Tips from the Bar: Carree Nahama, Esq.
Tips from the Bar: Carree Nahama, Esq. Meet Carree Nahama, Esq. Ever since the 6th grade, Carree Nahama always wanted to be a lawyer. Ms. Nahama became the first in her family to attend and graduate from...
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Community Service Reflection: Annual Free Books for Children Event
Community Service Reflection: Annual Free Books for Children Event As the Community Outreach Co-Chair for the San Diego County Bar Association’s New Lawyer Division (NLD), I am thrilled to share with you the heartwarming...
Tech Talk: Microsoft Word – Advanced Editing Tips for Pasting Text
Cutting and pasting is a simple task. Perhaps so simple and effective that most users never ask, “Could there be more?” With a few keystrokes, you can easily repurpose text from one place to...
DEI Drop: An Immigrant Story
By Bhashini Weerasinghe As we rapidly approach the upcoming election and brace for the inevitable and continued onslaught of campaign attacks on some of the most vulnerable populations, I cannot help but think about...
Mindful Minute: Resilience – Finding Ways Forward Through Adversity
By Jim Eischen, Co-Chair, San Diego County Bar Association Wellness Committee I recently surfed on longboards outside San Diego harbor with my youngest son and his good friend. We were having a wonderful time...
Ethics in Brief: Ethical Pitfalls Arise When Pursuing a Client Agreement that Impedes a State Bar Investigation
By Alara Chilton When a client files or threatens to file a State Bar complaint alleging a lawyer’s ethical misconduct, a lawyer may be tempted to impede a State Bar investigation by seeking to...
Microsoft OneDrive Versus SharePoint
We will begin this two-part series on understanding the difference between OneDrive and SharePoint by exploring OneDrive. In part two, we will discuss SharePoint and the differences between them. Every day, another law firm...
Ethics in Brief: Caputo – A Cautionary Tale with Costly Consequences
By Valerie Silverman Massey Scenario: As a senior or supervising attorney, you are preparing to file a document with a court. A more junior attorney prepares the document using prior office writings/research or conducting...
Upping Your Security Game with MFA
In today’s security landscape, there’s no such thing as “too careful.” With so many of us still working from home, devices scattered around cities and states, and malicious actors on the rise seeking to...
Embarking on a Legal Voyage in a New City: Insights for Law Students and New Lawyers
Embarking on a Legal Voyage in a New City: Insights for Law Students and New Lawyers As a solo practitioner specializing in family law at Aloha Divorce in California, my journey into the legal...
