By Stacy Plotkin-Wolff You are sitting at your desk, organizing the many tasks for the three trials scheduled next month, your family obligations, and your volunteer work. You wonder how you will get it...
Ethics for New Lawyers: A New Deal for the Bar Exam Each year, around 16,000 people take the California Bar Examination. The two-day exam is given in February and July and consists of five essay questions,...
Tips from the Bar: Lieutenant Commander Kristen Capps Two things Lieutenant Commander Kristen Capps always knew about herself are that she always wanted to go to law school as well as follow in her...
Prioritizing Your Practice & Parenting The life of a woman lawyer and mother inevitably involves a familiar struggle—balancing the competing demands of your job with the commitments of raising children and being actively involved...
Message from NLD Chair Happy October everyone! As we are nearing the end of the year, I want to take the time to give a big shout-out to the San Diego County Bar Association’s...
By Alison Schlick The San Diego County Bar Association’s Animal Law Section and Environmental Law/Land Use Section teamed up with I Love a Clean San Diego to clean De Anza Cove in Mission Bay Park...
By Deborah Wolfe This relatively new Rule has generated much controversy and colloquy since it was approved by the California Supreme Court, effective August 1, 2023. It [CB1] unquestionably was instituted in the wake of former...
By Mitchell L. Lathrop Sometimes the relationship between client and counsel becomes so difficult and fraught with misunderstandings that counsel wants to depart from the situation. Sometimes also, the departure may not be as...
By Jen Sterling As the oftentimes lone vegan in the office, I’ve had many coworkers tell me they’re interested in incorporating more plant-based eating into their lives, but that it’s just too hard and...
Balancing Acts: Professionalism, Volunteerism, and Motherhood In the world of women in law, successfully juggling competing priorities is a perpetual topic, akin to the pursuit of happiness. Like happiness, “balance” isn’t an innate state;...
