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FREE MCLE PROGRAMS
FROM THE OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES
The State Bar Office of Legal Services has worked with legal aid advocates and the Practising Law Institute (PLI) to develop these training programs, and they are available in person (at the PLI California Center in San Francisco) or on the PLI website. Registration is FREE for Legal Services, Pro Bono and Lawyer Referral Service attorneys.
Mortgage Servicing Abuses & Fair Housing
Friday, January 21st | Total MCLE Credits: 3.00
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
Family Law Series - The Basics: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Family Law Cases in California.
Monday, January 31st and Tuesday, February 1st
Total MCLE Credits: 9.00
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
Advanced Deposition Techniques Monday, March 7th | Total MCLE Credits: 3.25 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
The following free, archived MCLE courses that the Office of Legal Services helped develop are also available on demand at the PLI website:
Expanding Your Practice Using Limited Scope Representation 2009
Limited Scope Representation for Legal Services Providers 2009 Protecting the Rights of Homeowners with Limited Scope Representation 2009 Unbundling Training of Trainers 2009 Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors and their Children Part II 2010: Obtaining Safe Custody/Visitation Orders
Redlining and Predatory Lending 2010 (FREE)
The Essential Components of a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filing 2010 (FREE)
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State Bar Pro Bono Awards - Call for Nominations! Deadline: March 15, 2011
The State Bar of California wants to know about members who performed extraordinary legal services to the poor last year. Please nominate your colleagues for the 2011 Loren Miller Legal Services Award and the President's Pro Bono Service Awards.
The Loren Miller Legal Services Award recognizes a lifetime commitment to legal services and extending legal services to the poor. Previous award recipients include staff of legal services organizations (such as directors of litigation, executive directors and senior staff attorneys) and private bar attorneys. Repeat nominations are accepted and encouraged with updated information. Please refer to the Loren Miller Award Guidelines and Nomination Form for more information about the criteria and instructions for electronic submission. Information about Gary Smith, the 2010 Loren Miller Legal Services Award recipient, and past awardees is posted on the State Bar's website.
Please also consider submitting nominations for the President's Pro Bono Service Awards. Nominees include:
- California attorneys (solo, recently admitted, limited active practice, government, law firm, corporate, law school faculty)
- Teams of attorneys
- California offices of law firms
- Corporate or government legal departments
- Associations of California lawyers
- ABA or State Bar accredited law schools
- Law students enrolled at ABA or State Bar accredited law schools who did not receive any form of compensation, clinical or other academic credit for pro bono work
Up to nine awards may be given for the provision of outstanding pro bono legal services in calendar year 2010 (or 2009-2010 academic year for law school and law student nominations). Repeat nominations are accepted with updated information for calendar year 2010. Please refer to the Award Guidelines and Nomination Form for more information about the awards categories, criteria for selection and instructions for electronic submission. Information about the 2010 President's Pro Bono Service Awards recipients and past award recipients is posted on the State Bar's website.
The nomination deadline for both awards is March 15, 2011. Nominations will only be accepted electronically. The 2011 awards will be presented at a reception in September 2011 during the State Bar Annual Meeting in Long Beach. If you have any questions about the awards, please contact Lynn Martinez, Chair, Awards Outreach, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (SCDLS) at slmartinez@wclp.org or 213-235-2630, or the SCDLS Staff Liaison, Sharon Ngim, at sharon.ngim@calbar.ca.gov or 415-538-2267.
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Apply for Appointment to a State Bar Committee Deadline: February 1, 2011
The State Bar Office of Legal Services is seeking qualified applicants for the Legal Services Trust Fund Commission (LSTFC), the California Commission on Access to Justice and the Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services (SCDLS). The application deadline is February 1, 2011. Those appointed to the 2011-2012 positions by the State Bar Board of Governors will begin their terms on September 18, 2011 (at the close of the 2011 State Bar Annual Meeting).
For more information about the appointments process, individual committees and commissions, or to download an application, please click here.
Attorneys in the Legal Services Community should consider applying to a State Bar Committee, or encouraging their board members and other colleagues to apply. The three volunteer entities within the Office of Legal Services are:
- The Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services,
- The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, and
- The California Commission on Access to Justice
The Appointments Application deadline is February 1, 2011. Appointment to one of these committees is a valuable opportunity to work to improve access to justice in California.
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