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 Studying the law — anywhere
As the Internet becomes more central to everyday life, "distance education" is becoming more commonplace in higher education.
State Bar 2009 fees due Feb. 2
The State Bar’s annual fee statement was mailed Dec. 1 to all active attorneys and all inactive lawyers under the age of 70.  Getting a different perspective on courts
Luminaries from throughout the legal profession tackled such topics as same-sex marriage, the death penalty, family law and application of freedom of speech at a recent judicial forum.
Man convicted in killing of past State Bar president
A Palm Springs transient has been sentenced to 15 years to life for the strangling death of a former State Bar President. Bar exam pass rate jumps nearly 6 percent over 2007
The Committee of Bar Examiners announced last month that 61.7 percent of those who took the bar exam in July passed. State Bar to hold first small firm summit in January at Claremont
The State Bar is holding its first-ever California Solo and Small Firm Summit next month in Berkeley in conjunction with the State Bar 2009 Section Education Institute. Feb. 2 is MCLE deadline for last names H through M
Members of MCLE compliance group 2 — last names H through M — face a Feb. 2, 2009, deadline to complete 25 hours of continuing education courses. Applicants sought for Judicial Council and
ABA House of Delegates
The State Bar is seeking applicants for one position on the Judicial Council and six positions, one for a young lawyer, on the ABA House of Delegates. Calling all volunteers
The State Bar is recruiting applicants for approximately 170 positions on more than three dozen committees, boards and commissions.  New affinity partners join CalBar Connect
A new group of affinity partners who provide tools and services to assist attorneys with marketing their practices have joined CalBar Connect, the State Bar’s members-only Web site.
Information about 2009 membership fees on Web
The audited annual Statement of Expenditures of Mandatory Membership Fees is online. Court task force seeks family law expertise
A Supreme Court-created task force aimed at improving family law is seeking input from California lawyers.
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