Peer into the AG's Opinion Unit

LACBA's January Appellate Courts Section program will be:

Opinionated:  A Look Inside the Legal Opinion Unit of the California Attorney General’s Office

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Registration: 4:00-4:30 p.m.
Program: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

California Second District Court of Appeal
Ronald Reagan State Building
Employee Lounge
300 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA  90013

CLE Credit:

1.0  Hour CLE Credit (including Appellate Courts Specialization)

Description:
Learn from two members of the Opinion Unit about the unit's authorization to prepare opinions, the process for requesting opinions, how opinions are crafted, and how the unit's opinions have been received by the courts. The program will also cover the Opinion Unit's role in quo warranto actions, which resolve disputes over whether a specific person has the legal right to occupy a public office.

Courts are not the only source of published legal opinions. The Opinion Unit of the California Attorney General's Office provides formal legal opinions upon request to designated state and local public officials and heads of government agencies on questions of law arising in the course of their duties. Learn from two members of the Opinion Unit about the unit's authorization to prepare opinions, the process for requesting opinions, how opinions are crafted, and how the unit's opinions have been received by the courts. The program will also cover the Opinion Unit's role in quo warranto actions, which resolve disputes over whether a specific person has the legal right to occupy a public office.

Panelists:

Marc J. Nolan, Lead Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office, Opinion Unit

Catherine Bidart, Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office, Opinion Unit

Kent J. Bullard (Moderator), Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Criminal Appellate Section