By David C. Carr Legal ethics for the practitioner is often about drawing lines. Often, it is not clear where the line should be drawn. The California Rules of Professional Conduct[1] and the statutes in the Business...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Anne M. Rudolph Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3, titled “Reporting Professional Misconduct,” went into effect on August 1, 2023, making California the last state to implement a version of this rule. Referred to by...
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 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...
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...
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...
