Until further notice, all meetings will be by
Zoom
Future 2022 Meetings:
Past 2016 - 2022 Speakers
2016
January 19, 2016
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme
Court in Review
February 16, 2016
Zach Epstein: "2016 Tax Update"
March 15, 2016
Hon. Morris Jacobson, Presiding Judge,
Alameda County Superior Ct.
"State of the Alameda County Superior
Court"
April 19, 2016
Rachel Ehrlich, Esq., on "Ethics and
Negotiations"
(special MCLE ethics credit)
May 17, 2016
Zahra Billoo, Council on American-Islamic
Relations
"Islamaphobia and elimination of bias" (special 'elimination
of bias' MCLE credit)"
June 21st, 2016
Marshall Krause, Esq., on "Civil
Liberties at the Supreme Court, Present and Past"
September 20, 2016
Hon. William Fletcher, Concealed
Weapons Carry
October 18, 2016
Bruce Budner, Are You a Happy
Lawyer? (special MCLE substance abuse credit)
November 15, 2016
Professor
Christopher Kutz on "Democracy and the Death of Norms"
2017
January 17, 2017
Zachary Epstein, Tax Update
February 21, 2017
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme
Court in Review"
March 21, 2017
Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia: "Developments
in Immigration Law.
April 18, 2017
Gregory Wilcox, Esq
"Benefits
Administered by the Social Security Administration: Rules and
Strategies"
May 16, 2017
Robert A. Raich, Esq., Developments in
Marijuana Law.
June 21, 2017
Larissa Koehler, Environmental Defense
Fund, Key Issues in Environmental Law
September 19, 2017
Alex Witkowski, Esq.
“Intellectual Property Law
October 19, 2017
Leslie Levy, Esq.
"Property sharing
agreements in their various forms"
November 21, 2017
Judge William Fletcher,
Gerrymandering
2018
January 23, 2018
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme
Court in Review
February 20, 2018
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax
Update
March 20, 2018
Joseph Salama, Esq. and Nicole
Tate-Naghi
"Stop the Tiptoe Around the Crypto: Understanding
Cryptocurrency and Advising Clients with Confidence
April 17th, 2018
Berkeley City Attorney Farimah
Brown
May 15, 2018
Summer Nastich, Esq.
"California Water
Law!"
June 19, 2018
Judge Charles Smiley, Alameda County
Superior Court
"California, A History of Two Bars"
September 18, 2018:
Hon. William Fletcher,
Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeal
"The Kavanaugh Nomination"
October 16, 2018
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on
"Berkeley Law: Its Resources and its Future"
November 20, 2018
Dr. Kathleen Clanon, Alameda County
Health Care Services Agency, on Legal and Other Issues Surrounding the
Opioid Crisis"
2019
January 15, 2019
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court
in Review
February 19, 2019
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax
Update
March 19, 2019
John Wierzbicki, Co-Director of the Witkin Legal Institute
"Key Recent California Supreme Court Rulings"
April 16, 2019
Stuart Bronstein, Esq.
"Increase
Efficiency, Reduce Stress and Live Longer"
May 21, 2019
Frank Martin, Interim Executive Director,
"East Bay Community Law Center: Mission & Programs"
June 18, 2019
Ted Mermin, Interim Executive Director,
Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice
"The First Amendment and
Compelled Commercial Speech"
September 17, 2019
Judge William Fletcher: "The Mess at
the Border"
October 15, 2019
Bharat Trehan: "The ACLU: Past, Present
and Future"
November 2019
No program
2020
January 21, 2020
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court
in
Review
February 25, 2020
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax
Update
March 2020
(No
meeting)
April 21, 2020
Zoom MCLE Session on COVID-19 Impacts on
Courts and the Practice of
Law
May 19, 2020
Dena Roche, Esq., on "Recent Changes to the
California Rules of Professional
Conduct"
September 15, 2020
John Wierzbicki, Witkin Legal Institute
on "Recent California Supreme Court
Rulings"
October 20, 2020
Peter Myers, Esq.: "Succession Planning
for
Attorneys"
November 17, 2020
Hon. William Fletcher
"Where
does the Supreme Court go from
here?"
2021
January 19, 2021
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court
in
Review"
February 16, 2021
Zachary Epstein, Esq.
Annual Tax
Update
March 16, 2021
Hon. Tara Desautels
"State of the
Alameda County Superior
Court"
April 20, 2021
Anne Bruner Nash, Esq.:
"Prop. 19 and
Property
Taxes"
May 18, 2021
Nils Rosenquest & Dave
Wasserman
"Latest Developments in California Residential
Landlord-Tenant
Law"
June 15, 2021
Chinese-American filmmaker Lee Mun
Wah
State of Race Relations
(Elimination of Bias
Credit)
September 21, 2021
Hon. William Fletcher,
Judge of the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
"The New Supreme
Court"
October 19, 2021
Sonia Corona, Alameda County Superior
Court
"Alameda County Superior Court's New Electronic Filing
Rules"
November 16, 2021
Marice Ashe, Esq.:
"Social, Economic,
and Political Determinants of Health and Discussion of COVID Vaccine
Mandates"
2022
January 18, 2022
James Brosnahan, Esq.:
"The U.S.
Supreme Court in
Review"
February 15, 2022
Zachary Epstein, Esq.
"Annual
Tax Update:
2022"
March 15, 2022
Steve Edrington
"Accessory Dwelling
Units (ADUs) in
California"
April 19, 2022
Robert Nuddleman, Esq.
Sexual Harassment
and the "Top Mistakes Honest Employers
Make"
May 31, 2022
Nils Rosenquest & Dave
Wasserman
"Latest Developments in California Residential
Landlord-Tenant Law"