Message from the NLD Vice Chair
Message from the NLD Vice Chair My name is Elijah Gaglio, and I am honored to serve as the Vice Chair for the San Diego County Bar Association’s New Lawyer Division (NLD). As an...
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Use of Purloined Privileged Documents Leads to Disqualification of Counsel
By Carole J. Buckner, Senior Counsel, Klinedinst PC When one party’s counsel in litigation had knowledge of, access to, and possession and use of privileged communications of the opposing party and her husband, disqualification...
Making Antiracism a Core Value in Academic Institutions
Within and outside our academic walls, it is essential that educators and administrators (1) create a culture of academic health, equity, and equality that empowers all students, especially those populations who have historically been...
More, More, More: The Future of Lawyer Regulation in California
More, More, More: The Future of Lawyer Regulation in California By David C. Carr As flowers follow spring rain, scandal involving government regulation (or a lack of regulation) inevitably creates more regulation. So it is...
Artificial Intelligence and the Copyright Dilemma
Artificial Intelligence and the Copyright Dilemma Over the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken center stage in the development of creative works. Creators can now enter prompts into AI platforms like ChatGPT,...
NLD Spotlight: Jake Zindulka
NLD Spotlight: Jake Zindulka Jake Zindulka is the immediate past chair of the NLD. He has called San Diego home since 2015 and does not see himself returning to the Northeast. Jake is a...
Message from the NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair
Message from the NLD Community Outreach Co-Chair Happy April NLD Members, As the New Lawyer Division’s Community Outreach Co-Chair, I could not be any more excited to be writing this month’s message from the...
When Zealous Advocacy Goes Too Far
By Irean Z. Swan The idea of zealous advocacy is not a foreign concept to an attorney. In fact, the preamble to the Model Rules provides that “[a]s advocate, a lawyer zealously asserts the...
Proposed Rule 8.3 Competing Alternatives: What’s on the Table Now?
By Mallory H. Chase Currently out for public comment are two alternative versions of a proposed new California Rule of Professional Conduct, rule 8.3, which would address a lawyer’s duty to report the misconduct...
One Word Change Can Make a Big Difference
By Michael L. Crowley As most practitioners know by now, there was a major revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct in 2018 that govern us all. One controversial change was to Rule 4.2...
