LIVE ZOOM: MCLE: Elimination of Bias

Tuesday, December 17, 2024: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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A lifetime of experience and cultural history shapes how we think, view the world, and interact with people. Research has shown that most people hold unconscious, implicit assumptions that influence how they engage with other people. Usually seen as something that affects individuals, implicit bias has significant impacts on institutional practices and structures. This webinar will explore different kinds of implicit bias and offer tools to address it personally and organizationally. This training satisfies the one-hour California MCLE requirement for a focus on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies to address how unintended biases regarding race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics undermine confidence in the legal system. 

Earn 1.0 hour California participatory MCLE credit in subtopic of Implicit Bias/Bias-Reducing Strategies

MCLE Disclaimer: MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity.

Presented by: Jora Trang, Chief of Staff and Equity, Worksafe

Jora Trang is the Chief of Staff and Equity of Worksafe. Jora specializes in employment/labor law and has worked for over 30 years to advance social justice issues affecting marginalized populations. Jora joined Worksafe in 2011 and has been instrumental in directing Worksafe’s strategic legal and policy work focused on strengthening worker health and safety laws, policies, regulations and standards; ensuring effective remedies for injured workers; and advocating for stronger government enforcement of worker rights. Jora has also led efforts to increase the capacity of worker leaders, worker advocates, and legal aid organizations to represent vulnerable workers in occupational health & safety issues and advance worker protections. Jora participates in statewide and national coalitions, formerly served as Chair of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, and currently serves as Chair of the Legal Aid Association of California.

Registration fee: Registration for this MCLE is FREE through the generosity of the Estate of Joan Levine

Last Updated: Monday, 02 December 2024 10:52

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LIVE ZOOM: MCLE: How to Cope with Vicarious Trauma

Wednesday, December 18, 2024: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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Those who provide services to victims of crimes and others who suffer trauma can often experience trauma themselves as a result, as well as burnout. This training will define important terms, explore risk factors, and help attorneys develop strategies for preventing and addressing both vicarious trauma and burnout.  Attendees will learn self-care techniques, healthy coping skills, and receive tips for working with victims of trauma. Training in dealing with vicarious trauma can, in turn, create a balanced work environment and minimize the risk of re-traumatizing clients.

Earn 1.0 hour California participatory MCLE credit in subtopic of Competence: Wellness

MCLE Disclaimer: MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity.

Presented by: Dominique Quevedo, Managing Attorney, Long Beach Office and Immigration Access Workgroup, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

Registration fee: Registration for this MCLE is FREE through the generosity of the Estate of Joan Levine.

Last Updated: Monday, 02 December 2024 10:58

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LIVE ZOOM: MCLE: Can’t We All Just Get Along? Civility in the Practice of Law

Tuesday, January 7, 2025: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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In recent years, we have seen a disturbing increase in the level of incivility in public discourse and the legal profession. This program will address civility in the practice of law from the judicial perspective, considering questions such as: What do judges expect? Why is civility important? Why are personal attacks, insults, and taunts a poor strategy for advocacy? And what tools can judges use to deal with incivility? The program will also discuss standards for civility in the practice of law and how to deal with uncivil opposing counsel.

Earn 1.0 hour California participatory MCLE credit in subtopic of Civility

MCLE Disclaimer: MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity.

Presented by: Judge Mark A. Juhas and Judge Robert B. Broadbelt:

Judge Mark A. Juhas sits in a general family law assignment on the Los Angeles Superior Court. He is the immediate past chair of the California Commission on Access to Justice. For the California Judicial Council, he has been on the CJER Governing Committee and the immediate past Co-chair of the Family and Juvenile Advisory Committee; he was a member of the Elkins Family Law Task Force, Elkins Family Law Implementation Task Force and Self- Represented Litigant Task Force. He recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Family Law Section of the State Bar, a Distinguished Service Award from the California Judicial Council, and the Aranda Access to Justice award from the Judicial Council, among other honors.

Robert Broadbelt is a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Los Angeles. His current assignment is in the Civil Division of the court, in an Unlimited Civil -- Individual Calendar courtroom at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. Before being appointed to the bench in 2012, Judge Broadbelt spent most of his legal career as a partner in the law firm of Browne Woods George, LLP, where his practice was devoted to complex business litigation with an emphasis on unfair competition and trade secrets. Judge Broadbelt received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from the USC Gould School of Law.

Registration fee: Registration for this MCLE is FREE through the generosity of the Estate of Joan Levine.

Last Updated: Monday, 04 November 2024 11:52

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LIVE ZOOM: MCLE: Readily Accessible Lawyering: Practical Tips and Tools for Representing Clients with Disabilities

Wednesday, January 8, 2025: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - CLASS CANCELLED

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Many legal clients have disabilities, particularly indigent clients, older clients, and personal injury, education, workers' comp, and employment law plaintiffs. Learn in this presentation about "readily accessible lawyering," a set of strategies you can implement to make your practice accessible for a wide range of clients, regardless of whether you know a client has a disability. Also learn about reasonable accommodations that some of your disabled clients may need. 

After completing this session, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the prevalence of disability among legal clients
  • Identify default practices that make legal practice more accessible to clients with disabilities
  • Know how to implement common reasonable accommodations that disabled clients may need
  • Discuss how client capacity is variable and can be strengthened with reasonable accommodations
  • Know how the Rules of Professional Conduct are consistent with readily accessible lawyering and reasonable accommodations

Earn 1.0 hour California participatory MCLE credit in subtopic of Elimination of Bias

MCLE Disclaimer: MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity. 

Presented by: Claudia Center, Legal Director, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF)

As Legal Director of the DREDF, Claudia Center litigates cases that increase civil rights and civil liberties for persons with disabilities, and represents the disability community in legislative, policy, amicus, and appellate work. Claudia was previously a Senior Staff Attorney in the Disability Rights Program of the national ACLU Foundation, and the director of the disability rights program at the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (now Legal Aid At Work). In 2009, she received the Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights from the ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law (now the Commission on Disability Rights).

Registration fee: Registration for this MCLE is FREE through the generosity of the Estate of Joan Levine.

Last Updated: Wednesday, 08 January 2025 12:33

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LIVE ZOOM: Book Discussion: The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor, by Hamilton Nolan

Tuesday December 17, 2024: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

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Join the discussion as the LALL book discussion group concludes its year-long exploration of issues related to labor and employment with a discussion of The Hammer: Power, Inequality and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor, by Hamilton Nolan.  At our last discussion, a question was asked re: whether unions are still relevant.  This book responds to that question head-on.  Although organized labor has been in decline for decades, a recent highly visible wave of strikes and new organizing campaigns have driven the popularity of unions to historic highs.  In chapters that cover movements around the country, the reader is taken to the actual places where labor and politics meld. The Hammer is an urgent, on-the-ground excavation of the past, present and future of the American labor movement.

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Collections, LA Law Library.

Registration fee: FREE.  Register to receive Zoom link

Last Updated: Monday, 02 December 2024 10:58

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