Advocacy Letter

This is a letter from CLA expressing support of SB 770. Read more

We write on behalf of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) to ask that you include supplemental funding for California’s county law libraries in the upcoming budget. Read more

View the PDF version here. April 13, 2021 Hon. Nancy SkinnerChair, Senate Budget and Fiscal Review CommitteeState Capitol, Room 5094Sacramento, CA 95814 Hon. Phil TingChair, Assembly Budget CommitteeState Capitol, Room 6026Sacramento, CA 94249 Re: Funding for Legal Services – Equal Access Fund Dear Senator Skinner and Assemblymember Ting: We are writing on behalf of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) in support of critical funding for legal aid organizations to provide direct services to low-income Californians. The primary source of funding… Read more

View the PDF version October 22, 2020Hon. Ann I. Jones, ChairCivil and Small Claims Advisory CommitteeJudicial Council of California455 Golden Gate AvenueSan Francisco, CA 94102Re: Invitation to Comment on Unlawful Detainers: Revised Answer Form to Implement Assembly Bill 3088Dear Judge Jones: The Access to Justice Advisory Committee of the California Lawyers Association (CLA) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the revised answer form, UD-105, for Unlawful Detainer actions in accordance with this Committee’s Invitation to Comment set out in SP… Read more

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-SakauyeThe Honorable Ming ChinThe Honorable Carol CorriganThe Honorable Goodwin LiuThe Honorable Mariano-Florentino CuéllarThe Honorable Leondra KrugerThe Honorable Joshua Groban Supreme Court of California350 McAllister StreetSan Francisco, CA 94107 Re: 2020 California Law School Graduates For a PDF copy, click here. Dear Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of California: We write on behalf of the California Lawyers Association to follow up on our letter of April 6, 2020, encouraging the State Bar and the… Read more

This is a letter from CLA to Congress regarding federal emergency relief for trade and professional associations. Read more

April 13, 2020 The Honorable Alex PadillaSecretary of State1500 11th StreetSacramento, CA 95814 For a PDF copy, click here Re: COVID-19 - Remote Online Notarization by California Notaries Dear Secretary Padilla: We write on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Trusts and Estates Section (TEXCOM) of the California Lawyers Association to recommend that California Notaries be temporarily authorized to provide services remotely through videoconference during the current state of emergency. We urge expedited action on this issue. The Trusts… Read more

Letter regarding the April 14, Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California agenda item labeled “Consideration of Options for Preparation and Administration of the June 2020 First-Year Law Students' Examination and July 2020 California Bar Exam.” Read more

A letter written on behalf of CLA; a review the March 31, 2020 memorandum from the Consumer Attorneys of California and California Defense Counsel Read more

March 31, 2020 Honorable Governor Gavin Newsom Honorable Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye Honorable Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee Honorable Assemblymember Mark Stone, Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee Re: COVID-19 – Request for Guidance and Emergency Relief in Family Law Matters Dear Governor Newsom, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Jackson, and Assemblymember Stone: We write on behalf of the California Lawyers Association (CLA). We want to begin by expressing our enormous gratitude to each of you for your extraordinary leadership during… Read more