PRESENTER: Ed Barley
PROGRAM: Cross-Examination of the State’s Expert
Celebration of life of Rich Hutton organized by Robert Wilson and Chris Chaney.
Next Tuesday, October 18, 2022 from 5pm to 7pm at the Yard House at LA Live located at 800 W Olympic Blvd A-115, Los Angeles, CA 90015
NEW IMPLICIT BIAS EDUCATION NOW REQUIRED FOR ALL CA ATTORNEYS
The State Bar of California now requires all attorneys to include 1 unit of implicit bias education in their required 25 hours of MCLE every 3 years. This is in addition to the 1 unit of elimination of bias training that was previously required.
IN MEMORIAM: RICHARD HUTTON
CDLA member Rich Hutton recently passed away.
CDLA is offering a free webinar to its members on Wednesday, October 19 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. Effective Legal Writing for Attorneys: How to Easily Improve Your Writing (MCLE: 1.0 credit) will be presented by Don Bartell and Lara Gressley.This webinar will demonstrate specific legal-writing techniques that will help attorneys make their writing more concise and direct, and therefore more persuasive. Through specific examples of typical legal-writing problems and their solutions, the webinar will help participants improve the clarity and focus of the briefs, letters, and other written work that is crucial to any legal practice.In this webinar presented by CDLA attorneys Donald Bartell and Lara Gressley, you will learn the basics of legal writing, a lawyer's most important tool, including tips and techniques for drafting briefs, pleadings and memos. Participants will also understand the most common mistakes and problems lawyers encounter in their writings -- and how to avoid them.For additional information about this webinar - and CDLA membership - contact CDLA Executive Director Dr. Roger C. Andersen at [email protected]
At the Annual Meeting of the CDLA Board of Directors held last weekend as part of the 2022 Annual Kuwatch Conference, Manny Daskal was elected President of the CDLA Board of Directors.
Manny is originally from Detroit, Michigan. He graduated with a B.S. from Wayne State University,
Alison can be reached at [email protected] or 530-550-0529.
Congratulations to Alison!
CDLA OFFICERS FOR THE 2022-2023 YEAR
The CDLA Board of Directors has elected the following members as its Officers for the 2022-2023 year:
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022
(Vice President Manny Barba - Master of Ceremonies)
TERRY WAPNER TO RECEIVE EDWARD KUWATCH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT CDLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE POSTHUMOUSLY
CDLA is pleased to have added 40 new members in the past 3 months!
Many of our new members have joined in time to attend the Annual Kuwatch Conference scheduled for Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.
CDLA was a dominant presence at the July 14-15, 2022 Summer Session Seminar of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) held in Chicago.
Donald Bartell was the appellate attorney of the year.
WHAT? CDLA Annual Conference 2022
WHEN? Friday, August 12 starting 1:00 p.m. - Saturday, August 13, 2022 ending at 3:45 p.m..
FORMER CDLA TREASURER TERRY WAPNER TO RECEIVE CDLA'S HIGHEST AWARD
TIME TO REGISTER: CALIFORNIA DUI LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (CDLA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The 2022 Annual Kuwatch Conference will be held on Friday, August 12, 2022 and Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in downtown San Francisco.
UPDATE ON SB 1021
SB 1021 (authored by Steven Bradford; Democratic Senator; District 35) will not be moving forward this year.
