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California Lawyers Association (CLA) and California Lawyers Foundation (CLF) have collaborated with the California Judges Association’s (CJA) Judicial Fairness Coalition in presenting a series of virtual Public Town Halls, which began in February and will continue through April. Titled, “Judges & Politics: Navigating the Intersection of Law, Power, and Ethics,” the online events are free of charge and open to the public. Read more

The MCLE deadline is rapidly approaching! All active California State Bar licensees, whose last names begin with the letters A through G, must report their Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) compliance no later than April 1, 2025, by submitting a statement of compliance to the State Bar. It is important to note, that specific credits in such areas as Recognition and Elimination of Bias, Prevention and Detection Competence, Technology in the Practice of Law, and Legal Ethics are mandatory, as part of the 25 required hours. Read more

As the first Person of Color and the first Black Chair of California Lawyers Association (CLA), I am keenly aware of the sacrifices of those who paved the way for my ascension to this office. I would not be where I am today but for those champions of justice and civil rights who came before me Read more

In celebration of MLK day, CLA Chair and Director of Region IX of the National Bar Association, Terrance J. Evans, joined affiliates of National Bar Association Region IX, which hosted pro bono legal clinics throughout Los Angeles County in January to assist the victims of the LA wildfires.  Read more

I don’t know if women still raise their daughters to, “mind their manners,” or if that is a thing of the past. My 29-year-old tells me she still hears the phrase, “Put your hands on your bellybutton” whenever she walks into a boutique or elegant store so as not to touch or disturb anything. Read more

California Lawyers Association’s (CLA) Privacy Law Section is hosting its Third Annual Privacy Summit in Los Angeles on February 27-28, 2025, at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. This two-day event will cover a comprehensive range of issues impacting legal professionals practicing privacy law. Participants may earn up to 11 hours of MCLE, including 3 hours of Technology in the practice of law. Read more

Ask any member of California Lawyers Association, “Why CLA,” and without hesitation, they will share their personal story. For some, they admittedly confess that joining CLA was required by their firm. For others, a colleague recommended exploring the opportunities CLA had to offer. Still, for others, they attended a CLA event and were “all in!” Read more

Maybe you reach in your jacket pocket and find a ten dollar bill. Or, you’ve witnessed your grandmother pulling a wad of cash from her cookie jar. Or, you just watched that movie where the main character stuffed large stacks of hundreds into trash bags, then buried it all in the backyard. Read more

To illustrate the difference between knowledge and wisdom, consider the tomato: knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad. Read more

I confess. As your Chief Member Experience Officer, I spend a lot of time thinking about the benefits, experiences, and opportunities California Lawyers Association (CLA) can bring to our members of the largest volunteer Bar Association in California. Read more