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Appellate Law
Representative appellate law programs include:
- Anatomy of an Appeal
- Anticipating Appeals in Family Law Cases
- Ethics for Attorneys Handling Appeals
- Myron Moskovitz on Winning Appeals and Writs
- Six Essentials Every Trial Lawyer Must Know About Appeals
- Smith and McGinty on Legal Writing
- The Art & Science of Appellate Oral Argument
- Writ Procedure in the Superior and Appellate Courts
- What Trial Lawyers Need to Know about Appeals
- Writ Procedure in the Superior and Appellate Courts
Business Litigation
Representative business litigation programs include:
- Arbitration in Employment Cases
- Attacking the Pleadings
- Complex Litigation: Practical Approaches to a Legal Labyrinth
- Conducting Internal Investigations
- Drafting Complaints, Cross-Complaints and Amendments
- Electronically Stored Information and the Ethical Duty of Competence
- Fighting the Forced Arbitration Clause
- Franchise Litigation
- Quelling Clients’ Fear of Video Mediation (And Yours Too)
- Tips and Strategies for Your Next Voir Dire
Cannabis
Representative cannabis programs include:
- Land Use & Zoning Regulation of Cannabis Businesses
- Canna Talk with Matt Kumin: Part 1: An Overview of Cannabis Law
- Canna Talk with Matt Kumin: Part 2: Intellectual Property Rights; Who Owns the Cannabis?
- Canna Talk with Matt Kumin: Part 3 – Cannabis Cultivation and the Environment
- Canna Talk with Matt Kumin: Part 4: Litigating Cannabis Disputes
- CEQA Challenges to the Cannabis Industry
- Ethically Navigating Local and State Licensing for Cannabis Businesses
- Landlords, Tenants, and Marijuana Laws
- Marijuana Law Update
- Cannabis Enforcement After Legalization
Criminal Law
Representative criminal law programs include:
- A Practical Approach to Felony Sentencing
- Anticipating the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
- Criminal Jury Selection: Tipping the Scales toward Justice
- DUI Forensics
- Gangs and Gang Enhancements
- Gun Relinquishment Prior to Sentencing
- Money Bail
- Overview of Domestic Violence in Criminal Law
- Post-Conviction Relief Options In Addition To Prop 47
- Sex Offender Registration under the Three-Tiered System
Employment Law
Representative employment law programs include:
- Arbitration in Employment Cases
- Best Practices Before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
- Beyond The FMLA: Meet The Leave Laws Often Left Behind
- Co-Employment and Joint Employer Liability
- Defending Employers Against Retaliation Claims
- Developments in Sexual Orientation Discrimination Under Title VII and FEHA
- Dynamex with Richard Simmons
- Litigating PAGA Claims
- Preparing Your Client for Mediating an Employment Case
- Settling Employment Cases: Coming to Terms and Drafting the Agreement
Family Law
Representative family law programs include:
- A Non-Adversarial Approach to Pre-nups and Post-nups
- Attorney Fees in Family Law Matters
- Avoiding Tax Traps in Spousal Support Orders
- California Family Law and Recent Covid-19 Effects
- Child Custody and Substance Abuse Allegations
- Domestic Violence: Decoding Abuse across Cultures
- Effective RFO Practice – Motions for Family Law Attorneys
- Litigating Date Of Separation In Divorce Cases
- Marital Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims
- Using Marital Standard Of Living In Spousal Support Determinations
Law Practice Management
Representative law practice management programs include:
- Building and Maintaining Strong Client Relationships
- Case Interrupted: What To Do When Your Client Dies
- Communication Techniques that Build Trust and Respect
- Complying with the New Trust Accounting Rules
- Creating a Digital Marketing Plan for Your Firm
- Defending Your Online Reputation as an Attorney
- Fee Agreements: A Lawyer’s Most Effective Tool to Manage Expectations, Protect Themselves, and Get Paid
- Head in the Cloud, Fingertips on the Keyboard – Managing Client Information and Your Practice
- Managing Opposing Counsel
- Outsourcing for Solos and Small Firm Attorneys
Litigation Practice & Procedure
Representative litigation programs include:
- Anti-SLAPP 101
- Attacking the Pleadings
- Complex Litigation: Practical Approaches to a Legal Labyrinth
- FRCP Amendments – Keeping Discovery in Perspective
- Meet and Confer For The New Millennium: Conduct Expected in Discovery Disputes
- Preparing for and Taking a Deposition
- Pre-Trial Motion Strategies
- Strategic Tips for Compelling Discovery Responses
- The Strategic Use of Motions During and After Trial
- Tips for Drafting Contention Interrogatories
Real Property
Representative real property programs include:
- Affordable Housing
- Alternative Dispute Resolution in the context of Residential Real Estate Sales
- Broker Liability
- Commercial Lease Renegotiation in the Age of COVID
- Conservation Easements: Tax Benefits, Effective Drafting, and Enforcement
- Construction Insurance: Protecting Your Client & Avoiding Common Traps
- Costa Hawkins Update
- Documenting the Sale: Problems Pre-Closing
- Handling Commercial Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Tree Law in California Neighbor Disputes
Trusts & Estates
Representative trusts & estates programs include:
- The 42nd Annual UCLA/CEB Estate Planning Institute (2020)
- Amending a Revocable Living Trust
- Asset Sales after the Surviving Spouse’s Death—Are Traditional Bypass Trusts Still Viable?
