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 When You Become 18
updated and translated
Designed to take some of the mystery out of the legal system for new adults, the
State Bar's popular publication When You Become 18: A Survival Guide for Teenagers,
has been updated and is available free to the public.
Depression takes a heavy toll on lawyers
Attorneys may have a reputation for being intelligent and very driven, but several
university studies reveal that lawyers suffer the most depression of any profession. State Bar shuts down illegal immigration practice
12 vie for five seats on board of governors
Twelve attorneys have announced their candidacy for seats on the 2008-09 State
Bar Board
of Governors and six more will vie for seats on the CYLA
Board of Directors New member benefits at CalBar Connect
The State Bar's new members-only Web site, CalBar Connect, provides attorneys the opportunity to link to affinity partners who are offering value-added products. Rules revision group to hold Sacramento hearing
Legal services conference scheduled for June 5-7
Civil rights leader and pastor James Lawson is the keynote speaker at the 2008
Pathways to Justice Conference, June 5-7 in Los Angeles. MCLE credit is available. A Week in Legal London can earn 25 MCLE hours
The State Bar Litigation Section offers attorneys an opportunity to discover
new insights into law from the English perspective by attending “A Week
in Legal London” from June 29 – July 4. Bar is looking for a few good JNE members
Active California lawyers, former judges and members of the public who are interested
in volunteering to serve on the 2009 Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation
(JNE) are invited to submit an application by June 2.  State Bar Foundation
seeks board members
The California Bar Foundation is seeking applications for several positions
on its board of directors for terms beginning Jan. 1, 2009. Attorneys, judges
and members of the public are invited to apply.
Two legal services groups have open board positions
California Indian Legal Services (CILS) and California Rural Legal Assistance
(CRLA) are seeking volunteers to serve on their boards of directors. Fee arb trainings scheduled
Two training sessions for prospective and current volunteer attorneys who arbitrate
attorney-client fee disputes will be held this month in Sacramento and San Luis
Obispo. May deadlines for Public Comment
Several proposed revisions to rules
affecting the practice law have May deadlines.  Bar publishes revised consumer pamphlets
The State Bar has revised and reprinted four of its popular consumer education
pamphlets and translated a fifth into Spanish.
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