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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 Web Development Manager Kevin Marsden, who joined in January. Read more

The United States District Court, Central District of California, is currently accepting applications from qualified individuals interested in serving as Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representatives. The selected lawyer representatives will be representative of the entire district and reflect the diversity of lawyers practicing before the court. Read more

From our January 2018 launch, the California Lawyers Association (CLA) has been deeply committed to the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion. A prominent component of our mission statement is to promote diversity of all types in the legal profession so that the attorneys in the State of California are best able to serve the population and help achieve justice for all. Read more

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