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***ATTENTION THIRD YEAR LAW STUDENTS AND RECENT LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES***
 
The Office of the Attorney General is now accepting applications for the Attorney General’s Honors Program and Earl Warren Solicitor General Fellowship!
 
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to launch your legal career with the State of California’s top law agency!
 
 
 
 
AG Honors Program-Graduate Legal Assistant: https://goo.gl/GuAuVb
AG Honors Program-Deputy Attorney General: https://goo.gl/BCtGL7
Office of the Solicitor General-Deputy Attorney General: https://goo.gl/fWCuKv
 
For more information on the Attorney General’s Honors Program: https://lnkd.in/gqCxz98
 
For more information on the Earl Warren Solicitor General Fellowship: https://lnkd.in/gYy4HMa
 
 
DOJ Recruitment Unit
Office of Human Resources
Office of the Attorney General
California Department of Justice
Careers@doj.ca.gov

University of California, Office of the President – Oakland, CA
 
Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel-Litigation and Capital Strategies, the Managing Counsel-Capital Strategies manages construction, land use, and real estate practice areas, as well as providing direct client service. Serves as a resource to subordinates on highly complex legal matters or problems; advises and renders opinions to senior management with respect to the legal implications of establishing or changing policy; works with representatives of the campus on developing and modifying practices and procedures to conform with legal requirements. Acts as liaison with outside legal firms. Represents the organization and oversee outside counsel in certain litigation. Keeps informed on legislation and case law developments affecting overall operations of the University or the construction and land use legal practices.
 
For complete job description and application instructions, visit: http://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=60732

Save The Date – Breakfast Club Invitation
 
I pledged to serve with a commitment to maintain an open and consistent dialogue with my constituents and to that end am once again hosting a Breakfast Club meeting for fellow community, local government, business and labor leaders in Orange County. This will allow us to have a firsthand perspective about the issues that are affecting our state.

I would be honored to have you in attendance at our Breakfast Club meeting. I believe you will find the invited speaker's insights on what's happening in California both interesting and timely. I hope you will attend this free Breakfast Club gathering and enjoy a continental breakfast as we bring Sacramento to Orange County.

No Charge

Breakfast Club Meeting: 
Featured Guest - Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye

Friday, Oct. 27
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
(Registration begins at 7 a.m.)

Ehlers Event Center, Veterans Hall,
8150 S Knott Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620

REGISTER

Sincerely,

Sharon Quirk-Silva
Assemblywoman, 65th District

The Orange County Women Lawyer’s Association is pleased to be a partnering organization of NAWL’s Thirteenth General Counsel Institute on Thursday and Friday, November 9-10 at the InterContinental Barclay Hotel in New York City.  We have arranged a special 10% discount for OCWLA members. To register, please contact info@ocwla.org to receive the coupon code for the discount.

Successful people are open to new challenges. In order to be poised to say yes to new opportunities, we must be confident in our abilities, trust that our prior work has prepared us for the next step, and be willing to take on the accompanying risk of a new challenge. Whether you already have mastered your current challenges or want to position yourself to push for more, the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Thirteenth General Counsel Institute offers you the tools you need to take advantage of the power of preparation and to have the courage to say yes.

At GCI 13, you will be asked to challenge yourself and consider what you need to do to feel prepared, powerful, and courageous. Through inspiring stories, substantive legal workshops, and GCI’s unique open exchange of ideas, GCI 13 will help you gain leadership skills, business acumen, and the power to say yes.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Senior corporate counsel of public, private, large and small companies, non-profits, government, and educational institutions. Registration is limited to in-house counsel and select law firm sponsor representatives. Scholarships are available for in-house attorneys who wish to attend, but may not be able to do so due to cost considerations.
 
For additional information about NAWL and GCI13, visit www.nawl.org.

The University of California has posted an outstanding opportunity for an experienced attorney (at the Counsel 2 level) to join the Educational Affairs, Public Accountability & Governance (EAPAG) group in the Office of General Counsel. 
 
This is a new position within a practice group that advises University of California leadership and administrators at both the University’s system-wide Office of the President (UCOP) and at UC’s ten campuses, five medical centers, and one National Laboratory on a broad range of legal matters in support of the University’s core academic mission. 
 
Issue areas on which this person may be asked to provide legal research, support, advice and advocacy include conflicts of interest, free speech and academic freedom, the University’s constitutional autonomy, governance practices, student affairs and discipline (including student sexual harassment and sexual violence cases), student residency, faculty issues including privilege and tenure, immigration, campus safety, privacy, open meetings, public records, research compliance, and more.
 
This position offers an experienced attorney the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of interesting issues that are  central to the University’s teaching, research and public service mission.  We are seeking an attorney with a minimum of three years of relevant practice experience, including substantial higher education and/or public agency experience. 
 
For more information about the position, and the required qualifications, please review the full position description, which is posted at:   
https://jobs.ucop.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=60660
 
We are eager to receive applications from a diverse pool of qualified candidates.  Please feel free to forward this announcement to individuals you think may be interested and qualified, and  to organizations or lists of which you are a member that you believe might be able to reach such candidates.  Thank you!

AIKEN, S.C, Sept. 18, 2017 -- Best Lawyers®, the only purely peer-review™ guide to the legal profession, is currently accepting nominations for the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Nominations can be submitted by the general public, clients, other practicing attorneys, and marketing teams. We only ask that lawyers not nominate themselves. All lawyers included in the previous edition of The Best Lawyers in America are automatically nominated in their listed practice areas for the 25th Edition.
 
After nominations are complete, attorneys are divided by geographic region and practice area. They are evaluated by their peers on the basis of professional expertise and undergo an authentication review to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing with their local bar associations.

"Nominating qualified attorneys is the first step in acknowledging the accomplishments of exceptional legal professionals," said Best Lawyers CEO Steven Naifeh.

Nominees are recommended to be in practice for at least 10 years. It is also in the nominator's best interest to only submit nominations in practice areas in which the attorney specializes.

The redesigned Best Lawyers website permits the public to easily enter information for the eligible attorney using the online nomination form. The nomination period ends December 1, 2017. 

Search the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America by attorney's name, firm, region, and/or practice area, by visiting www.bestlawyers.com.

Request for Comments:
 
A new proposal, LEG17-07, to amend Government Code section 68560.5(a) and Code of Civil Procedure section 116.550 has been posted to www.courts.ca.gov – Invitation to Comment.
 
The Language Access Plan Implementation Task Force and Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommend that the Judicial Council sponsor legislation to: (1) amend Government Code section 68560.5(a) to delete an exception stating that interpreters are not required in small claims proceedings; and (2) amend Code of Civil Procedure section 116.550 to authorize courts to appoint certified and registered interpreters in small claims proceedings.  Revised Code of Civil Procedure section 116.550 also makes clear that courts should follow the provisional qualification process if a certified or registered interpreter is not available.  It also provides judges with discretion to appoint a temporary interpreter to assist a court user during a small claims hearing if a certified/registered or provisionally qualified interpreter is not available even after a continuance, or at the first hearing if the judge makes a similar determination of unavailability, depending on the complexity of the case.