News for San Bernardino County Bar Association Members!

Dear Members and Friends,

"Science and the Law" Check Out UCR Extension's Law & Science Program Here.

Over the past decade, there has been a consistent effort at the state and national levels to provide judicial officers with education on science and the law. This presentation will concern a new effort in the Inland Empire to provide legal practitioners with access to high quality, content neutral highly relevant education on science as it affects or will affect the practice of law. The program concerns current and future plans about the program and how members of the bar can become part of this first of a kind program in the nation.

Associate Justice Thomas E. Hollenhorst from the 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 2 invites you to sign up for this fascinating and groundbreaking course.

Upcoming Classes

Riverside
Saturday, May 3
Saturday, June 7
Saturday, July 12

Rebecca B. Gravett, Esq.

SBCBA welcomes:

Rebecca B. Gravett, Esq.

Law Offices of Rebecca B. Gravett
1501 W. 9th Street, Suite B
Upland, CA 91786

909 982-6400

Social Security Disability
Workers' Compensation
Personal Injury

E Briefs. Cal State Bar

The State Bar of California

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April 23, 2008

STATEWIDE ETHICS SYMPOSIUM --- The 12^th Annual Statewide Ethics Symposium will be held Saturday, May 3, at the University of San Francisco. This year's theme is "Notoriety - When the spotlight is on ethics." (MCLE credit available.)

DELIVERING SOCIAL JUSTICE ---The 2008 Pathways to Justice Conference, an annual statewide legal services gathering, will be held June 5-7 in Los Angeles. Online registration is available.

WATCH FOR BALLOTS --- Twelve attorneys have announced their candidacy for seats on the 2008-09 State Bar Board of Governors and six more will vie for seats on the CYLA Board of Directors. Ballots will be mailed next week.

CALBAR CONNECT --- A new members-only Web site, CalBar Connect, links attorneys to affinity partners who are offering value-added products to California lawyers.

APRIL COMMENT DEADLINE --- Comments are sought for proposed revisions to rules relating to law schools, proposed revisions to State Bar Sections rules and the governance structure of the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA).

JUDICIAL HONOR --- Nominations are sought for the Benjamin Aranda Award, honoring a California judge who has improved access to justice for low and moderate-income residents of the state.

FEE ARB IN SLO & SACTO --- Two training sessions for volunteer attorneys who arbitrate attorney-client fee disputes will be offered next month through the Sacramento and San Luis Obispo county bar associations.