Veronica Janett Garcia, Law Student

SBCBA welcomes Veronica Janett Garcia University of La Verne School of Law

e-briefsThe State Bar of California

January 4, 2008

 

SECTION EDUCATION INSTITUTE --- Register online and earn up to 16 hours of MCLE credit at the Section Education Institute in San Diego, Jan. 18 - 20.

 

BOG APPOINTEE  --- James Hussey of Rolling Hills Estates is the newest appointee to the State Bar Board of Governors.

 

ANNUAL DUES  --- Feb. 1 is the deadline to pay annual State Bar dues. Statements were mailed to active and inactive California lawyers in mid November.

 

25 HOURS --- Members of MCLE compliance group 3 - last names N through Z – face a Feb. 1 deadline to complete 25 hours of continuing education courses.

  

BOG SEATS --- Nomination petitions for openings on the State Bar Board of Governors will be available Feb. 1.

Law Library for S.B. County is chosen for new program which has no fee access

Local legal researchers have the privilege of researching federal court records online without fee under a special experimental program.

The Law Library for San Bernardino County is one of only 16 federal depository libraries nationwide chosen for a pilot program providing no fee access at the libraries.

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Jacqueline Goodman Rubio, Esq.

SBCBA welcomes: Jacqueline Goodman Rubio, Esq. 2201 E. Chapman Avenue Fullerton, CA  92831   714 879 5770   Solo criminal defense practioner located in Fullerton, CA.

From Law.com

Simplifying E-Mail and Group Scheduling
Special to Law.com

After considering groupware like IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange to handle its communication and collaboration needs, Grimes & Smith decided on the Google Apps service for e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and document creation. Law firm partner Charles Smith takes us on a tour of the Google-hosted suite of services.

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Managing Ethics in E-Discovery
New York Law Journal

Cases like Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. have highlighted the dangers to lawyers and their clients of not properly managing electronic discovery. Pillsbury partner David Keyko reviews some key steps for collecting, processing and producing information during litigation.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT New Podcast with Monica Bay In the new monthly podcast Law Technology Now, editor-in-chief of Law Technology News Monica Bay interviews key experts of the legal technology community on top issues confronting the legal profession, from e-discovery to network infrastructure and launching "green law" programs. Check out the podcast now!

'Auld Lang Syne' for Dictation
Law Technology News

Dictation is an old friend for lawyers and should not be forgotten as manufacturers move from analog to digital dictation systems. Michael Barnas, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's director of application services, provides helpful tips and tactics for evaluating specific vendors.

Tools for an Unconventional Lawyer
The Recorder

There are about 1,000 blind lawyers in the U.S., but only a few at major law firms, despite the assistance that contemporary technology offers. Kirkland & Ellis associate William Grignon stays on top of his practice with some additional software, including a speech synthesizer that reads aloud text displayed on a computer screen.

Beware of Export Law Violations
The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers working on international transactions should beware of exports that include services, software and technical data. The U.S. government is stepping up its enforcement of export laws and ratcheting up related penalties. Dilworth Paxson's Margaret Gatti and David Laigaie offer 10 tips to fend off costly fines.


Free and Easy Desktop Management
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Free Spiceworks IT Desktop. Designed, tested and used by IT pros with everyday IT features for desktop management, including automatic PC and software inventory and IT asset reporting to simplify your job; network monitoring and troubleshooting to keep things running smoothly; and an IT help desk for your company that's easy to use and the fastest-growing IT community.


User's Guide to Securing External Devices for Telework and Remote Access
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
This publication provides recommendations for securing external devices used for telework and remote access. Many organizations limit the types of external devices that can be used for remote access and which resources they can use, such as permitting teleworker-owned laptops to access a limited set of resources and permitting all other external devices to access Web-based email only. This allows organizations to limit the risk they incur from external devices. When a telework device uses remote access, it is essentially a logical extension of the organization's own network. Therefore, if the telework device is not secured properly, it poses additional risk to not only the information that the teleworker accesses but also the organization's other systems and networks.

Guide to Storage Encryption Technologies for End User Devices
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Tedhchol
This publication explains the basics of storage security, which is the process of allowing only authorized parties to access and use stored information. The primary security controls for restricting access to sensitive information stored on end user devices are encryption and authentication.

Zulu Ali, Esq.

Welcome to SBCBA Zulu Ali, Esq. Law Office of Zulu Ali 2900 Adams Street, Suite C130 Riverside, CA 92504 951-782-8722 General Practice with an emphasis on criminal defense, family law, immigration law, and auto accidents.

Judith Elaine Gaton, Law Student Membe

SBCBA welcomes law student member Judith Elaine Gaton California Western Law School San Diego, CA

Civil Trials To Begin in Riverside County Superior Court

The Riverside County Superior Court is pleased to announce that the court will begin conducting civil trials this month at the recently vacated Hawthorne Elementary School in Riverside at 9174 Indiana Avenue.

According to Judicial Council records, with a shortage of 57 judicial officers, Riverside has the largest deficit of judges in the state. "Despite this challenge, the court is determined to meet its number one goal of providing fair and expeditious access to justice for all residents of the county -- and that includes our civil litigants," stated Presiding Judge Richard T. Fields.

The court has begun the process of transforming eight classrooms into three courtrooms, judges' chambers, conference room, and jury voir dire and deliberation rooms. Court personnel have already been selected for the site. The temporary courtrooms will have all the technology of a modern courtroom, such as Elmo's, document cameras that help attorneys with their case presentation, and CourtCall, a telephonic appearance service.

In September of last year, Presiding Judge Richard Fields and Assistant Presiding Judge Thomas Cahraman met with Justice Richard Huffman, of the 4th District Court of Appeal and Sheila Calabro of the Administrative Office of the Courts, and received their unequivocal support to provide three additional judges to meet the court's goal of access to civil justice. The three assigned judges will begin hearing civil trials on January 14, 2008.

Isabel Seward, Law Student

Welcome to SBCBA:

Isabel Seward
Hofstra University Law
Hempstead, NY

2008

Happy New Year to SBCBA members and visitors to our site. We launched SBCBA.org exactly 8 years ago at 12:00 AM January 1, 2000. Our intent has been to provide the best online features to our members and to the public. For the Public: ATTORNEY INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE. Access to Legal Aid information, lawyer databases and directories, and SBCBA's Certified Attorney Referral Service which processes thousands of requests for attorney services yearly. For our Members: RESEARCH. Our hallmark is our Legal Research Library at sbcba.org/research featuring comprehensive access to the best and most reliable of primary legal authority and supporting parallel research materials. MCLE. Last names N-Z , don't forget to get your MCLE credits in before the end of January. See sbcba.org/mcle for our online participatory credit catalog. Allen C. Turner, Esq. SBCBA webstaff