMA Guides (Part 7 of 8)
Webinar: From Head to Toe, Rating all parts of the Body with the AMA Guides; The Lower Extremities and Pain Chapters of the AMA Guides (Part 7 of 8)
The AMA Guides 5th Edition Chapter 17 is primarily focused on establishing Whole Person Impairment for the Lower Extremities.
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Conversation between new Chief Judge, Philip Gutierrez, and Judge Dolly Gee for the Central District regarding changes to and new vision for the Court and tips for effective advocacy given the changes
Conversation between new Chief Judge, Philip Gutierrez, and Judge Dolly Gee for the Central District regarding changes to and new vision for the Court and tips for effective advocacy given the changes
Through a very informative discussion, new Chief Judge Philip Gutierrez and Judge Dolly Gee will discuss changes already implemented at the United States District Court for the Central District of California to address COVID-19: technology, rules and general orders, and safety precautions and protocols.
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Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles and Implications for Land Planning and Development
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: The Rise of Autonomous Vehicles and Implications for Land Planning and Development
This cutting edge panel will also analyze trends in how A. I. is likely to influence where development will occur and the nature of that development.
#MeToo After The Dust Has Settled
#MeToo After The Dust Has Settled
The #MeToo movement has led to high profile cases in media, entertainment, and politics. Social scientists are busy assessing whether it represents a “norms cascade” – a precipitous shift in social expectations and standards – and how deep or sustained the long-term cultural change will be. But #MeToo has certainly impacted what factors to consider when evaluating and litigating cases.
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Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Private Practice Perspectives, Part 1
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Private Practice Perspectives, Part 1
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life, caused thousands of deaths, and unleased unprecedented economic stress not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. These economic conditions have had an impact on the legal profession.
Webinar Replay: Death & Incapacity … What to Do When an Attorney Dies or Becomes Incapacitated
Webinar Replay: Death & Incapacity … What to Do When an Attorney Dies or Becomes Incapacitated
This panel will address the steps that can and should be implemented to avoid the devasting operational issues...
Webinar: Stairway to a Heavenly Decision: How Led Zeppelin Won in the Ninth Circuit and May Have Fixed Music Copyright Law
Webinar: Stairway to a Heavenly Decision: How Led Zeppelin Won in the Ninth Circuit and May Have Fixed Music Copyright Law
Led Zeppelin’s attorney, Peter Anderson, will discuss the travails of the band’s litigation involving the iconic Stairway to Heaven song. This program will cover the background leading to the complaint in 2014 accusing the band of copying Stairway to Heaven’s introduction from an obscure instrumental recording by the group Spirit; through discovery and the jury verdict of non-infringement; to a reversal by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit; and, ultimately, to the recent en banc decision reversing that reversal.
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Whether it’s a chance to connect with others virtually or a chance to get away from attempts to impersonate a teacher, we can all use a break. CLA is offering weekly come-as-you-are, informal opportunities to chat with fellow attorneys from around the state via Zoom. This week our Health and Wellness Committee will offer a…
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Webinar: Introduction to Custody, Visitation and Move-Away Cases for New Family Law Attorneys
Webinar: Introduction to Custody, Visitation and Move-Away Cases for New Family Law Attorneys
The most contentious issues that a new attorney will face in handling a Family Law case are generally those that involve custody and visitation of children.
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Webinar: 2019 California Public Records & Open Meetings Conference: CEQA- Handling the PRA and Administrative Record
Webinar: 2019 California Public Records & Open Meetings Conference: CEQA- Handling the PRA and Administrative Record
In CEQA litigation, the administrative record is the key document that memorializes the evidence and proceedings which lead to project approval. When the petitioners in a CEQA lawsuit choose to prepare the administrative record themselves, they are increasingly using the Public Records Act as a tool in such work, and doing so imposes costs and burdens on the public agency.
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: New Mandatory Disclosures Before Mediation and All the Key Confidentiality Issues
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: New Mandatory Disclosures Before Mediation and All the Key Confidentiality Issues
Join us for this program and learn the key concepts of mediation confidentiality, what type of information is protected under the confidentiality rules, the impact of confidentiality on discoverability and admissibility, exceptions to mediation confidentiality, and what practitioners must do to satisfy the new disclosure requirements.
Webinar: Powers of Attorney – Myths, Management and Litigation
Webinar: Powers of Attorney – Myths, Management and Litigation
This program will cover the scope of authority granted under powers of attorney; strategies for drafting provisions to meet your clients’ specific needs and to avoid litigation; proper management and administration by agents serving under powers of attorney; and litigation relating to breaches of duties by agents.
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Webinar: How Arbitrators Think
Webinar: How Arbitrators Think
How do arbitrators think? How can you make then think better of you and your case? Hear two experienced domestic and international arbitrators explain their thought processes, their expectations of counsel and the impressions they form about the case.
Webinar Replay: Elimination of Bias: Is It Possible?
Webinar Replay: Elimination of Bias: Is It Possible?
Attorneys may be quick to say that they are not biased, but the truth is that there is bias everywhere. In us, in our clients and potential clients, in our opposing counsel and in our courtrooms.
