An invitation from the Chair of the LA County Bar Appellate Courts Section:
If you are reading this blog, you are clearly an appellate
nerd.
If you are not a member of LACBA’s Appellate Courts Section
(ACS), you are clearly missing out.
ACS is one of the largest and oldest professional
associations of appellate lawyers in the country. The most obvious benefit of membership is regular
CLE programs taught by sitting justices, appellate research attorneys and top
appellate attorneys in town on the most pressing and relevant topics.
Perhaps a less obvious benefit but equally important is
that you are joining a community of
lawyers who at times will serve as your mentor, and at others refer cases
to you or partner with you on a case. As
appellate attorneys, our primary source of referrals is other lawyers.
The community you will join includes the rare breed of lawyers who seek to promote the highest standards of our profession. Our members regularly serve as pro bono counsel in cases identified by the Appellate Self-Help Clinic at the Second Appellate Court of Appeal and volunteer to teach high school students about our system of government through the ACE program. As a trusted and valued voice on appellate matters, we also regularly provide feedback on proposed revisions to legislation, court rules and practices at the state and federal level with the aim of promoting the fair and efficient working of our judicial system.
I invite you to learn more about us. Come as my guest for
our final program before we start our
summer break on May 28, 2019, 4:30-6 p.m. at Manatt, Phelps &
Phillips, 11355 West Olymic Blvd., Los Angeles:
Justice Martin Tangeman and Appellate Attorney Katy Graham from the
Second Appellate District Court of Appeal will speak about effective appellate
brief writing techniques. (Send me an
email if you are interested.)
Hope to see you at a future event.
Sarvenaz “Naz” Bahar
Chair, Appellate Courts Section
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