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Letter from the Chair of the Forum
Ashley Peterson
Attorney at Law
Dear Colleagues,
Mentorships are the elusive unicorn relationships of the legal community. For prospective mentees just starting their legal career, trying to find a mentor can be a daunting task.  |
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Legal Ethics for New Attorneys
How the Rule Regarding Fee Sharing May Evolve to Affect Your Practice
Eric Deitz
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
California currently permits unaffiliated attorneys to share fees in connection with a given matter, including the payment of fees for referring a client to another lawyer.  |
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Tips from the Pros
Making the Most of the Minimum: How to Maximize Your MCLE
Marti Worms
Assistant Director, Alumni Advising and Employment Reporting
University of San Diego School of Law
So you’ve graduated law school and the lectures are over forever. Not quite. Now that you are a member of the State Bar of California, you can expect to complete 25 hours in Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) coursework.  |
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Features
Narrowing the Scope of Your Representation
Marc Adelman
Attorney at Law
Meeting a client’s expectations on any given matter is the biggest challenge lawyers often face. Failure to meet those expectations will often leave the client wondering if you did your job, kept your promises, or if your actions met the standard of care.  |
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Features
Nonprofit Corporations: Board Authority and Fiduciary Duties
Jonathan Grissom
Henderson, Caverly, Pum & Charney LLP
Persons serving on boards of directors of California nonprofit corporations are often unaware of the authority held by the board and the duties each director owes to the organization they serve.  |
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Features
The Inadvertent or Accidental Franchise
Tim Pickwell
Pickwell Law Group
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck … it probably is a duck. Unfortunately for a lot of start-up entrepreneurs and inexperienced attorneys, the same rule of thumb applies with franchises.  |
Editor-In-Chief: Michael Olinik
Contributing Writers: Marc Adelman, Eric Deitz, Jonathan Grissom, Ashley Peterson, Tim Pickwell, Marti Worms |
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