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...
Message from Community Outreach Co-Chair Hi NLD Members, I’m excited to be writing this message as Co-Chair of the Community Outreach subcommittee of the New Lawyer Division (NLD) Executive Committee, with Claudia Salinas. If...
Conflicts – More Than Just Adverse Parties The State Bar of California just released two separate and sobering reports about its own failure to open any public discipline investigation of Los Angeles attorney Thomas...
So You’ve Just Finished Taking the Bar Exam … Now What? Five minutes remained. The second hand on my watch stubbornly kept turning, along with my stomach. Three quarters of the California Bar Exam were finished,...
Fresh Eyes May Require Fresh Disclosures Whether newly admitted or highly experienced, working in a small firm or a large firm, or practicing in litigation or transactional law — an attorney in a law...
Message from the Chair of the NLD Happy New Year NLD Members! Stephanie Pengilley here, NLD’s Chair for the 2023 year. I am excited for what this year holds and the events that are...
Ethical Considerations When “Specially Appearing” for Another Lawyer If you are a litigator, you have likely been in court and heard another lawyer enter her appearance by stating her name, followed by the phrase...
Message from the Editor It has been my privilege and honor to produce For The Record as your editor-in-chief these past two years. This publication is uniquely founded on being created by new lawyers...
Is a Bumblebee a Fish? How Linguistics Can Help Lawyers Interpret the Law Is a bumblebee a fish? This question, explored in a recent California ruling, exemplifies the importance of deciphering linguistics in interpreting...
Tips from the Bar: Lara Worm After 10 years as a federal prosecutor, Lara Worm pivoted from law and co-founded Bivouac Ciderworks, a hard cider taproom and restaurant in North Park. Worm, who wanted...