CLA eNews

Although the Covid-19 pandemic is having a significant effect on how lawyers will be practicing over the next few weeks or months (e.g., from home rather than office), it is important to appreciate that the Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”) and the duties they set forth are not suspended. Read more

We lawyers are smart people who are worldly in the sense that we pay attention to the world around us. In order to be good at our craft, we have to be aware of current developments as well as recent historical facts. Read more

Does 2020 already feel like it’s been a long year? If so, the good news is that we’re not even a full quarter into it, so there is still ample time to rebound and course correct, to reach the goals you have set for yourself and have some fun and good times along the way. Read more

As we head to the polls this week for the California primary, we are reminded of the awesome responsibility that comes with exercising the fundamental right to vote, a right critical to our system and the rule of law at the heart of the mission of the California Lawyers Association. Read more

For decades I was a practicing lawyer. Now I, along with volunteer officers, help lead a bar association. I enjoy leading the California Lawyers Association and here’s why. Leading CLA provides opportunities to step back from the day-to-day grind of getting stuff done as an attorney and to consider the entire profession from a higher altitude. These opportunities pop up in many ways. For example, last week I attended an event celebrating Mansfield certified firms. Read more

The Public Rights Project is accepting applications from government attorneys for its 2020 Affirmative Leaders Fellowship program. The deadline is March 6. Read more

The United States District Court, Central District of California, is accepting applications for the position of administrative law clerk to the Chief U. S. District Judge. Read more

Take our one-hour webinar, “Unconscious Bias and the Legal Profession,” for the tools you need to identify and eliminate bias. Read more

The vast majority of lawyers in California are hard working and conscientious; they have a desire to do what is right and complete any work they have been hired to do thoroughly and to the best of their ability. This is why we became lawyers, to do for others what they are unable to do adequately for themselves. Read more

The American Bar Association House of Delegates approved a plan last month to designate the California Lawyers Association as the primary state bar association representing California at the ABA. Read more