Class recorded Otcober 27, 2022

Panelists discuss the First Amendment rights and ethical obligations of licensed attorneys who participate in lawful protests and other civic gatherings.   Whether advocating for their clients or acting as private citizens, attorneys engage in a variety of First Amendment activities, including protest. So what are an attorney’s rights when they attend a protest? What are the professional and ethical considerations of an attorney when they do so? What duties does an attorney have as an observer? Can an attorney attend a protest in order to find potential clients? This class will explore these questions and more, bringing together the experience of activist attorneys and law enforcement.

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.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

Presented by:

Maria Hall, Attorney (https://mariaehall.co/)

Christian Contreras (https://contreras-law.com/about-christian-contreras), Attorney, The Christian Contreras Firm, PLC'

Registration Fee: $20

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:

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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022| 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

This class will be hosted on Zoom

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Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue to explore income inequality in America by reading Janesville: An American Story, by Amy Goldstein. Janesville, Wisconsin was the home of General Motors oldest operating assembly plant until GM closed the plant two days before Christmas 2008. Goldstein paints an intimate picture of blue-collar workers and their families who are faced with uncertainty, doubt, depression and the inability to care for their loved ones after closure of the plant and shows why it is so hard in the 21^st century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class.

About the book and author:

• Goldstein is a Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post reporter
• Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year (2017)
• Winner of J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for Narrative Nonfiction (2018)
• An NPR, Wall Street Journal, Economist and Business Insider Best Book of 2017
• New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book of 2017

Although you can listen to the class from various kinds of devices, you will need video to view the speaker(s) and any presentation materials and the ability to type on your device and use Zoom to ask questions or use the chat features.

Presented by:

Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research, LA Law Library (https://www.lalawlibrary.org/)

Class recorded October 27, 2022

As we say at LA Law Library, “Access to information is access to justice.” However, that justice can be impeded by a number of barriers, chief among them language and cultural differences. This class will explore the ways attorneys can effectively represent clients to help ensure access to justice despite language and cultural barriers. This class will be taught by attorneys with extensive experience serving Spanish-speaking and Mandarin-speaking clients.

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.

1.0 hour Elimination of Bias - Implicit Bias MCLE Credit

Presented by:

Miao Jin, Law Offices of Miao Jin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miao-jin-65a67a36/)

John Kim, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Southern California (https://archive.advancingjustice-la.org/)

Registration Fee: $20

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Class recorded October 26, 2022

This class focuses on how to resolve custody and visitation conflicts with minimal or no conflict, even where there are allegations of abuse or neglect, the Dependency Court or Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is involved or tensions are high.

Get your questions related to DCFS and Dependency Court answered, including how to contact the court-appointed attorney and what to expect during the hearings.

Class covers:

• Establishing/modifying a child custody order
• Connecting with a court-appointed attorney
• Information on parental rights
• How to request an ex parte (emergency) hearing
• How to mediate conflicts and break cycles of violence and abuse

Presented by:

L Randy Drew, Executive Director, Southern California Family Mediation Inc. (https://dependencymediation.org/)

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.