SAN DIEGO - Television audiences around the world saw Kerry Wells hammer Betty Broderick on the witness stand in 1991 before a...
State Bar & Bar Associations
Developer, Buyer and Security Service Duke It Out
By Contributing Writer
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 2 - REAL PROPERTY Developer acquired a large tract of undeveloped land, subdivided the tract into 10...
THE NEW LAWYER - Chris D'Sa, a former geologist from Bombay and a recent State Bar admittee, hopes to build a successful envir...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 6 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY - Lou is a lawyer. While he was having lunch with a friend, Frank, h...
THE NEW LAWYER - Contribution - By Jeff A. Fleming You're in law school. You want to make the grade. How do you do it? Put sim...
Judges and Judiciary
Responsibility Is Nothing Without Consequences
By Contributing Writer
Letter to the Editor - I have not read the Commission on Judicial Performance's decision concerning Judge [Kevin] Ross. Nor do...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 3 - CORPORATIONS/PROFESSIONAL RESPSONSIBILITY - Alice is a director and Bob is a director and the pr...
THE NEW LAWYER - What does it take to seek fame and fortune in the ever-growing world of reality TV? Being a lawyer helps. In ...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 1 COMMUNITY PROPERTY In 1998, Henry and Wilma, residents of California, married. Henry had purchased...
D.A. Scare - Authorities closed off a portion of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office Monday after a worker opene...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 5 - REMEDIES - Stan and Barb entered into a valid written contract whereby (1) Stan agreed to convey...
THE NEW LAWYER - Contribution - By Scott H. Miller - Early in my practice as a commercial real estate lawyer, I stumbled into ...
Education
Pocket Guide's 12 Tips Help Junior Associates Keep Jobs
By Contributing Writer
THE NEW LAWYER - The Pocket Guide to Life as a Junior Associate By Jeffrey A. Sklar To all junior associates, this column is f...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Katrina and Rita Do Little to Clarify Water Boundary Laws
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Focus Column - By Bruce S. Flushman and Lilly Santaniello - The lure of the ocean beach was eloquently described by a Florida ...
THE NEW LAWYER - RIVERSIDE - With his bar card hot off the press three years ago, Jonathan Lewis didn't fight to get into a bi...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 4 - EVIDENCE - Dan was charged with arson. The prosecution attempted to prove that he burned down hi...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Julia is a well-known actress. She has been a household name for the better part of 15 yea...
Letter to the Editor - In Lawrence Hurley's article last Monday about the move to split the 9th Circuit, you unwittingly playe...
THE NEW LAWYER - Performance Test B QUESTION City of Madison, Columbia Office of the City Attorney Memorandum To: Applicant Fr...
Education
Clips Incorporated From Their Favorites Help Their Students Learn
By Kenneth Davis
THE NEW LAWYER - UCLA law professors Paul B. Bergman and Michael R. Asimow believe movies are more than escapist entertainment...
THE NEW LAWYER - COMING FULL CIRCLE - By Paul Pfau - The north face of storied Mount Everest as seen from the base camp of the...
THE NEW LAWYER - The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal tasks. The answers were w...
SACRAMENTO - An interfaith advocacy group said Monday it would appeal a federal judge's decision to permanently bar students ...
LOS ANGELES - Etiquette guru Sue Fox cringes when she thinks about some of the faux pas she's seen attorneys commit during so...
LOS ANGELES - Call your best friend once a week. Tell your wife you love her once a day. Go to the Saturday morning Little Le...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Monday threw into question a 10-year prison sentence given to a Polish woman convic...
LOS ANGELES - There was a time when the word "blackberry" meant only one of the many flavors of Knott's Berry Farm pancake sy...
THE NEW LAWYER - The months of fear ended for Justine M. Phillips at 6:09 p.m., Friday. After three years of law school, hundr...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and two California plaintiffs' firms planned Monday to file a class action ...
LOS ANGELES - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday found that an expert's trial testimony can be challenged on appe...