Contact with Represented Persons by a Pro Se Lawyer On September 28, 2022, the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 502, which addresses a pro se...
Message from the Vice Chair Greeting NLD Members, Stephanie Pengilley here, your vice chair. I am looking forward to becoming the division’s chair in just a few short months. This year NLD has put...
Lawyers Learning More: The Potential Benefits of Pursuing an LLM On a recent cool afternoon on Coronado, John L. Pittman III was proudly sporting his Pepperdine Law sweatshirt when he struck up a conversation...
Consider Post-Conviction Criminal Relief When I passed the bar in 2009, the economy was in deep recession, and the public defender’s office where I had hoped to work (and most such offices statewide) froze...
Assembly Bill 2644: Juvenile Interrogations Reform Bill Picture this: you are cruising down California Highway 163 on a clear morning with your windows down, music blasting. You are driving to the gym, trying to...
Settlement-Related Tax Issues that Litigators and Mediators Should Know About Negotiations and settlements are an everyday occurrence in the legal profession. Tax implications are often overlooked in settlement discussions and negotiations yet often play a...
New Lawyer Division Spotlight: Veneeta Jaswal Veneeta Jaswal has known from a young age that she wanted to be a “laywer,” as she wrote in second grade when asked what she wanted to be...
Ethics, Integrity, and the Not-So-Truthful Client You did it! Three years of stress. Three years of late nights hopped up on caffeine. Three years of interviews, internships, rejections, and successes. For so long, you...
How to Set Yourself Up for Career Success While Waiting for Bar Exam Results Heidi is a career advisor at California Western School of Law where she’s helped students and alumni find their career footing...
Message from the Community Service Chair One lesson I learned from my parents is that we are put on this planet to help others. Some of the greatest lawyers spent their lives helping others:...