No MCLE Credit

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 2-3:30 pm

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 2-3:30 pm

A two-part class designed for non-attorneys, paralegals and paralegal students and any others who want to learn more about legal research.

Pre-registration: $10.00    Day of Event: $15.00

Note: ticket price is for both classes; no single class registration (Space limited to 10)

To register online: go to http://tinyurl.com/h4lm8t6 . By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk

PART 1 includes an overview of the types of books and online resources in the library and how they can be used by the researcher, differences between primary and secondary resources, the most effective way to begin your research and a tour of the main floor of the library. We'll do a sample research questions to show how to approach your own research. A tour of the library to show where the materials are will be part of the class.

PART 2 is held on September 27 and includes a quick refresher on what was discussed earlier and actual experience doing research. A simple worksheet will be used to help you find out more about legal resources. The final 20 minutes will be done using some of our online resources. Please bring your laptop, if you have one for this part of the class. A limited number of library laptops will also be available.

1 Hour Participatory MCLE Credit

Thursday, September 15, 2016

$25 Advanced Registration/$35 At the Door

Check-in/Registration: 11:30 am - Noon

Presentation: Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Attorney Mike Broad has been providing legal services to clients in Oakland and Alameda county since 1986. He is the founder of East Bay Probate and Trust Administration (EBPTA). EBPTA offers client-focused representation and counsel in a variety of estate planning services including living trusts, wills, durable powers of attorney, advanced healthcare directives, medi-cal planning, probate and trust administration. Mike specializes in Special Needs Trusts, LGBT estate planning, trusts for Blended Families and Divorce Trusts.

In this program, he will discuss the following:

• What is probate?
• First steps of probate
• Property where probate has no force and effect
• Use of a Special Administrator
• Executor's jobs and duties
• Exercising powers under the Independent Administration of Estates Act (IAEA)
• Petition for final distribution

To register online: go to http://tinyurl.com/h39ygt8 . By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk

1 Hour MCLE Participatory Credit

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

11:30 - Noon   Sign-in and BYO Brown Bag Lunch

Noon - 1:00 p.m.   Presentation

$25.00 Advance and $35.00 Day of Event Registration

In this program, Kim Burgess and Robert Chang will discuss:

• Infraction procedure: arraignment through trial and appeal
• Forms and examples
• Different plea options
• Traffic school eligibility, community service in lieu of fines
• County Seat Transfer
• Discovery
• Trial by declaration - advantages and disadvantages
• Brief discussion of misdemeanor and felony charges
• Common traffic-related misdemeanor and felony charges 
• Traffic resources
  

To register online: go to http://tinyurl.com/zx9xxfy . By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk.

Robert Chang is a solo practitioner with several years of experience in his firms focus areas: traffic, bankruptcy, and family law. Particularly, he is interested in the multiple ways in which these different areas of law can overlap. He has been living in the East Bay for the last 7 years. Before this, he has lived in New Orleans, New York, and Southern California.

Kim Burgess has been practicing law in Alameda county for over 25 years. Her practice includes criminal cases and traffic infractions. She has volunteered as judge pro tem in traffic court for over 20 years and is very familiar with all aspects of traffic cases.

 Tips, best practices, and legal developments in a cutting-edge aspect of disability rights.

1 Hour MCLE Ethics Credit 
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Check-in/registration: 11:30 am - noon
Presentation: Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Advance registration:$25 •Day of event:$35

Visit Eventbrite’s secure website to register 24/7:

http://tinyurl.com/jhkhzz6 or call 510-272-6483

From accessible websites to usable mobile apps, from federal regulations to federal lawsuits to comprehensive settlements, lawyers in all fields need to know about digital accessibility. Here are some of the issues we'll cover:

• What is digital accessibility and why does it matter to your clients, your law office, your community?
• What federal and state laws support accessibility in the digital space?
• What advocacy strategies are disabled advocates and their lawyers using to advance digital accessibility? Attorney General investigations, US DOJ complaints, lawsuits and Structured Negotiation all play a role.
• How can you build digital accessibility into your law office technology and into your clients' digital offerings?

About the Speaker: Lainey Feingold is a disability rights lawyer in Berkeley, CA who represents the blind community on digital and technology access issues. Along with Oakland civil rights lawyer Linda Dardarian, she has pioneered the alternative dispute resolution method known as Structured Negotiation - a process focused on win-win claims resolutions without lawsuits. Her book, Structured Negotiation, a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits, will be published by the American Bar Association this Fall. You can follow Lainey on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LFLegal, or learn more about Structured Negotiation and digital accessibility on her website at http://LFLegal.com

1 Hour Participatory MCLE Credit

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

11:30 am - noon   Sign-in BYO Brown Bag Lunch
Noon - 1 pm  Presentation

To register online: go to http://tinyurl.com/jlfpps6 . By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk

This hands-on computer training class will focus on the recent enhancements to Westlaw (formerly WestlawNext, now Westlaw again). Topics will include:

• WestSearch: Westlaw's search engine
• Reviewing and filtering search results
• Finding cases and code sections
• Checking and updating citations using KeyCite
• Hands-on exercises
• Practical Law's Expert Guidance through the Library's Westlaw Plan

 Instructor: Amy Dhall, Esq., Westlaw representative

2 Hours Participatory MCLE Credit

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

11:30 am - noon   Sign-in and byo brown bag lunch

Noon - 2:00 pm    Presentation

$35.00 Advance Registration, $45.00 Day of Event

Register 24/7 with Eventbrite http://tinyurl.com/z27v7wa or call 510-272-6483.

