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Help Launch New Animal Law and ADR Sections |
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LACBA is exploring the addition of two new practice sections; Animal Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution. At least 50 current members are needed to launch a new section.
If you are interested in joining or learning more, click the options below and you will be contacted directly.
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By clicking an option below, you will be contacted to serve as a new section member.
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Yes, contact me about joining the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
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Yes, contact me about joining the Animal Law Section
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Contact me about joining both sections
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Your 2022-23 Nominees
Important deadlines: Petitions and written nominations are due April 15, 2022, by 5p.m. Eligible persons who want to vote in a potential election must be a LACBA member by April 20, 2022.
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A Thank You to LACBA Members
+ 2021 Statistics!
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On behalf of thousands of clients, Counsel for Justice would like to thank our members for their generous contributions and ongoing support. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the need for CFJ's legal services, but over the past year our small but expert staff and dedicated volunteers were able to continue to provide services despite a multitude of obstacles thanks to your support.
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Free Homelessness Prevention Advocacy Project Training
March 31, Noon-1:30p.m.
HPAP—the new Homelessness Prevention Advocacy Project—needs your help! Developed jointly by AIDS and Veterans Legal Services Projects, the goal of this new program is to provide tenant stabilization to vulnerable veterans and people living with HIV by resolving housing disputes before they spiral out of control and lead to possible eviction.
HPAP is designed to preserve housing and advocate for disability-related housing access issues including source of income discrimination and advocating for live-in caregivers and emotional support animals by utilizing the dispute resolution skills of pro bono attorneys. Training materials on the relevant laws and dispute resolution tips are available. (This is not an eviction defense program. No housing experience is needed.)
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By Clare Pastore
There’s nothing like a crisis to accelerate the speed of change. Over the past few decades, the legal profession has been gradually adapting to technological and societal change in a variety of ways, including by the advent of electronic filing, the virtual abandonment of facsimile communications, the ubiquity of email, and the adoption of electronic discovery rules, among many others. But change was kicked into overdrive beginning in March 2020 with the COVID shutdown of virtually all in-person legal work. Suddenly lawyers, like many Americans, had to learn to pivot to “virtual” or “remote” work. Moreover, even as the pandemic recedes, predictions are that remote work is here to stay. A recent national survey of lawyers found that over half of the responding firms planned to allow lawyers to work remotely full-time even after the pandemic, and 70% said that part-time remote work would be permitted. READ THE FULL ARTICLE.
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Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine
March 2022 Issue Preview
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Attention, all appellate attorneys, or trial attorneys who want to avoid having decisions overturned on appeal: The March issue features a cover story by Steven Disharoon on the appellate process, "from A to Z." Then, turn to the always popular "Ethics Roundup" for 2021 by John Amberg and prepare to get your MCLE Ethics credits. Also in the issue is a photo-filled article by former Los Angeles Lawyer Editorial Board Chair Carmela Pagay on the famous group of attorney musicians, Law Rocks, as it celebrates its tenth year of mingling musical talent with supporting charitable causes and comes to Los Angeles in April. Last year's LACBA President Tamila Jensen presents an in-depth, intriguing interview with her predecessor, Ron Brot, who served as the association's president during 2019 to 2020. Then, current President Brad Pauley makes a convincing argument for establishing a new Animal Law Section within LACBA. In honor of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's presentation in March of "Preserving Holocaust History: Collecting Artifacts and Researching Facts," Norm Chernin, current chair of the Los Angeles Lawyer Editorial Board reminds us in "From the Chair" of the true and unique significance of the Holocaust and why "we must never forget." Barrister Kevin Zipser admonishes all attorneys in "Barristers Tips" to make time to proofread work product before making it public. Finally, in the Closing Argument, Ria Severance and Mara Berke, member of Los Angeles Lawyer's Editorial Board, describe how family law attorneys can facilitate co-parent counseling to create a better atmosphere during divorce.
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Los Angeles Lawyer magazine, the official publication of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, is looking for articles written by lawyers for our members' continuing professional education. We publish articles on substantive law issues that educate and inform other lawyers about the law. No area of law is excluded; what you know about, you can write about. We will gladly provide samples to prospective authors.
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