Recent SDCBA News and Public Statements:
- April 7, 2021 - Press Release - The San Diego County Bar Association Celebrates “Advancing The Rule Of Law Now” With Law Week 2021
- March 23, 2021 - Press Release - The San Diego County Bar Association Announces 2021 Service Award Winners
- March 16, 2021 - Statement - The San Diego County Bar Association Condemns Criminal Acts Targeting The Asian American And Pacific Islander Communities
- January 18, 2021 - Press Release - Free Lawyer Referrals Now Available to San Diego County and Imperial Valley Consumers 24-7
- January 7, 2021 - Statement - The SDCBA Condemns The Actions Of Those Who Sought To Undermine Our Constitution And Democracy
- December 1, 2020 - Press Release - The SDCBA Launches Family Law Mediation Panel as an Alternative to Court Proceedings
- November 19, 2020 - Press Release - Imperial Valley Residents Can Now Access Qualified Lawyers Through the SDCBA
November 13, 2020 - Letter to the State Bar of California - Revising CLE Rules to Grant Credit for Topics Relating to Wellness, Resilience and More- November 16, 2020 - Press Release - Renée N.G. Stackhouse to Lead San Diego County Bar Association in 2021
- October 16, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Announces Support for City of San Diego Measure B
- September 30, 2020 - Proclamation - San Diego City Council Proclaims September 30, 2020 "San Diego County Bar Association Law Day"
- September 28, 2020 - News Article - SDBJ Women Leaders in Law: Tracing 35 Years of County Bar Leadership
- September 28, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Issues Evaluations for Judicial Candidates in Contested November 3 Election
- September 24, 2020 - Television Interview - NBC 7 San Diego talks with SDCBA President Johanna Schiavoni about the November 3 Judicial Election
- September 18, 2020 - Letter to the Supreme Court of California re: Support for Retroactive Application of California Bar Exam Passing Score
- August 21, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with Law Week 2020
- July 17, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Hosts Virtual Member Benefit Expo and Appreciation Fest
- July 13, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Announces 2020 Service Award Winners
- June 22, 2020 - Letter to the City Council - SDCBA urges San Diego City Council to approve charter amendment language establishing a “Commission on Police Practices” and to place the initiative on the November 2020 ballot
- June 3, 2020 - Statement - The San Diego County Bar Association Condemns Racism and Violence Against Communities of Color and is Committed to Working Toward Positive Change
- May 29, 2020 - Statement - Urging the San Diego City Council to adopt R-2020-557 to denounce racism and xenophobia
- May 15, 2020 - Media Advisory - San Diego County Bar Association And San Diego Superior Court To Host State Of The Court Address
- April 27, 2020 - Press Release - SDCBA to provide free estate planning services to first responders and COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers with "Wills for Heroes" program
- April 21, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Announces Partnership With Faster Law
- April 15, 2020 - Press Release - San Diego County Bar Association Announces Exclusive Partnership With Clio
- March 27, 2020 - Statement - The SDCBA denounces the use of racist, xenophobic terms to describe COVID-19
- February 27, 2020 - Press Release - SD County Bar issues evaluations of 2020 judicial candidates for Mar. 3 election
- November 18, 2019 - Press Release - Johanna Schiavoni to lead San Diego County Bar Association in 2020; Renée N.G. Stackhouse Named President-Elect
- April 22, 2019 - Press Release - SDCBA Provides Free Wils & Estate Documents for First Responders with "Wills for Heroes" program on May 4, 2019
- April 2, 2019 - Press Release - 2019 Service Award Winners Announced
- March 12, 2019 - Press Release - SDCBA Welcomes New Executive Director Jill Epstein
- November 18, 2019 - Press Release - Lilys McCoy to Lead SDCBA in 2019; Johanna Schiavoni Named President-Elect
Press Inquiries:
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Cell: (858) 212-1370
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Email: rmarcus@sdcba.org
SDCBA Town Hall / QA held April 15, 2020
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This Week at the Bar
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For the Record
For the Record is the monthly e-newsletter for emerging lawyers in their first few years of practice. The publication contains articles of interest to newer practitioners, and is distributed to SDCBA attorney members in practice less than five years and law student members on the third Thursday of every month. Click here to read the current issue. Click here to read recent past issues.
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Blawg 401
Blawg 401 covers timely topics relative to attorneys practicing in San Diego and beyond. As the official blog of the SDCBA, Blawg 401 features posts on legal ethics, technology, law practice management, wellness and more. Read it at www.sdcba.org/blawg401.
Ethics Quarterly
Written by members of the SDCBA’s Legal Ethics Committee, Ethics Quarterly summarizes recent decisions and holdings of ethics-related cases and addresses questions that arise in the practice of law. To read the latest issue, click here. View an archive of previous issues here.
SDCBA Annual Report 2019
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