International Law and Immigration Section

Welcome to the NEW California Lawyers Association-lnternational Law Newsletter (“CLA-INT’L News”)! Read more

2020 is shaping up to be another great year for the CLA International Law Section. Our leadership has redoubled its efforts to provide leading international legal content, and we have revamped and increased investment in both our International Law Journal and CLA-INT’L News. Read more

On 8 January 2020, the newly re-elected UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, met the newly appointed President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in London. Read more

The panelists will offer solutions-oriented strategies that international business lawyers can implement with a view to recognizing and reducing gender bias. Read more

The CLA International Law Section is proud to announce Barry Sanders as this year's Warren Christopher International Lawyer of the Year. Sanders will be honored on October 11 at this year's CLA Annual Meeting in Monterey. Read more

The personal webbing that ties lawyers in the USA to clients often has a shared understanding within the scope of professional norms. The MeToo# Movement, LBGTQ organizations, and internet social media platforms have changed the norms on what is proper, acceptable and professional. The panelists, who have worked and lived abroad, will analyze the new normal within the global context of statewide ethics, including cultural norms and how-to’s in the mid-East, Russia, Italy, Mexico and other countries. Read more

What does it take to become the leading commentator in your field? We asked Alexandra Darraby, CLA member and author of Thomson Reuters West’s treatise on art artifact architecture and museum law. Darraby’s name was recently added to the title of her long-running treatise, a rare female addition to an elite group of recognized legal commentators. Read more

he California International Law Journal is currently accepting applications from ILS members for two open executive editorial board positions. This is a great way to become more involved with the ILS and the international legal community, as well as to contribute to one of the CLA’s premier publications. We are growing rapidly and need your involvement! Read more

The webinar will be a general discussion of the basic U.S. and California income tax rules that apply to nonresident aliens, including determining when a person is a U.S. or California resident for U.S. federal and California income tax purposes. In addition, the discussion will center on the kinds of U.S. and California-source income that is subject to tax in the hands of nonresident aliens, and tax planning strategies that can be implemented in connection therewith (including the effect of income tax treaties on residency issues and substantive income tax issues.) Read more

Join us for the Czech-California Multi-Bar Delegate Law Conference on October 17-20, 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. It'll be a spectacular event! Read more