Updates from the Superior Court of Alameda County 3.19.21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, March 19, 2021: The Superior Court of Alameda County (Court) announced today that, it has adopted the 2021 Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedules, a new 2021 Felony Bail Schedule and amended emergency Local Rule 4.115 and 5.32. In addition, the Court issued Invitations to Comment on proposed amendments to Local Rules 1.7, […]
Call to Action: The Need for Community Lawyering
Authored by Allyssa Victory and Janani Ramachandran “It is bad habit of mind, a form of power-worship, to assume that things must be as they are, that they will continue to be as they have been.” Kristian Williams In the wake of our communities re-affirming the importance of Black and Asian solidarity, we write to […]
Addressing Judicial Bias in the Courts
Let’s say something! ADDRESSING JUDICIAL BIAS IN THE COURTS Originally published in the March 2021 issue of the Advocate, republished with permission Judicial bias manifests in countless manners: denial of a pregnant attorney’s request for due date calendar accommodation, advising counsel it would be best to permit a male peer to take first chair as […]
Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence
The Alameda County Bar Association is proud to sign on to the Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s shared statement against Anti-Asian violence, rejecting criminalization and retribution, and calling for responses addressing the root causes of racial violence. Our Shared Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence
In Memory
In Memory Steve Schadlich ACBA Past-President Stephen Henry Schadlich passed away February 6, 2021. After his military service, Steve enrolled in Boalt Hall law school in Berkeley, then graduated with honors, and passed the Bar in 1963. He first joined Knox, Goforth, and Ricksen in Oakland, as a transactional business attorney. In 1967 he pivoted […]