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More than 400 guests attended the Stand for Justice Gala, an annual fundraiser for the Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, a...


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The San Diego chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, California Western School of Law and Thomas Jefferson School of...


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Law deans discuss controversies

Sep. 28, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Deans from half a dozen Southern California law schools offered insights into current legal education controversies at a dinne...


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Alameda County crowd honors judges

Sep. 28, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Women Lawyers of Alameda County hosted their annual judges' dinner on Wednesday night at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club. The...


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Bar honors appellate justice

Sep. 28, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Riverside County Bar Association installed its 2013 Board of Directors on Sept. 19 at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in R...


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The Federal Bar Association of Los Angeles hosted a panel discussion on the legal quandaries surrounding the hundreds of thous...


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San Francisco-based Durie Tangri LLP welcomed family and friends to the firm's recently renovated office space on Sept. 12 in ...


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Santa Clara University School of Law held its annual Sports Law Symposium on campus Sept. 12. A series of ESPN reporters, form...


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USC holds space law luncheon

Sep. 21, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The USC Gould School of Law hosted a Sept. 11 luncheon discussion about the emerging field of space law. "There is pretty muc...


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Attorney volunteers from the San Diego County Bar Association joined judges from the San Diego County Superior Court along wit...


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Jorge Subero Isa, the former chief justice of the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court, was honored Sept. 11 by the internationa...


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Elizabeth Dole announces veterans project

Sep. 21, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole was awarded the 2013 William O. Douglas Award by Public Counsel at the organization's annual d...


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Bingham McCutchen LLP Chairman Jay Zimmerman hosted an all-star panel of speakers with diverse backgrounds at the San Francisc...


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Foundation recognizes 'builders of peace'

Sep. 14, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Western Justice Center Foundation hosted an honorees' luncheon at its Pasadena headquarters to recognize the winners of it...


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Small firm celebrates new downtown base

Sep. 14, 2013
By Ben Adlin

Attorneys at Hobart Linzer LLP hosted more than 100 guests on Aug. 14 to celebrate the firm's move to a new downtown Los Angel...


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University of San Francisco School of Law professor Thomas J. Klitgaard shared memories of practicing law in China with studen...


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The American Association for Justice honored a batch of California attorneys as Diplomates of Trial Advocacy at the AAJ's annu...


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Chapman University formally unveiled the new name of its law school — the Dale E. Fowler School of Law — in a ceremony honorin...


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Top 100

Sep. 13, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Daily Journal hosted its annual reception on Tuesday for California's Top 100 Lawyers. The event, at the Peninsula hotel i...


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The Los Angeles Paralegal Association threw its Annual Charity Wine Tasting event at the Coral Tree Pavilion in downtown Los A...


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Dozens of top plaintiffs' attorneys and judges convened at the Wynn Las Vegas resort over Labor Day weekend for the nation's l...


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Lawyers from the Pasadena-based Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer volunteered at the nonprofit Foothill Unity Center's 15th ...


On Aug. 17 the San Fernando Valley Bar Association sponsored "STEP Together for Success," an event at the University of West L...


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More than 150 of the entertainment industry's attorneys, law students and marketing, sports and entertainment professionals at...


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The National LGBT Bar Association's Lavender Law conference in San Francisco on Aug. 23 was headlined by Roberta Kaplan, who r...


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Top players from the Landau Lawyers League nominated to represent their teams joined together to compete in closely contested ...


State Controller John Chiang paid a visit to Los Angeles last week for a California Hispanic Corporate Counsel Leadership Inst...


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Lawyer basketball playoffs wrap up

Aug. 23, 2013
By Ben Adlin

The Landau Lawyers League basketball playoffs have concluded for the summer season, with local attorneys competing in champion...


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The Los Angeles Paralegal Association held a Pro Bono Fair Saturday with many of Southern California's most prominent public i...


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Justice talks of tome on textualism

Aug. 23, 2013
By Ben Adlin

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin G. Scalia declined to shed his conservative curmudgeon's persona even as he got d...