These award programs are designed to provide recognition to young diverse attorneys and legal organizations who provide excellent legal services and work to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the OC community. Read more about the awards and submit your nominations HERE by April 30, 2021.

Learn to examine & observe your mental & emotional processes. Part 1 - Train the Trainers. Go HERE for more information and to register.

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Week 2: Confronting the Racial Issues. Go HERE to register and for more information.

In celebration of Women's History Month, join JABA's Young Lawyers Group along with APABA, APAWLA, and SCCLA for a virtual networking reception and panel featuring life lessons from inspiring women leaders in the law. Go HERE for more information and to register for this program.

Against the backdrop of divisive issues that touch our political, cultural and social beliefs, mediators may find themselves in tough situations which challenge their ability to maintain their status as an impartial mediator. We will address specific situations a mediator might encounter and discuss techniques and strategies for navigating through these challenges to mitigate their impact on mediation. MCLE and CEU credit pending. Go HERE for more information.

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In honor of Women's History Month, JAMS neutral, Hon. Elizabeth Allen White (Ret.), and other distinguished speakers join in a discussion for this webinar. Go HERE for more information.

A conversation about gender, race, and violence in American policing featuring filmmaker, Professor Deirdre Fishel (CUNY), Professor Michelle Goodwin (UCI Law), and Katherine Spillar, editor of Ms. Magazine. Professor Fishel's documentary, WOMEN IN BLUE, looks at policing from the point of view of women police officers. Go HERE for more information and to register.

Learn to examine & observe your mental & emotional processes. Part 2 - Trainers Meet the Next Generation of Lawyers. Go HERE for more information and to register.

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Week 3: A Call to Action. Go HERE to register and for more information.

Discover what you may not know about the Discovery Act. RSVP before 3/19 HERE for this FREE program.

Strong brands – and successful careers – are managed outcomes, not lucky accidents. Join us for a powerful and personal 2021 Personal Brand workshop. Go HERE to register and learn about required pre-workshop assignments.

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The panelists will share their journeys to the legal profession, their struggles as a result of their immigration status, and their advice on how undocumented youth can, like them, achieve their goals of becoming attorneys. Go HERE to read the bios of the panelists and register for the program.

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Featuring Prof. Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard Law School with Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University, and the Hon. Norman Eisen, Brookings Institution. Go HERE for more information.

Join past & present SCCLA board members for a virtual reunion. Go HERE for more information and to RSVP.

Join an interactive virtual mixology class via Zoom with Tannaz, the Curly Bartender!

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Register HERE for the second opportunity to learn about the judicial appointment process featuring Luis Cespedes, Governor Newsom’s new Judicial Appointments Secretary. Secretary Cespedes and a panel of recently appointed Judges will discuss the criteria used by the Governor to select judges and the process used to vet and select them.

Learn how to make authentic Vietnamese coffee. Go HERE to register.

The American Constitution Society is forming an Orange County ACS Lawyer chapter. ACS is the nation's largest progressive legal organization, and works to promote constitutional rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy, and the rule of law. A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that believes the law should be a force to improve the lives of all people, through lawyer and student chapters across the country, ACS engages its members and policymakers to push for a progressive judiciary and build a pipeline of progressive attorneys to shape the future of law and democracy. In addition to an LA lawyers chapter, UCI Law, Chapman, UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Loyola have student chapters. Please email csarosy22@gmail.com or pli@acslaw.org if you are interested in learning more about a new OC lawyers chapter.

Read about the scholarship HERE. Closing date April 4th.

This special endowment, in memory of Justice Spencer, will enable high-achieving Southwestern students who receive a judicial externship with an award. The fund may also provide scholarship support to Southwestern students. Learn more HERE.

a diversity pipeline initiative intended to provide law students in Orange and Los Angeles Counties that may lack access to and/or knowledge of in-house legal practice, exposure to such practice. The focus of the program is on 1L students. Go HERE for more information.

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The Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Central District of California is currently offering Post-Bar Fellowships. Go HERE for detailed information and to apply.

Applications are now open to volunteer on the California State Bar committees and they are seeking to fill positions on the following committees:

Detailed descriptions of these committees with vacancies can be found HERE.

Laura’s House, a domestic violence shelter, also accepts a variety of items for their clients, families, and their upscale resale store. Get more information about Laura's House HERE.

Doing everything in their power to help men, women, young adults and veterans overcome difficult challenges so they can achieve the dignity of work. Information about clothing and accessories needed for their clients is available HERE.

Check out our updated job postings ~ Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law seeks an Assistant or Associate Director Academic Achievement.

Go to our website's job corner to view the listings.

If you have an event or an item you would like to be included, please email info@occdl.org.