- Estate Accounting: Discharging Fiduciary Responsibility
- Estate Litigation: Challenges to the Validity of Trusts and Estates
- Drafting Revocable Trusts: Tricky Clauses
- Elder Law Fundamentals: Estate Planning for Elderly Clients
- Litigating Ambiguities and Mistakes in California Wills and Trusts
- Gaw on Subtrust Funding
- Understanding Heggstad Petitions
Business Entities
Representative programs covering the formation, operation, governance, and dissolution of business entities include:
- Choosing a Business Entity
- Crowdfunding
- Director and Officer Fiduciary Duties and Liability
- Dissolving Business Entities
- LLC Operating Agreements
- Representing Charitable Nonprofits: Formation and Exemption
- Representing Charitable Nonprofits: Helping Nonprofits Engage with Confidence in Ongoing Operations
- Representing the Startup: Early Equity & Employment Problems
- Social Enterprise Legal Structures
- The Basics: Business Exit Strategies
Business Transactions
Representative contract and commercial transaction coverage includes:
- An Overview of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Law
- Business Succession Planning: Part 3: Intrafamily Business Transfers
- California Consumer Privacy Act: How it Might Affect Your Business
- Creditors’ Rights and Remedies
- E-Contracts and E-Signatures
- Franchise Agreements
- Intellectual Property Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions
- Secured Transactions 101
- Seven Deadly Sins of Construction Contracting: Reducing Risk Before the First Nail is Hammered
- Drones: A New (Legal) Frontier
Competence
Representative competence (special requirement) programs include:
- Attorney Wellness
- Competence and Addiction
- Coping Effectively with Stress and Trauma Exposure in your Legal Practice
- How to Train Your Brain for Success with Less Stress
- Incorporating Mindfulness into Your Law Practice
- The Mind of an Attorney
- The New Rules of Professional Conduct: Discrimination and Competence
Elimination of Bias
Representative elimination of bias (special requirement) coverage includes:
- Advocacy in the Face of Bias
- Bias at the Firm
- Cultural Competence in Working with Transgender Clients
- Cultural Competency in Representing LGBT+ Asylum Seekers
- Eliminating Bias in ADR
- Elimination of Bias Across the LGBTQ Spectrum
- Implicit Bias: Interrupting Bias in the Legal Profession
- Transforming Workplace Culture in the Era of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and More
- Workplace Sexual Harassment in the #MeToo Era
- Trailblazing Lawyer Fay Stender Challenging Discrimination in the Courts
Evidence
Representative evidence programs include:
- Cutting-Edge Issues With Smartphone Evidence
- Effective use of the PMK Deposition
- Evidence: How and Why to Make an Offer of Proof
- Evidence: Objecting to Expert Opinion Testimony at Trial
- Evidence: Tips for Effective Direct and Cross Examination
- GPS and Cell Phone Forensics in the Real World
- Objections: Best Practices for Objecting to Evidence at Trial
- Strategic Tips for Cross Examining Expert Witnesses
- Objections: What Objections Can I Make at a Deposition?
- Objections: Objecting to Written Discovery Requests
Land Use, Environmental, and Natural Resources
Representative land use and environmental law programs include:
- CEQA Challenges to the Cannabis Industry
- Hot Topics in CEQA
- The Map Act
- Mixed-Use Developments
- The Challenges of Redevelopment Projects
- Overview of the CA Coastal Act and Cutting Edge Issues around Coastal Permitting
- Update: Land Use & Zoning Regulation of Cannabis Businesses
- Development and Land Use in the Age of COVID-19
Legal Ethics
Representative legal ethics (special requirement) coverage includes:
- Electronically Stored Information and the Ethical Duty of Competence
- An Attorney’s Guide to Ethically Navigating the Social Media Landscape
- Ethical Landmines In Fiduciary Representation
- Ethics for Attorneys Handling Appeals
- FAQs: The Lawyer’s Duty of Confidentiality
- Legal Ethics Online
- New Year, New Bar, New Rules of Professional Conduct
- The Basics: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Ethically Working with Contract Attorneys
- The Ethics of Social Media
Personal Injury
Representative personal injury programs include:
- Exculpatory Clauses in Personal Injury Cases
- Fighting the Forced Arbitration Clause
- How to Properly Prepare and Serve a CCP Section 998
- Lien and Mean: Effectively Dealing with Liens During Litigation and at Trial
- Persuasive Opening Statements & Closing Arguments
- Vicarious Liability Under the Vehicle-Use Exceptions to the Going-and-Coming Rule
- We’ve Got You Covered: Reading & Understanding Insurance Policies
- What Trial Lawyers Need to Know about Appeals
- Statute of Limitations for Childhood Sexual Assault
- The Basics: Potential Insurance Coverage
Tax Law
Representative tax law programs include:
- Basis Consistency
- Complications with Inheriting an IRA
- Federal Estate Tax Returns: A Practical Overview
- So What Does Portability of the Estate Tax Exemption Mean?
- Tax and Estate Planning Considerations for Foreign Persons Owning U.S. Assets
- Tax Consequences of Owning Property in a Foreign Jurisdiction: Canada and Mexico
- Tax Penalties
- Tax Planning and Compliance for Individuals Who Change Citizenship or Immigration Status
- Tax Planning for the Multinational Family
- Understanding Prohibited Transactions and Self-Directed IRAs
Workers’ Compensation
Representative workers’ compensation programs include:
- Apportionment to Genetic Factors – The Rice Case, Part 1
- Breakthrough Thinking in Causation of Injury & The Rice Case – Part 2
- Duty to Disclose 3rd Party Claims in Workers’ Compensation Cases
- Legal Strategies & Disability Rating Errors
- Marijuana & Workers Compensation
- Medical Issues in Workers’ Compensation
- Return to Work & The Interactive Process
- Workers’ Compensation Intensive Course – Disability Evaluation
- Workers’ Compensation Intensive Course – Trial Procedures
- Workers’ Compensation Intensive Course – Medical Knowledge & Issues
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