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Volunteers are the backbone of professional membership associations and nonprofit organizations. The California Lawyers Association (CLA) would not be the premiere statewide voluntary bar association without its dedicated, passionate volunteers. However, some members have shared with us that they don’t know where to begin when it comes to getting involved and engaged in volunteer opportunities with CLA. Here are five easy ways to ramp up your engagement, increase your visibility, and build long-lasting relationships with legal professionals across the State of California. Read more

Let me start by saying that for the majority of my life, I ignored my money. I spent it. I hid it from myself. I obtained thousands of dollars in student loans for two degrees during a recession, expecting the best. Instead, I ended up working in a field I never expected to work in. Read more

In recent weeks, President Evans has been on the road with CEO and Executive Director Oyango A. Snell, meeting with various legal organizations to build relationships and highlight what the California Lawyers Association can do for them. Read more

May 2022 CLA is governed by a 18-member Board of Representatives who each have equal voting power and serve two-year terms.Each section is empowered to nominate one Representative to the Board. The terms are staggered so that approximately half of the Representatives are nominated each year. Following nomination, the Representatives must be confirmed by a vote of the incumbent Board of Representatives.Here are the nominations for Board Representative for the 2022-2024 term. Antitrust and Consumer Protection Section Jill Manning Business Law… Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) and the District of Columbia Bar (D.C. Bar) shared additional findings today from a groundbreaking research project offering insight into the personal and workplace risk factors for mental health problems, substance use, and attrition among practicing attorneys. In 2020, the two bar associations announced their participation in the project, which has now yielded the second in a series of published papers. Titled "People, Professionals, and Profit Centers: The Connection Between Lawyer Well-Being and Employer Values," the findings were published June 3 in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Behavioral Sciences. Read more

CLA is proud to announce that CLA Director of Governmental Affairs Saul Bercovitch has been appointed to the Judicial Council’s Code of Civil Procedure Section 367.9 Working Group by Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye. Read more

The California Lawyers Association (CLA) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the test that applies to communications between lawyers and their clients involving both legal and nonlegal purposes, known as dual-purpose communications, and when those communications are protected by the attorney-client privilege. CLA supports adoption of the test that provides the most protection to the attorney-client privilege. Read more

The California Rules of Professional Conduct require informed written consent from an affected client under a number of different circumstances involving conflicts of interest. For example, Rule 1.7 requires informed written consent from each client if a lawyer were to represent a client in a matter directly adverse to another current client or whenever there is a significant risk that the lawyer’s representation would be materially limited by the lawyer’s responsibilities or relationships to others or the lawyer’s own interests. Read more

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE CALIFORNIA LAWYERS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI Read more

CLA is grateful for the return of in-person events. We are thrilled to let you know about a new marquee event we are planning for 2022—a first-of-its-kind black-tie gala coming to San Diego on September 17. Read more