New Lawyers Section

This program focuses on the proper interpretation of contracts years after their execution. Read more

Congratulations to all the attorneys who were sworn-in over the last few months. California Lawyers Association is a great place to jump start your legal career, especially due to the ample networking opportunities throughout the state. Read more

Purchase the New Lawyers' Litigation Starter Pack!! CLA Members receive 4 programs for $160! Offer ends 01/31/2024.  Read more

LLC and corporate formation start the lifecycle of an enterprise. This webinar will touch on the basics of transactional practice, as well as some of the potential conflicts that are inherent in any enterprise involving multiple business partners and stakeholders. Read more

Get a bird’s eye view of California’s employment laws so you can spot the issues upon arrival. Read more

Have you been asked to second-chair a trial with one of the partners or senior attorneys at your firm? Read more

No one actually likes budgeting, except maybe those financial folks, right? So Jessica Medina, former lawyer turned Accredited Financial Counselor, will be taking us back to the beginning by demonstrating a way of looking at your money that doesn't involve tracking every single expense every single day. Read more

It’s very rare in life that you meet an individual that leaves a lasting impact. Sometimes these moments are happenstance, sometimes curated. And if you are lucky to have those moments happen more than once, I’d say that is evidence enough that our world we always dreamed of is well within reach. Read more

Interested in working in the public sector? This free webinar will be a panel discussion with two attorneys that now work in the public sector – one with the County of Orange and one with the 4th District Court of Appeal. Among other things, in this discussion, the panelists will be asked questions about: Read more

Monica Valencia is a lawyer, clinical professor, non-profit director, activist and artist. She is from Echo Park in Los Angeles, California and grew up in an undocumented immigrant family, and later – a mixed-status family. Born to immigrant parents from Mexico, Monica very much grew up in an immigrant household as a first-generation Latina. As such, Spanish is her native language. Monica believes that her language and her culture are both important to her identity, but also to the ways in which she navigates her spaces in society.  She is the first in her family to attend college, graduate, and receive higher education. Read more