- Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Opinionated: A Look Inside the Legal Opinion Unit of the California Attorney General’s 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 Bullard, Esq.
(Moderator), Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Criminal Appellate Section
- Tuesday, February 27, 2018, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
“I Dissent”: When And Why Do Judges Dissent,
And How That Shapes The Law
This event will explore why and when appellate
judges, at both the state and federal level, choose to write dissenting or
concurring opinions. What prompts a judge to dissent or concur?
What is the purpose of these separate opinions? How do they shape the
law? Are such separate opinions good for the development of law, or do
they detract? Panel Members: · Hon. Frances
Rothschild, Presiding Justice, Division One, California Second District Court
of Appeal · Hon. Elizabeth Grimes,
Associate Justice, Division Eight, California Second District Court of Appeal · Judge Sandra S. Ikuta,
Judge, United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit · Jens B. Koepke, Esq.
(Moderator), Shaw Koepke & Satter LLP
·
Tuesday, March 13, 2018, Philip
L. Goar Night of the Roundtables, organized by Sharon
Perlmutter, Appellate Court Attorney, Second Appellate District
·
Tuesday, April 3, 2018, Supreme Court
Luncheon
·
May 2018, Access To The Appellate
Courts for the Un- and Underrepresented (working title), moderated by Tyna
Orren, Esq.
·
June 2018, Is This Our Exit?
Traveling the Highways and Byways of Appealable Orders and Judgments in Family
Law (working title), moderated by Herb Fox, Esq.
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