Real Property Law Section

This course will address new case law and recent statutory revisions which promise to affect the practice of construction law in California in the years to come. Read more

This presentation will outline the top ten issues in partition cases for real property practitioners. Read more

The Legal Malpractice statue of limitations, C.C.P. Section 340.6 protects attorneys from stale claims. Read more

In public contracting, public entities must comply with bidding requirements in awarding contracts. Failure to strictly comply with requirements, including criteria stated in the bid solicitation, may allow a bidder that is not selected for contract award to “protest.” Read more

On this month’s What’s Up With Us, we will discuss Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica, a 9th Cir. case which held the FHAA is not applicable to occupants of a property who don’t sign a lease and don’t pay rent, and the case Gil v. Winn Dixie, an 11th Cir. case which held websites are not places of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Read more

In a year where everything we know has changed, attorneys need to continue to grow their practices and increase their visibility in the marketplace. Read more

This first part of the presentation will focus on substance abuse and provide highlights from Abraham Twerski's Book "Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception", as well as offer tips about how to identify other's behaviors , attitudes, and emotions as they journey through addiction. Read more

The panel will discuss and provide practical tips on cutting-edge issues facing attorneys, mediators, private judges and the Court. The discussion will include the ethical duties of court-connected mediators; confidentiality of mediation and proposed legislation to create exceptions to the Mediation Privilege; disclosure of conflicts of interest and the danger of the proceedings being voided; continuing jurisdiction for completion. Read more

Lawyers often feel like there are not enough hours in the day to meet the work demands and have a personal life. In the past year, work life balance may be further complicated by working remotely from home. Read more

Master mediators from Southern California will share their perspectives on practices that help or hinder achieving settlement and client satisfaction in mediation. Participants will learn successful and ethical negotiation techniques, as well as negotiation planning, opening offers, settlement psychology, managing client expectations, principles of persuasion and practice tips to anticipate impasse and avoid it and how to make mediation advocacy more effective. Read more