Magazine Archive
CCCBA's Learning by Doing 3 Day Trial Practice Course
The CCCBA Education Committee and the CCCBA Litigation Section took educational programming at CCCBA in a new and exciting direction. On March 9, 10 & 11, CCCBA held an in-person, intensive, immersive, interactive and on-your-feet trial skills practicum which culminated in three mock jury trials. Under the guidance of program designer Jonathan Lee and his...
Read ArticleThe Investiture of Judge Shara E. Beltramo
On Thursday March 30, 2023 Hon. Shara E. Beltramo was inducted into the Superior Court of California County of Contra Costa.
Read ArticleCCCBA Celebrates Lunar New Year 2023
On February 24, attorneys and judges and their families and frends came out to Sichuan House in Walnut Creek for the 6th annual Lunar New Year celebration.
Read ArticleRoller Skating with the Wellness Committee
On February 11, 2023, CCCBA’s Wellness Committee brought their families and strapped on their skates at the Golden Skate in San Ramon.
Read ArticleDocument Nightmare: Tools for Data Management in Criminal Cases
Criminal cases are becoming civil litigation. Body-worn camera footage, social media, cell phone dumps, recorded witness interviews, and other electronically stored information (“ESI”) make every serious felony a data management puzzle. The tools and technology used in massive civil cases by huge firms are often out of reach of normal and smaller offices due to...
Read ArticleCommunity Lawyering Towards Collective Safety, Justice and Belonging
Since 1972, Asian Law Caucus (ALC) has defended communities throughout California from racism, discrimination, and hate violence. Among our earliest cases, ALC defended youth in San Francisco’s Chinatown who were targeted by racist police sweeps and dragnets quite simply because of who they were. Around the same time, ALC lawyers were also filing first-ever lawsuits...
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