Notes from the New Generation
Dear Counsel, February asks us to love. It’s all around us, almost obnoxiously. Roses everywhere, balloons filling up stores. It’s a great reminder for us to show love to those in our lives. But...
Category: Law Practice
Pending Generative AI Legislation — Proposed Amendment to the State Bar Act and Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7
This topic will not go away: misuse of generative AI producing hallucinated case citations and quotations. As of early February 2026, there have been more than 600 judicial decisions across the United States in...
SDCBA NLD’s February 2026 For The Record: Message from the Vice Chair
Hello SDCBA New Lawyer Division, I know many of you – but for those I have not yet met – my name is Robert Shawhan, and I am the new Vice Chair of the...
From Refugee to Advocate: A First-Generation Lawyer’s Journey to the Law
When I think about how I became a lawyer, I don’t picture a classroom or a courtroom. I picture a small suitcase and my family leaving everything behind. I was a little girl in...
Ethics in Brief: The California State Bar’s “Guidelines” For the Ethical Use of AI
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Practice Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law Executive Summary By Charles Berwanger Generative AI is...
Message from the NLD Chair — January 2026
Message from the NLD Chair — January 2026 Greetings New Lawyer Division! I’m Lilly Glenister, your 2026 Chair for the New Lawyer Division (“NLD”). Born and raised in San Diego, I graduated from San Diego State...
Radical Love in the Practice of Law: Dr. King’s Enduring Challenge to Modern Advocates
In the popular imagination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often reduced to a handful of quotations, a single holiday, or a softened narrative of inevitable progress. But the King who wrote “Letter from...
Lawyer Regulation Alert
By Dave Majchrzak and Heather Rosing On October 10 and 11, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, Assembly Bill 931 and Senate Bill 37, that will impact the law of lawyering effective January...
NLD Farewell
NLD Farewell NLD, As my term as Chair of the New Lawyer Division comes to a close, I am filled with gratitude and awe at what we accomplished together this year. Thank you for...
When Will We Learn? Hallucination Hell
By Edward McIntyre A recurring series where fictional characters discuss realethics scenarios. Macbeth, a long-recognized expert in legalethics, professional responsibility, and the law of lawyeringis joined by his nephew Duncan and Sara, the very...