Attention Family Law Practitioners: News From the Court
Attention Family Law Practitioners: News From the Court The deadline to submit a Judgment (for proposed judgments that can be signed without rejection) and receive a 2018 dissolution date is 12/7/2018.
You’ve Been Upgraded to Fastcase Premium
You’ve Been Upgraded Did you know that your ACBA membership includes a free Fastcase Premium account? We’re proud to announce that we’ve negotiated with Fastcase to offer nationwide legal research! Going forward, all members of the ACBA will have access to all 50 states and federal materials within the Fastcase platform. No action is required […]
ACBA Book Club Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston Many of us read this book in high school, and when we found it on an ABA listing of great law-related books, jumped at the chance to read it again. Beautifully written and highly evocative, we loved it again, and caught many things we have a […]
Rebecca Sandefur MacArthur Grant Recipient
Big news in the legal aid community – sociologist and legal scholar Rebecca Sandefur has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow Republished from the MacArthur Foundation’s website Rebecca Sandefur is a sociologist whose research on how legal services are delivered and consumed is informing emerging models for more equal access to civil justice. Although the […]
ACBA Book Review: The 57 Bus
The 57 Bus, by Dashka Slater This riveting and extremely readable book is about a high-profile juvenile delinquency case that took place in Alameda County about 5 years ago. Two teenagers from very different worlds – one with a challenging home life and circumstances, the other a gender non-binary child of some privilege – are […]