Leadership Academy: Leading and Lawyering with You in Mind

Calling new lawyers! The word is out, and the word is LEADERSHIP! The San Diego County Bar Association is a champion of leadership in our profession and understands that the community looks to lawyers for strong leadership, whether it be within a firm, on a board of directors, or in other community activities. With this appreciation solidified in its core values, the SDCBA adopted building lawyers as leaders as one of its six strategic priorities for 2020-2022 and set out to create a brand-new Leadership Academy in furtherance of this goal. After months of the Leadership Academy Sub-Committee’s careful designing and planning, the SDCBA launched its first-ever, long-awaited Leadership Academy in January of this year. Read More

Message from the Continuing Legal Education Chair

Hello all:

I am honored to serve on the New Lawyer Division’s Executive Committee where I help organize continuing legal education presentations for new lawyers in the San Diego area. I graduated from California Western School of Law in 2018, and I am an associate at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP. I am in my fourth year of practice. Read More

Ethical Criticism of Judicial Decisions

Every lawyer who litigates will sometimes disagree with judicial decisions in their cases — often strongly so. And nearly all lawyers will sometimes disagree with decisions of the Supreme Court or courts of appeal on questions of profound social importance — sometimes vehemently so. Read More

NLD Member Spotlight: Tyler Barclay

“Few things in life are as satisfying as pursuing justice for those that need it the most,” says Tyler Barclay about why he is passionate about being a public defender. Read More

NLD Event Recap: Federal Court Practice Series

On Friday, July 9, 2022, the Honorable Linda Lopez of the United States District Court presented for the New Lawyer Division on some tips and tricks to use when operating in the federal courts. Read More

To Arbitrate, or Not to Arbitrate: Viking Cruises v. Moriana

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Viking Cruises v. Moriana decision broadens the impact of PAGA claim arbitration clauses in employment agreements, potentially restricting the ability of employees in California to litigate claims under the Private Attorneys General Act. Read More

Thinking Out Your Wheelhouse: How Your Practice May Implicate Consumer Protection Laws

As a practicing attorney, most of us operate solely within our niche. We become masters of our wheelhouse and we rarely venture outside of it, except for when the occasion family member is seeking free legal advice. We come to thrive within the one or two areas of law that we practice on a regular basis. Read More

Plan, Prepare, Prevail – Bar Prep Tips For Every Kind of Test Taker

When John H. Wilson first took the California bar exam in 2008, a 5.4 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the Ontario convention center, sending him scrambling under the table for cover. Read More