Hunter Pyle and Chad Saunders, of Sundeen, Salinas and Pyle, will discuss the following topics of California wage and hour law:

• Who is covered as an "employee" and who is exempt under California law
• What entities qualify as "employers"
• Substantive requirements of wage and hour law, including: overtime, meal periods, rest periods, reimbursement of business expenses, piece rate and commission employees, waiting time penalties, and wage statements
• Recent amendments to California's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA)
• Class Actions and Collective Actions

About the Speakers:

  Hunter Pyle graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law (U.C. Berkeley) in 1997. He has represented clients in wrongful termination/discrimination cases against such entities as Chevron, Georgia-Pacific, and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Mr. Pyle has served as the Chair of the Alameda County Bar Association Labor and Employment Committee. In addition to practicing law full time, he is a Lecturer at Berkeley Law School where he teaches the Employment Law course to 2nd and 3rd year law students.

Chad Saunders graduated from New College of California School of Law in 2008. Mr. Saunders has extensive experience handling plaintiff-side employment class actions and individual cases, including wage and hour disputes and discrimination claims. His practice focuses on workers who have been denied rightful compensation because of their employers? unlawful policies, and those who have not received reasonable accommodations for mental and physical disabilities.

1 Hour of MCLE Participatory Credit and Open to the Public

Thursday, September 29, 2016

MCLE $25 Advanced Registration/$35 Day of Event

Public $5 Advanced Registration/$10.00 Day of Event

Check-in/Registration: 4:30 - 5:00 pm

Presentation: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk. Eventbrite separate pricing for MCLE credit and for public http://tinyurl.com/jpf4axa

 In this presentation, Attorney Sara MacPherson of the International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) will discuss the following:

-Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) after the Supreme Court's U.S. v. Texas opinion;

-Other immigration options, including family petitions, asylum, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), VAWA and U Visas and T Visas

-Resources and ways to get involved

About the speaker:

Sara MacPherson is a staff attorney at the International Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA), with a practice focusing on immigration waivers. She has worked for the International Institute of Boston, and the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project. Recently, she was the director of the Emmy-nominated documentary film Stable Life, which explores the stories of immigrants working in the horse racing industry.  

The International Institute of the Bay Area is a 98 year-old non-profit with offices in Oakland, Fremont, Antioch, San Francisco, Redwood City and Napa. IIBA provides high-quality, free and low-cost immigration legal services to thousands of Bay Area residents every year  in the areas of family immigration, citizenship, DACA, VAWA, U visas and more. To learn more and to get involved, visit www.iibayarea.org.

1.5 Hours MCLE Credit

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Advanced Registration $30.00/ Day of Event $40.00

Check-in: 1:45-2:00 pm

Presentation: 2:00 - 3:30 pm

By phone: please call 510-272-6483. In person: ask for a registration form at the reference desk. Eventbrite at

http://tinyurl.com/gskvz9h

Make your work life easier!

Using your own laptop or a library computer, learn now to download forms to use later use or even email them to yourself at home. We will also show you access to pre-made pleading paper templates constructed for use in Alameda County courts. After a demonstration by the instructor, there will be time to work on your own. Help will be available.

Please bring your own laptop if possible, there are only a limited number of library computers available for attendees to use.

Are you an attorney who:

· Is a member in good standing of the California Bar     Association?

· Is looking for a pro bono opportunity that allows you to make a direct, meaningful impact on individuals in your community?

·Has two hours per month to give?

If you answered “yes” to the above questions, the Lawyers in the Library program wants you! The program places volunteer attorneys in over thirty libraries and other public spaces throughout Alameda County. Volunteers provide brief, no-cost consultation to members of the community to offer guidance for their legal issues. Currently there is an acute need for volunteers in Oakland and Berkeley, but if you are interested in volunteering at any location, please contact Nicole.lemieux@acgov.org for more information and an application. 

Thursday, September 1 - Friday, October 28, 2016

Alameda County Law Library in Oakland

The Oakland Art Association is a non-profit group of approximately 60 members. Several of its artists have been active during most of its 60 years.

The oil painting shown to the left is Matthew's Favorite Hat by Iris Sabre. Some exhibitors paint in watercolors and oil while others draw in chalk or take photographs. The judge will select three top entries to receive cash prizes. Several additional honorable mentions will be awarded.

Artists interested in joining the Oakland Art Association and in showing their art work should visit www.oaklandart.org.

Prints from the art exhibit Miranda: More than Words by Jason Oberbeck, are available for sale for $10.00 each. A new supply is expected soon. The prints are high quality, 18" x 12.5" reproductions.  Please ask for them at the reference desk in Oakland.