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Private Practice Perspectives, Part 2
Webinar: Legal Career Paths During COVID-19: Private Practice Perspectives, Part 2
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life, caused thousands of deaths, and unleased unprecedented economic stress not seen since the 2008 Great Recession. These economic conditions have had an impact on the legal profession.
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Webinar: Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
Webinar: Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
Dr. Rahman will share her own struggles with weight loss and health issues, and how a plant-based diet helped her lose weight and regain control of her health. She will share the scientific evidence about plant-based diets, and how they can lead to sustainable weight loss and reverse common conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease.
Know Your Rights Town Hall
Know Your Rights Town Hall
This Know Your Rights Town Hall will feature insight and statistics based on arrest and incarceration rates of African Americans in comparison with the majority population; a brief history of the prison population increase of African Americans ...
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Town Hall on Intersectionality
Town Hall on Intersectionality
Town Hall on Intersectionality, featuring Hon. Victoria Kolakowskare, Michael Rhoads and Basil Williams
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Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Litigation Under the Housing Accountability Act: Zen and the Art of Objective Standards
Webinar Replay: 38th Annual Real Property Spring Conference: Litigation Under the Housing Accountability Act: Zen and the Art of Objective Standards
The panel will focus on the many open questions under the HAA, including the relationship between the HAA and CEQA, and the fundamental question of what constitutes an “objective” local standard.
Webinar: The New Healthcare Model – Telemedicine, Health Tracking Apps, and Online Patient Privacy
Webinar: The New Healthcare Model – Telemedicine, Health Tracking Apps, and Online Patient Privacy
In this one hour webinar, our speakers will discuss the new federal data-sharing requirements that will enable patients to use consumer apps to retrieve their medical information directly from their doctors.
Webinar: Law Student: Networking & Finding a Job During COVID-19
Webinar: Law Student: Networking & Finding a Job During COVID-19
Calling all law students! Come join us for fun and discussion with some of California’s best antitrust and privacy lawyers.
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Webinar: Hot Topics in Family Law Appeals and Writs
Webinar: Hot Topics in Family Law Appeals and Writs
We will address the hottest topics in Family Law appeals and writs, including the right to present live testimony at hearings; expansion of what constitutes domestic violence; pros and cons of OAs via Blue Jean; due process issues of virtual trials and hearings (including DVPO); how to choose whether an appeal or writ is the better option; how to conquer the incredibly short time limits on filing writs; and best practices to get writ petitions heard on their merits.
Webinar Replay: Estate Planning and Divorce
Webinar Replay: Estate Planning and Divorce
0.75 Hours MCLE; 0.75 Legal Specialization in Estate Planning; Trust & Probate Law; 0.75 Legal Specialization in Family Law. Details the effects of marriage and divorce on estate plans executed prior to change in status. Deals with limitations on planning under Automatic Temporary Restraining Orders; effects of dissolution judgment on provisions for former spouse under…
Webinar: Substance Abuse and the Practice of Law
Webinar: Substance Abuse and the Practice of Law
In this compelling presentation, you will learn about the harmful physical and mental effects of alcohol and drug abuse and addiction. How do we recognize use and abuse of alcohol and other substances?
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Webinar: State of the Orange County Superior Court Address by Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura
Webinar: State of the Orange County Superior Court Address by Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura
There are many changes taking place at the Orange County Superior Court. During the State of Court address, Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura will discuss changes that have occurred, are taking place, and are planned for the future, including technological, personnel, and budget changes, which may impact your representation of clients before the Orange County Superior Court.
Webinar: Key Supreme Court Environmental Decisions in 2019-2020 and Anticipated Trends
Webinar: Key Supreme Court Environmental Decisions in 2019-2020 and Anticipated Trends
The 2019-2020 U.S. Supreme Court term was an active one in the environmental area, with cases involving the Clean Water Act, Superfund sites, pipelines, and more. How will the Supreme Court 2019-2020 term shape environmental jurisprudence and what can we learn from the recent decisions as to how the justices might approach future environmental cases?
The State of the Court Meeting with San Mateo County Court Leadership
The State of the Court Meeting with San Mateo County Court Leadership
Please join the San Mateo County Superior Court and the San Mateo County Bar Association for a presentation by Honorable Jonathan Karesh, Presiding Judge, Honorable Leland Davis III, Assistant Presiding Judge, and Honorable Nancy Fineman, Civil Law & Motion Judge for a state of the court address.
Environmental Law Section Book Club – Red Mars: Book 1 Of The Mars Trilogy
Environmental Law Section Book Club – Red Mars: Book 1 Of The Mars Trilogy
We invite ELS members to read and discuss the first book in the trilogy: Red Mars (1992). What environmental and political lessons can be learned here, and what role (if any) does this type of work have in addressing real environmental concerns today?
Webinar: Law Student: Networking & Finding a Job During COVID-19
Webinar: Law Student: Networking & Finding a Job During COVID-19
Calling all law students! Come join us for fun and discussion with some of California’s best antitrust and privacy lawyers. You will get to network and discuss various topics in an informal “break-out room” setting.
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Webinar: Selling Your Services: How to Attract Clients But Avoid Discipline
Webinar: Selling Your Services: How to Attract Clients But Avoid Discipline
In a world where “word of mouth” and “personal contacts” in finding the right lawyer is reduced in importance, it is critical that lawyers know how to advertise their skills effectively, yet ethically.
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