Cram Day On Demand!

Earn All 6 Mandatory MCLE Credits Before the Deadline (February 1, 2021)

Elimination of Bias * Legal Ethics * Competence Issues

California attorneys whose last names begin with the letters A-G are required to report their MCLE credits to the State Bar by February 1, 2022. This year, watch current, original video presentations on your own time, covering the required credits for all three mandatory subject areas: Elimination of Bias, Legal Ethics and Competence Issues.

All classes certified for California participatory MCLE credit. After registration, you will be provided course materials, evaluation forms and your Certificate of Attendance via email. Register first, then watch each recording to the end and answer the questions provided in the popup to verify your attendance.

Registration fees: $75 for all six classes on-demand.

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CRAM DAY: Professional Responsibility & Technology: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know

Are you up to date on ethical obligations around the use of technology? Learn how to meet your professional responsibility obligations while advancing technology in your practice.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit 

CRAM DAY: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology holds the potential to revolutionize the practice of law and help to close the access to justice gap for those who cannot afford traditional legal representation. However, the ethical implications of lawyers using AI are not always clear or straightforward. Learn how to navigate the ethics around an important part of the future of legal practice.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: How to Cope with Vicarious Trauma

Learn strategies for dealing with the emotional fallout of assisting traumatized clients, including self-care techniques.

Earn 1.0 hour Competence Issues MCLE credit

CRAM DAY: Ethically Setting Your Fee

Learn to negotiate, set and bill your fees ethically, and avoid the single most common problem that causes lawyers to be disciplined in connection with their fees and invoices.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: How to Avoid Trust Account Nightmares

A large proportion of State Bar disciplinary matters involve mishandling of client trust funds, with often dire consequences. This class will cover the surprisingly complex rules governing client trust account funds, and give you some best practices to avoid the nightmares you have heard about.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: Eliminating Bias in Technology and the Practice of Law

Bias remains an enormous problem in the legal industry and the justice system. Get the unique perspectives of seasoned intellectual property practitioners, as they discuss how bias persists – including how technology can perpetuate bias – and how you can help to root it out.

Earn 1.0 hour Elimination of Bias MCLE Credit

In addition to these Cram Day programs, registered borrowers can check out CD and DVD MCLE recordings for self-study credit. Please contact the Reference desk at (213) 785-2513 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to learn more and place items on hold.

Cram Day On Demand!

All pre-recorded videos are available to view NOW until February 15, 2023.

Earn All 7 Mandatory Specialty Credits Before the Deadline with LA Law Library PARTICIPATORY MCLE CREDIT

Elimination of Bias * Legal Ethics * Competence Issues

California attorneys whose last names begin with the letters N-Z are required to report their MCLE credits to the State Bar by February 1, 2023. This year, watch current, original video presentations on your own time, covering the required credits for all three mandatory subject areas: Elimination of Bias (including the new Implicit Bias sub-category), Legal Ethics and Competence Issues.

All classes certified for California participatory MCLE credit. After registration, you will be provided course materials, evaluation forms and your Certificate of Attendance via email. Watch each recording to the end and answer the questions provided in the popup to verify your attendance.

Registration fees: $75 for all seven classes on-demand.

SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO REGISTER FOR MCLE CREDIT

CRAM DAY: Professional Responsibility & Technology: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know

Learn how to meet your professional responsibility obligations while advancing technology in your practice.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit 

CRAM DAY: Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law

Learn how to navigate the ethics around Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the future of legal practice.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: Ethically Setting Your Fee

Learn to ethically set your fee and avoid the single most common problem that causes lawyers to be disciplined by the State Bar.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: How to Cope with Vicarious Trauma

Learn strategies for dealing with the emotional fallout of assisting traumatized clients, including self-care techniques.

Earn 1.0 hour Competence Issues MCLE credit

CRAM DAY: Hair and Dress Rules: How Far Can They Go?

Learn how far rules regarding your personal appearance – rules which have often, historically and into the present, discriminated against Black people – can legally go.

Earn 1.0 hour Elimination of Bias – Implicit Bias

CRAM DAY: Eliminating Bias in Technology and the Practice of Law

Learn from seasoned intellectual property practitioners as they discuss how bias persists – including how technology can perpetuate bias – and how you can help to root it out.

Earn 1.0 hour Elimination of Bias MCLE Credit

CRAM DAY: How to Avoid Trust Account Nightmares

This class will cover the surprisingly complex rules governing client trust account funds, and give you some best practices to avoid the nightmares you have heard about from State Bar disciplinary matters.

Earn 1.0 hour Legal Ethics MCLE Credit

All classes certified for California participatory MCLE credit. After registration, you will be provided course materials, evaluation forms and your Certificate of Attendance via email. Watch each recording to the end and answer the questions provided in the popup to verify your attendance.

Registration fees: $75 for all seven classes
On-demand

In addition to these Cram Day programs, registered borrowers can check out CD and DVD MCLE recordings for self-study credit. Please contact the Reference desk at (213) 785-2513 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to learn more and place items on hold.

Thursday, April 4, 2019  12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

A motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication allows a party to obtain judgment in their favor for an entire case or part of a case. These motions are based entirely on written submissions and avoid the time, expense, and uncertainty of a trial. Learn how to determine whether a summary judgment motion might be appropriate for you, how to bring one before a California state court, and how to respond when one is brought against you.

Class covers:
When summary judgment and summary adjudication are appropriate
Timing and notice requirements
Requirements for submitting evidence
How to respond to this type of motion.

Presented by: Teresa Gutierrez

Registration fee: $20
Non-refundable, payment reserves spot
Free parking in the Torrance Civic Center parking lot. Walk-ins welcome!
Forms of payment accepted: Visa, MC, AMEX (no checks or cash please!)

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Thursday, August 9, 2018: 12:15 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.

A motion for summary judgment or summary adjudication allows a party to obtain judgment in their favor for an entire case or part of a case. These motions are based entirely on written submissions and avoid the time, expense, and uncertainty of a trial. Learn how to determine whether a summary judgment motion might be appropriate for you, how to bring one before a California state court, and how to respond when one is brought against you.

Class covers:

• When summary judgment and summary adjudication are appropriate
• Timing and notice requirements
• Requirements for submitting evidence
• How to respond to this type of motion

Presented by Sandra J. Levin, Executive Director, LA Law Library:
Sandra Levin is the Executive Director of LA Law Library, responsible for the conduct and oversight of its operations, including direction and implementation of programs, activities and policies. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Ms. Levin was a civil litigator for more than 25 years, practicing in administrative, state and federal courts. Ms. Levin was a founding principal of Colantuono & Levin, a law firm specializing in the representation of local government agencies. While at the firm, she served as the City Attorney of several local municipalities and as special and general counsel to other public agencies, including the Law Library. Earlier in her career, Ms. Levin also served as Mayor, Councilmember and Planning Commission Chair for the City of Culver City. Ms. Levin received her J.D. from the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1987 where she was a member of the California Law Review.

Registration fees: $20 for the class
Non-refundable payment reserves seat
Parking options available during registration
Lunch option no longer available