Ethically Managing Your Legal Intake Support Staff It is important for lawyers to have a solid understanding of their ethical responsibilities when managing and supervising nonlawyer assistants involved in the client intake process. Recently,...
Raising the Limited Jurisdictional Limit: What Could this Mean for Consumers? Currently in California state court the jurisdictional limit for a limited civil case is $25,000 or less. As some of you may know,...
Message from NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair Dear NLD members, I’m excited to be writing this message as a co-chair of the NLD Community Outreach subcommittee of the New Lawyer Division (NLD) Executive Committee, with...
Tips from the Bench: Hon. Blaine Bowman On the fourth floor of San Diego Superior Court’s North County Division is department N-31 of which Judge Blaine Bowman presides. Judge Bowman operates a “stress free...
By Shelly Skinner Nowadays, it’s hard for a lawyer to ignore the ubiquity of social media and its potential to impact clients’ cases. Some jurisdictions have even said that a lawyer’s duty of competence...
By David C. Carr Once upon a time in the 19th Century, a man named David Dudley Field had some time on his hands. As a lawyer, this man was naturally inclined to write...
Message From the Co-Editor-in-Chief As Co-Editor-in-Chief of the New Lawyer Division (“NLD”) monthly newsletter, For the Record, I wanted to thank each of our readers for their continued support. I also want to thank...
Ethical Considerations When Using an Online Referral Service As a personal injury lawyer who is only licensed to practice in California, you take great pride in using the latest technology as part of your...
NLD Event Recap: Annual Meeting On August 31, 2023, the New Lawyer Division (NLD) hosted its first Annual Meeting to talk with members about how NLD can best meet the needs of new lawyers...
NLD Member Spotlight: Regina (Calvario) Dryjanski “One of my favorite parts of doing my job is knowing that I am on the right side — the side that protects the rights of vulnerable people,” says...
