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The Environmental Law Section was proud to recognize its 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Fellows at a reception in San Francisco on July 16, 2019. This year’s Fellows are Mina Arasteh of UC Davis, Michael Damasco of UC Irvine, Elias Rodriguez of Santa Clara University, and Idalmis Vaquero of UCLA Read more

Orange County Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann has been elected as the 88th president of the California Judges Association (CJA). She will be sworn in on Oct. 12, 2019, at the California Lawyers Association’s Annual Meeting in Huntington Beach. Read more

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is accepting applications for admission to the Defense Attorney Criminal Justice Act Panel for the term commencing on Dec. 1, 2019, and expiring on Nov. 30, 2021. Read more

The California Lawyers Association has created a new advisory group to help ensure CLA members stay up-to-date with their ethical obligations. Read more

The next time you open an email from the California Lawyers Association or visit your Section web page, you will notice a difference. We’re happy to share the good news that we have a new brand! Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed an annual budget bill that provides funding for 25 new judgeships throughout the state and the expansion of a pilot program to provide counsel in civil cases. Read more

A while back—after our June Board meeting but before our July Board call, I giddily announced to two volunteer leaders that our June Board meeting was “the best ever.” One of them wryly pointed out that it was only my second in-person meeting. While that’s true, it was a pretty great meeting. Read more

Presented by the Pepperdine Institute for Entertainment, Media, Sports, and Culture, the GRAMMY Museum, and California Lawyers Association Read more

CLA successfully resisted the amount of the licensing fee increase the State Bar sought, ultimately resulting in a much smaller increase. Our comments expressed numerous concerns with the proposed fee increase, urging a cautious approach with a sharp focus on the State Bar’s current use of revenue derived from licensing fees and future use of revenue that may be derived as a result of any increase to the licensing fee. Read more

For a PDF copy, click here. July 3, 2019 Hon. Hannah-Beth Jackson, Chair Senate Judiciary Committee State Capitol, Room 5080 Sacramento, CA 95814 Hon. Mark Stone, Chair Assembly Judiciary Committee State Capitol, Room 3146 Sacramento, CA 94249 Re: SB 176 (Jackson), as amended May 22, 2019 Dear Senator Jackson and Assembly Member Stone: As the Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Judiciary Committee are well aware, the California Lawyers Association (CLA) was created as a result of Senate Bill 36, the… Read more