Solo & Small Firm Section

MCLE Compliance Group 3 (N-Z):  Your Compliance Deadline Is Fast Approaching! If you are in MCLE compliance group 3 (N-Z), your compliance period ends January 31, 2020, and your deadline to report compliance is February 1, 2020.  Why wait until January to get in those last few hours of programming?  SSF offers informative, constructive, and inexpensive MCLE programs that you can take at any time, including both online CLE for participatory credit and self-study articles.  Still need some specialty credits? … Read more

Sabrina L. Green, ChairStratton & Green, ALC San Diego, CA sgreen@sglawcorp.com SSF Friends, If you are like me, it seems like 2019 started just a couple of months ago.  But here we are at the end of the year and, dare I mention, the beginning of the holiday season. Looking back now, I find it amazing what the Solo and Small Firm Section has accomplished under our now former Chair, Renee Stackhouse.  Having just been sworn in as SSF’s new Chair,… Read more

In a traditional transaction, California lawyers receive U.S. dollars in exchange for providing legal services. But it is not unheard of to see transactions where lawyers are compensated in different ways. Most typically, alternate payments come through the provision of goods. But, of course, there are other options. And perhaps the most recent trend is toward the use of cryptocurrency. Read more

The State Bar’s Board of Trustees created a Task Force on Access through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS) which was charged with identifying “possible regulatory changes for enhancing the delivery of, and access to, legal services through the use of technology, including artificial intelligence and online legal service delivery models.”  ATILS was asked to balance two goals:  consumer protection and increased access to legal services.  In response, ATILS prepared a set of regulatory reform options, and the public has been… Read more

If you work as a contract lawyer—or if you hire contract lawyers—you will be interested in AB 5. AB 5 impacts the determination of who qualifies as an independent contractor. Read more

When it comes to job applications and pre-employment interviews, there are certain topics that are off limits. Here are seven topics to stay away from. Read more

For those who asked, the comic we debuted last month features lead character Amadis Moreno, and their support team Johnny Liu and Leondra Barton. As you might be able to tell by my choice of pronouns, Amadis is a non-binary Latinx lawyer and the diversity that they and their team bring to the legal practice “give me life” Read more

Friday, September 20, 2019 Thomas Jefferson School of Law 701 B Street San Diego, CA 92101 Earn 4.0 MCLE Credit Hours REGISTER ONLINE HERE   Schedule | Essential Info | Brochure | Registration Form Click Here for All the Details!   The Solo And Small Firm Section Would Like To Thank Its Sponsors For Their Generous Contributions Read more

Friday, September 20, 2019 Thomas Jefferson School of Law701 B StreetSan Diego, CA 92101 Earn 4.0 MCLE Credit Hours Onsite Registration Available Schedule | Essential Info | Brochure Come join the California Lawyers Association Solo and Small Firm section for its first ever SoCal Symposium on Solo Success being held via in person at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego on September 20, 2019. This informative programming is designed to provide Solo and Small Firm attorneys with imperative… Read more

This program offers 1 participatory MCLE credit plus legal specialization in Family Law. You must register in advance to participate. This program will provide attorneys with identification of issues, and problematic provisions in drafting Stipulated Orders and Judgments in Family Law and mechanisms to enforce property and support provisions after the orders have been made. Speakers: Evie Jeang, Ritzel Ngo, and Richard Weissman Read more