California (CA) Newly Admitted CLE Course Catalog

Consumer debtors face extreme challenges in the current pandemic environment. Get tips on how lawyers can help clients manage their legal obligations and understand their legal rights.

This program will look at the juncture of law and public health and examine what laws are most effective in containing the pandemic and what laws hinder responses.

Students and young lawyers often use an "ad hoc" approach treating "every problem as a different problem." Since I have needed to teach students who have never done transactional law how to begin working on complex projects very quickly, I have tried to create a teachable, universal approach to beginning transactional assignments. This approach I will teach holds true whether the solution requires a client call, an internal/external memo, drafting a contract, or prosecuting intellectual property (copyright, trademark, or patent registrations).

This presentation focuses on the main concepts of privacy law, exploring domestic and international laws.

This program is for 0-3 year attorneys who have never experienced transactional law (and maybe even never worked in a law office) to rethink the "litigation-first" perspective that gets ingrained during law school. For a large number of law students interested in working with business transactions, as in-house counsel, in IP prosecution, licensing, etc., we want to provide guidance for what you should be thinking about on your first day of an internship, your first day at a job, or your first day running your own firm. These are tips to distinguish yourself on your first day even if you don't have any direct transactional experience.

There are going to be pressures on lawyers as their firms navigate the Great Restart. Some lawyers might take shortcuts, and that could spell danger for new associates. Plus, there are some other important new angles to the post-COVID practice that you should know. Here are some dangers you might face, and how to stay out of trouble. (Ethics Rules 5.3, 1.6, and more covered)

There’s always a lot of pressure on lawyers to produce. That pressure is likely to grow during the Great Restart. Learn a few tips and tricks for time management that could help you better deal with the responsibilities that will be thrown your way. These ideas were created with the new associate in mind.

Who doesn’t need a little inspiration? Stuart Teicher, Esq. lived through the ups and downs of the practice and he knows a few secrets. Follow his guidance as a new lawyer and you’ll set yourself up for happiness and success by the time you’re a veteran. (Ethics Rules 1.1, 1.3, and more covered)

Cannabis laws are changing at a rapid pace across all 50 states, making things a bit confusing and often challenging--a bit of a haze--for cannabis businesses. This seminar will highlight the current state of key issues that cannabis businesses face in tax, banking, employment law, and insurance.