Categories : Wellness
Rise and Shine: Why Snoozing is Ruining Your Productivity
If you want a productivity boost, the next time you catch yourself reaching for your snooze button, remember that when you snooze, you really do lose.
Categories : President's Message
President’s Message: June 1, 2020
This has been no ordinary week. As we all absorb and seek ways to meaningfully respond to the tragic events in Minnesota, and occurring across the nation and here in San Diego County, I am compelled to express my personal shock and sadness. Racism and xenophobia continue to perpetuate the vastly unjust treatment and disrespect of people of color in our country. This directly goes against the SDCBA’s core values of Community and Inclusion, which are close to my heart. As a society, we not only can do better. We must be better.
Categories : SDCBA
Special Message to the SDCBA Membership
As San Diego County businesses slowly begin to reopen, we have carefully considered when and how to resume operations at the SDCBA’s offices and Bar Center.
Categories : Legal Ethics
United States District Court Ethics Enforcement: In the Matter of Gregory Melvin Haynes Lies a Cautionary Tale for Attorneys.
On February 11, 2020 the State Bar Court of California Review Department in the Matter of Gregory Melvin Haynes upheld the State Bar Hearing Judge's finding that misconduct committed by attorney Haynes found by the federal court to require his disbarment from practicing before the Northern District.
Categories : President's Message
President’s Message: May 26, 2020
Today we kicked off another week of informative programming with a free webinar, Making LinkedIn Work for You.
Categories : For New Attorneys
Message from the Chair of the New Lawyer Division
Hi NLDers, I hope you all are still safe, healthy, and remembered to send your mom flowers and zoom with her on Mother’s Day.
Categories : Legal Ethics
United States District Court and State Bar Discipline
Does discipline in the United States District Court subject a lawyer to State Bar discipline?
Categories : For New Attorneys
COVID-19 Legislation Protecting Renters and Buyers May Be Unconstitutional
The COVID-19 pandemic is testing landlord-tenant relationships in California like never before.
Categories : For New Attorneys
COVID-19 and Me: The Impact of the Novel Coronavirus on Employment
As lawyers, our typical response of “it depends” seems insufficient in this already tenuous atmosphere.
Categories : For New Attorneys Law Practice Legal Ethics
COVID-19 Has Altered the Practice of Law, but Not Your Ethical Obligations
Although the San Diego Superior Court is scheduled to reopen for more than emergency services on May 26, 2020, the changes wrought by COVID-19 upon the legal profession will reverberate for the foreseeable future.