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The Practice Program of the Northern District of California invites you to a February 26 panel focused on fostering diversity in patent and intellectual property trial teams, including identifying the diversity-oriented concerns in these types of trials and strategies for addressing those concerns. Read more

One of our key initiatives as the California Lawyers Association is to promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion — starting within our professional staff and extending throughout the profession. Read more

The University of California’s Office of the General Counsel, in partnership with the Office of Risk Services, Employment Liability Practices Program, is conducting a Request for Proposals to select a limited number of preferred outside law firms to represent the University and its employees in employment-related claims and/or litigation arising in Northern California. Read more

The United States District Court, Central District of California, invites applications through Feb. 27 for the position of term law clerk to the federal participating in the Patent Pilot Program. The position is located in Los Angeles, California and/or Santa Ana, California. Read more

Apply to serve on a CLA-wide committee! The following committees are looking for additional members ... Read more

A comprehensive set of new Rules of Professional Conduct was approved by the California Supreme Court and went into effect on November 1, 2018. The new rules can be found on the State Bar’s website under Current Rules of Professional Conduct. Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) is pleased to announce that its position in its first ever amicus brief was confirmed by the California Supreme Court in the recent Barefoot v. Jennings opinion. The brief, filed by CLA's Trusts and Estate Section, addressed issues of standing in revocable trust cases as dictated by the Probate Code. Read more

We wish the California Lawyers Association, the Board of Representatives, the members and leaders of the Sections, and the excellent staff and senior executive team Happy New Year! As always, we are impressed with your hard work and dedication to CLA. And it is exciting that CLA is now on its the threshold of its first full decade of life and beyond. Read more

As of Jan. 1, dozens of new laws went into effect that will alter the way attorneys represent their clients in state courts. We can help you brush up on the changes. Read more

Welcome to 2020! It’s hard to believe it’s the second decade of the 21st century. I’m looking forward to a number of things in the coming year but I also spent a fair amount of time during the holiday hiatus reflecting on 2019 and thinking about the longer-term future of the California Lawyers Association. The result of all that hard thinking? Today I’m more convinced than ever of CLA’s extraordinary potential. I believed it in August of 2018 when I spoke to a number of you in the interview process. Read more