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More than 115 speakers from around the world will join California Lawyers Association (CLA) for its 2025 California International Arbitration Week. The largest conference of its kind, the meeting is a collaboration between CLA and California Arbitration (CalArb), taking place from March 10-13, 2025, at the W Hotel in West Los Angeles. Read more

California Lawyers Association’s (CLA) Intellectual Property (IP) Institute is considered the premier event of its kind. Now in its 48th year, attorneys in the IP field connect to discuss the numerous shifts impacting this legal specialty. This year’s event takes place from March 6-8, 2025, in Long Beach, California. However, this is not an article about the upcoming Institute. This is a recognition of exceptional people. Andy Gass Each year, CLA’s IP Section honors outstanding legal professionals for their contributions… Read more

The MCLE deadline is rapidly approaching! All active California State Bar licensees, whose last names begin with the letters A through G, must report their Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) compliance no later than April 1, 2025, by submitting a statement of compliance to the State Bar. It is important to note, that specific credits in such areas as Recognition and Elimination of Bias, Prevention and Detection Competence, Technology in the Practice of Law, and Legal Ethics are mandatory, as part of the 25 required hours. Read more

The gang from Friends have had some interesting escapades. But I bet you didn’t know that they ca n teach interesting attorney ethics lessons! Join the CLE Performer as he connects Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, and Joey and the ethics rules! Read more

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The California Lawyers Association invites you to submit program proposals for its Annual (Virtual) Solo and Small Firm Summit.  Read more

Half truths, misleading statements, internet sleuthing…can lawyers slither through the practice like a feline? We pop up with a lie, or sneak up on our prey to learn as much as we can about witnesses, jurors, and others. But what are the limits? When are misrepresentations actionable?  Read more

As the first Person of Color and the first Black Chair of California Lawyers Association (CLA), I am keenly aware of the sacrifices of those who paved the way for my ascension to this office. I would not be where I am today but for those champions of justice and civil rights who came before me Read more

In celebration of MLK day, CLA Chair and Director of Region IX of the National Bar Association, Terrance J. Evans, joined affiliates of National Bar Association Region IX, which hosted pro bono legal clinics throughout Los Angeles County in January to assist the victims of the LA wildfires.  Read more

California Lawyers Association (CLA), the state’s largest volunteer Bar Association with 45,000 members, announced today is has partnered with Electronic Discover Reference Model (EDRM), the internationally recognized e-discovery global best practices leader. This elite group of attorneys, technical experts, AI industry leaders, universities, and others, will improve e-discovery, privacy, security, and information governance for California’s justice system and legal profession. Read more