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In a first for CLA, the association will send a delegation to an international law conference hosted by the Bar of the Czech Republic in Prague Oct. 17-20. The Czech-California Multi-Bar Delegate Law Conference is open to all CLA members and their guests. The program includes visits to the High Court of the Czech Republic, a local architecture tour, MCLE education and meetings with local judges, elected officials and lawyers from the Czech Republic and other European nations. “It’s a… Read more

The end of March was a week of “firsts” for the California Lawyers Association. On Wednesday, March 20, we were welcomed by policymakers at the State Capital for our first ever organization-wide “Leg Day”. Read more

California has joined 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands in adopting a new attorney licensing rule aimed at making it easier for military spouses to practice law without taking the California Bar Exam. Read more

CLA is welcoming a slate of new staff members in 2019 to help fulfill its mission of promoting excellence, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law. Get to know Associate Executive Director Tricia Horan, who has been with the new organization since it separated from the State Bar of California in January 2018. Read more

The Health Law Committee of the CLA’s Business Law Section is partnering with other nonprofits on a day-long event aimed at informing seniors and low-income individuals about the importance of advanced healthcare directives. Read more

The Administrator of the State Bar Special Deputy Trial (SDTC) program is seeking lawyers to help handle attorney discipline cases where the State Bar Office of Chief Trial Counsel has a conflict of interest. Read more

Among newly appointed judges and justices in California, more than half are women and 41 percent self-identify as nonwhite. “The judiciary now is more representative of the communities we serve in every way,” Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye said during her annual State of the Judiciary address to the Legislature last month. Read more

You can still apply for appointment to a number of Section Executive Committees or the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA). Read more

The Family Law Section has had an incredibly productive start to 2019. At our first meeting in San Jose, we developed and planned our Access to Justice program. FLEXCOM was inspired by the message of Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye at the 2018 California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, in which she emphasized the role of the sections in providing access to justice. Read more

CLA has welcomed a slate of new staff members to help fulfill its mission of promoting excellence, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and fairness in the administration of justice and the rule of law. Get to know Meeting and Event Planner Beth Rotticci, who joined in December. Read more