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81st Annual Meeting
of the State Bar of California
September 25-28, 2008
Monterey

You can now REGISTER ONLINE for the Annual Meeting!

In 2008, the State Bar Annual Meeting returns to exquisite Monterey, offering opportunities for fun for the whole family. As always, the Annual Meeting will have a number of special events, including the the State Bar dinner dance, special luncheon speakers , the annual Fun Run/Power Walk and the art show. The meeting will also offer a wide range of educational programs .

For more information, see State Bar of California Annual Meeting. For access to all of your options, including all four educational tracks (a new feature of this year's meeting), programs listed by all sponsoring groups, and programs listed by MCLE subfields and Legal Specialization credit, see Plan Your Meeting Schedule.

The Section is presenting:

International Law Section Expanding Relationships With Overseas Law Societies: One of the priorities of the International Law Section is to develop relationships with overseas law societies and bar associations, with a view to providing benefits for our members. Such benefits may include possibilities of obtaining referral work, providing or going on an internship, dissemination of articles, or provision of office facilities when traveling overseas.

Recently, the officers of the Section hosted meetings at the State Bar offices in San Francisco and signed Friendship Agreements with the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia. For more information, see Relationships With Overseas Law Societies.

Law Student Writing Competition

The International Law Section is please to announce its Second Annual Law Student Writing Competition!

Deadline: November 1, 2008

First Place Prize: $2,000.00
Second Place Prize: $750.00
Third Place Prize: $250.00

All winning articles will be submitted for publication to the The California International Law Journal. For more information, see Writing Competition or contact Dena Cruz.

The Section congratulates the winners of its First Annual Law Student Writing Competition. Some of the winning articles will appear in the California International Law Journal. The winners and winning articles are:

• First Place: Benjamin Brockman Hawe, "The Iraqi High Court; A Retrospective and Prospective View" ($2,000 prize)
• Second Place: Sapana Shah, "Islamic Banking and Finance: Shari 'a -Compliance and the Reinterpretation of Riba" ($750 prize)
• Third Place: Jesse Chui, "Legal Reform in Japan at the Dawn of the 21st Century" ($250 prize)

For information about other benefits available to law students through the Section, see Law Students.

ABA Books at a Discount - Plus Special Reduction for All Section Members

Members of the State Bar can now recieve a 15% discount on any ABA book (or books) and all Section members receive a 35% discount on any ABA book (or books). This is a great benefit for all Section members as the savings on even a single purchase could be equal to or even exceed the cost of an annual Section membership. For instance, the savings on a purchase of $200 would be equivalent to $70. Here’s how the ABA discount program works:

• All Section members are eligible for a 35% discount. The Section Member Discount Code can be found on a special "member-only" page accessible to all Section members. Once you have the discount code simply visit the ABA web bookstore at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, select any book (or books) for purchase and during checkout, enter the special 35% discount code. To access the 35% discount code, click HERE. You will need to log into your State Bar Profile to access the link.
  
  
• Non-Section members can obtain a 15% discount. Visit the ABA web bookstore at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, and select any book (or books) for purchase. During checkout, enter the special 15% discount code PAB6ECABPW1 at checkout.

There is a wide range of books available at the ABA web bookstore including practice related books and law practice management books focusing on finance, technology, management and marketing. Note: Discount does not apply to ABA-CLE iPod products.

Members Only Area: In the Members Only Area of the International Law Section you'll find issues of California International Law Journal and a discussion board for Section members. Our Members Only Area also includes a number of other benefits available through My State Bar Profile. For more information, see Members Only Area.

Get involved! We invite members of the Section to become involved in our activities. For information about how you can volunteer or otherwise become involved in the Section, or to participate in the International Law Section's e-mail group, see the International Law Section E-Brief.

The Section offers ongoing opportunities for participatory MCLE credit through online audio and video programs, and self-study MCLE credit through audiocassettes of programs. For more information, see our Education page.

See Legislation for information on tracking legislative developments of interest to International Law practitioners.

For more information about the Section, its publications and programs, and the benefits of membership, see About the Section.

International Law Section
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
415-538-2380
FAX-415-538-2368

The International Law Section is a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider.