Bags N’ Brunch 2025: A Community Service Event with Lasting Impact On Saturday, February 8, 2025, the San Diego County Bar Association’s New Lawyer Division (“NLD”) partnered with the San Diego Urban League Young...
For the Record Monthly Column Legal Life: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of the Everyday Attorney Welcome to “Legal Life: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of the Everyday Attorney,” a new monthly “For The Record”...
By Koryn Sheppard The human heart is an incredible organ, beating more than 2.5 billion times over a lifetime —depending, of course, on how long that life lasts. On average, it beats 100,000 times...
By Beth Ploesch Who We Are and What We Do Children’s Legal Services of San Diego, Inc. (CLS) provides legal representation for youth involved in juvenile dependency cases. CLS is appointed to represent the...
By Stacy Plotkin-Wolff “Lawyers who know how to think but have not learned how to behave are a menace and a liability to the administration of justice.” Excerpts From the Chief Justice’s Speech on the...
By David C. Carr Two years ago, the State Bar implemented the Client Trust Account Protection Program (CTAPP). The aim of CTAPP is to deter client trust account misconduct through the imposition of a...
Message from the NLD Chair – January 2025 Happy New Year, New Lawyer Division! Let’s Make 2025 Unforgettable! Welcome back from the holidays! Hopefully, you’re feeling refreshed and ready to take on the new...
By: Edward J. McIntyre New Year’s Day has come and gone. With it, family gatherings, festivities, football. We’re back at work, facing 2025. But, before getting knee-deep in our practices, clients, and other stuff,...
Message from the NLD Chair Happy December Everyone: As we are wrapping up the end of the year, I would be remiss to not reflect on all that we accomplished this year at the...
By Charles Berwanger The purpose of this article is to provide a skeletal outline of the State Bar’s disciplinary process and recommendations for dealing with it. Foundational to the Rules of Professional Conduct is...
