MCLE Compliance Deadline & SDCPLL Classes

New Year Holiday CLOSURES All branches of the Law Library will be CLOSED on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2008, and New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1, 2009. Normal hours of operation will resume on Friday, January 2, 2009. From all of us at SDCPLL, we wish you a Happy New Year and look forward to helping you with all your legal information needs in the year ahead! Share this item with a friend!

MCLE Compliance Deadline February 2nd The deadline for MCLE compliance for attorneys with last names beginning with the letters H-M is February 2, 2009. These attorneys are required to submit a compliance card to the State Bar to verify that they have complied with their MCLE requirement. To meet the MCLE "Regular" Requirement, attorneys need to take 25 hours of MCLE, of which a maximum of 12.5 hours can be "self-study." At least half of the MCLE requirement must be "participatory." Other general requirements include 4 hours of Legal Ethics, 1 hour Substance Abuse, and 1 hour Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession. To help our attorney members meet the compliance deadline, SDCPLL is adding more participatory MCLE classes throughout January. Our Main and North County Branch classes are FREE and open ONLY to our attorney and paralegal members. The South Bay Branch classes are free to all Law Library members and $5 for non-members. Please visit our Calendar of Events and Special Events pages regularly for updates on classes, or visit the Main or North County Branches to check out our self-study MCLE materials. Share this item with a friend!

January MCLE Classes Pre-registration is required for all classes, as seating is limited. Please sign up by calling the appropriate Branch number. Participants may bring lunch. For a complete description of the classes and the most up-to-date information, visit SDCPLL's Calendar of Events. South Bay Branch (619) 691-4929 These two classes are free to all Law Library members and $5 for non-members. Computer Forensics: Cybercrime, Identity Theft and Computer Security* Tuesday, January 13th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Mitch Dembin, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California 1 hour General Participatory credit Identity Theft: Avoid Being a Victim* Thursday, January 22nd, 12:00 - 1:00pm Lamont Siller, Special Agent with the FBI 1 hour General Participatory credit The below classes are FREE and open ONLY to our Attorney and Paralegal members North County Branch (760-940-4386) Law Firm Technology on the Cheap* Tuesday, January 6th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Craig Coombs, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit ADR Selection Roulette: Placing the Right "Bet" During Tough Economic Times* Thursday, January 8th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Joseph L. Stine, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit Electronic and Computer-Generated Evidence - Admissibility PART ONE* Monday, January 12th, 12:00 - 2:00pm DVD - 2 hours General Participatory credit Electronic and Computer-Generated Evidence - Admissibility PART TWO* Wednesday, January 14th, 12:00 - 2:00pm DVD - 2 hours General Participatory credit Hiring and Firing: How to Avoid Mistakes: PART ONE* Tuesday, January 20th, 12:00 - 1:30pm DVD - 1.5 hours General Participatory credit Hiring and Firing: How to Avoid Mistakes: PART TWO* Thursday, January 22nd, 12:00 - 1:30pm DVD - 1.5 hours General Participatory credit California Animal Law Update* Tuesday, January 27th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Jennifer George, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit Speed Writing for Lawyers* Thursday, January 29th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Randall B. Christison, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit Main Branch (619-531-3900) Hiring and Firing: How to Avoid Mistakes* Thursday, January 8th, 2:00 - 5:30pm DVD - 3.25 hours General Participatory credit Lawyers and Depression* Friday, January 9th, 12:00 - 1:00pm David Cameron Carr, Esq. 1 hour Substance Abuse Participatory credit Substance Abuse* Monday, January 12th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Moira S. Brennan, Esq. 1 hour Substance Abuse Participatory credit Fee Arbitration* Tuesday, January 13th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Carl Ingwalson, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit Bankruptcy* Thursday, January 15th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Kathleen Cashman-Kramer, Esq. and Lisa Torres, Esq. 1 hour General Participatory credit Mixing It Up: Ethical Considerations in Business Transactions With Non-Lawyers* Tuesday, January 20th, 12:00 - 1:00pm David Cameron Carr, Esq. 1 hour Ethics Participatory credit Ethics: Useful Suggestions on Handling Common Dilemmas* Monday, January 26th, 1:30 - 5:30pm DVD - 4 hours Ethics Participatory credit To Bias Or Not To Bias: Developments in Discrimination Law* Thursday, January 29th, 12:00 - 1:00pm Rupa G. Singh, Esq. and Robert J. Lauchlan Jr., Esq. 1 hour Bias Participatory credit CRAM DAY DVDs Friday, January 30th Defining Substance Abuse* 9:30 - 10:30am 1 hour Substance Abuse Participatory credit Elimination of Bias: Age Discrimination in Law Firms* 11:00 - 12:00pm 1 hour Bias Participatory credit Ethics: Traps, Snares and Pitfalls* 12:30 - 4:30pm 4 hours Ethics Participatory credit *MCLE Participatory Credit hour(s)available for these classes. The San Diego County Public Law Library is a State Bar approved MCLE provider. Share this item with a friend!

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