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ACLL News & Events

October 4, 2019


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Coming soon

2019: The year the California Supreme Court “workshopped” Anti-SLAPP

Presented by the Witkin Legal Institute and the Alameda County Law Library

Tuesday, October 15th

Noon to 1:00

1 hour participatory MCLE credit

$35 advance registration, $45 day of event

Speaker: John Wierzbicki, Witkin Legal Institute

About the program: In less than six months this year, the California Supreme Court unanimously decided five Anti-SLAPP cases.  And it still had time to hand down significant decisions on local police powers, third-party beneficiaries in contracts, pleading class actions, waiving governmental immunity, tax authority of charter cities, and economic loss damages.  We will discuss each of these and what the justices were so eager to instruct us about Anti-SLAPP.

About the speaker: John Wierzbicki, a California lawyer and Director of the Witkin Legal Institute, will present on the most significant civil cases decided by the California Supreme Court in 2019 as selected by the Institute’s legal editors.

John heads up the legal educational activities of the Witkin Institute, which creates and sponsors legal programs and professional activities throughout California.  He also manages a team of attorneys and other professionals responsible for the writing and producing of Witkin's California Library: Summary of California Law, 11th ed., California Procedure, 5th ed., California Evidence, 5th ed., and California Criminal Law, 4th ed.

John writes on the topics of constitutional law, contracts, civil trials, and taxation.

Before joining the Institute in March 2018, John was editorial director for some of Thomson Reuters' most prestigious U.S. legal publications.  

Online registration HERE

Download a program flyer California Supreme Court_Oct.pdf

The Alameda County Law Library is a multiple activity provider approved by the State Bar of California.


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Beginning DissoMaster

Thursday, November 14

3:00 to 4:15

1.25 hours of participatory MCLE credit

$35 advance registration, $45 day of event

Speaker: Art Grater

DissoMaster Child and Spousal Support Calculation Software

  • Converts gross income to guideline net income
  • Calculates guideline child and spousal support
  • Displays alternate settlements meeting user-specified goals
  • DissoMaster Suite includes Executioner and Propertizer
  • Executioner calculates arrearages
  • Propertizer splits community property

DissoMaster is available at the public computers in the Alameda County Law Library.

To prepare for the beginning class, you might review the tutorials at http://dissocase.com/tutorials.html#

About the speaker: Art Grater co-created DissoMaster and consults on case-related matters.

Online registration HERE

Download a program flyer 2019_11_14_1Dissomaster_flyer.pdf

The Alameda County Law Library is a multiple activity provider approved by the State Bar of California.

 


HERA november 2019

Estate Planning 101

Tuesday, November 19

Noon to 1:00

1 hour of participatory MCLE credit

$4 advance registration, $5 day of the event

Speaker: Kendra Bowen

HERA (Housing & Economic Rights Advocates) staff attorneys will explain key concerns and key documents that will help you address handling your belongings and your health the way you want to.

Those documents include:

  • Living trust
  • Will
  • Power of attorney
  • Advance health care directive
  • Transfer on death documents for certain kinds of accounts

About the speaker: Kendra Bowen is a staff attorney at Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) providing estate planning services.  With her Juris Doctor from UC Hastings School of Law, Ms. Bowen also brings general litigation and real estate experience. 

Online registration HERE

Download a program flyer 2019_11_19_HERAestateplanning_flyer.pdf

The Alameda County Law Library is a multiple activity provider approved by the State Bar of California.


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