This program, with Judges Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, Haywood Gilliam, Donna Ryu and Kandis Westmore, will cover what the judges think about various issues concerning attorneys who appear before them in the NDCA. Register at https://fbandca.ticketleap.com/benchviews/ For questions regarding this program, please contact ndca.fba@gmail.com
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** This panel will discuss the more complex issues that arise in the naturalization context, including a finding that the base adjustment was not “in accordance with all applicable provisions," along with issues of good moral character, convictions, lengthy absences...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** This panel discussion will explore the rapidly evolving role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). The program will address the opportunities and challenges that AI brings to the field of mediation and arbitration. The panelists will...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** Attention all July 2025 bar preppers! Please join us for a one-hour tips session presented by the FBA Law Student Division Board. Panelists will present evidence-based tips for how to boost your chances of success, including the recommended number...
“Grace, Courage and the Unyielding Power of Integrity: The Story of Two Civil Rights Pioneers---Constance Baker Motley and James Meredith” will be a reenactment of the admissions hearings to allow Meredith to enter Ol’Miss in 1961. Tickets: https://fbandca.ticketleap.com/motley/ For questions regarding this program, please contact...
Save the Date! Join the Tax Law Section for its 49th Annual Tax Law Conference Thursday, February 27 - Friday, February 28 and Monday, March 3, 2025. Co-Hosted by the Section on Taxation. CLE/CPE Posted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and...
Please join U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Goddard and the authors of the recently published book, A Short & Happy Guide to Artificial Intelligence, for a wide-ranging discussion of artificial intelligence and the law. MCLE: One hour of Technology California MCLE. *Webinar will be hosted in...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** In celebration of Black History Month and Women’s History Month and to kick off the fourth edition of The Hon. Constance Baker Motley Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Essay Competition, please join the Federal Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee,...
Our esteemed panel of judges will discuss the new Opt-Out Civil Consent to Magistrate Judges Program in the Central District of California. MAGISTRATE JUDGES: Hon. Karen L. Stevenson, Chief Magistrate Judge Hon. John D. Early Hon. Douglas F. McCormick Hon. Karen E. Scott Hon. Autumn...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** Our panel will take an early look at the Trump administration's evident intention to invoke the False Claims Act against federal contractors and subcontractors as part of its campaign against what it claims are “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral," not...
**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** Join the Government Contracts Law Section on a discussion addressing the real-world ramifications surrounding the SBA’s new recertification regulations from the perspectives of an M&A law practitioner and an M&A investor as well as a discussion of practical adjustments...
Featuring Judge Edward J. Davila, District Judge, San Jose Judge Nathanael Cousins, Magistrate Judge, San Jose Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi, Magistrate Judge, San Jose With Todd Gregorian (Fenwick & West LLP) and Kevin Budner (Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP) Moderated By Allen Wang and...