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As we become a more multilingual and multicultural society, more lawyers are likely to serve clients who do not speak the same language as the lawyer. This barrier to communication leads to several issues that lawyers will have to address to effectively and ethically serve their clients. The primary areas which this barrier impacts are competence (rule 1.1)[1] and communication (rule 1.4). Among other rules affected are confidentiality (rule 1.6) and responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants. [2] Read more

The California Legal Pathways Collaborative (CLPC) is the pathway initiative for the California Lawyers Foundation.  Joining CLF in in 2023 at the CLA’s Annual Meeting, CLPC originally started at the State Bar of California in 2011 with the creation of six high school law academies.  In a partnership with the California Department of Education, we now have 21 active high school law academies across California with a vision of diversifying the legal profession.  All our law academies are in public schools and built under the Education Code 54690-97 creating California Partnership Academies.   Read more

In the newly created position of Chief Member Experience officer for CLA, I’m honored to be part of an accomplished team of dedicated CLA staff, and I’m committed to applying my efforts and talents, alongside our great team, to enhance the overall experiences of our members across all sections.   Read more

It is hard to believe that my term as Chair of the Board of Representatives of California Lawyers Association is coming to an end.  This has been one of the hardest and most rewarding experiences of my professional career.  Read more

Quality leadership comes in all shapes and sizes based not only on the leader but also on the team being led and the mission of the group. It is relatively easy and stress-free to motivate and collaborate with a small group that has a shared vision. Add in 50,000 lawyers and you can expect every type of challenge and reward to surface! Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) is proud to announce today the selection of its delegates and alternate delegates to represent CLA in the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates. Read more

Do you still have it? Do you think you’ll be able to see the issues in a typical law school exam? Stuart Teicher (the CLE Performer) teaches professional responsibility in law school and he’s going to walk you through one of the exams he recently gave his students (don’t worry — you don’t really have to take the exam if you don’t want to…you can just listen to him talk about it).  Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) is pleased to announce its highly anticipated Soiree Dinner and Annual Awards Recognition event, a centerpiece of CLA’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference. This event will occur on Saturday, September 7, from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Marriot in San Jose. Read more

Earn 4.0 hours MCLE of which includes, 1.25 Hours of Technology in the Practice of Law and 1.25 hours of Implicit Bias and .75 Hour Recognition and Elimination of Bias. Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Stragalas as its new Chief Member Experience Officer (CMEO), effective July 8, 2024. Read more