Future 2022 Meetings:

Past 2016 - 2022 Speakers

2016

January 19, 2016
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme Court in Review

February 16, 2016
Zach Epstein: "2016 Tax Update"

March 15, 2016
Hon. Morris Jacobson, Presiding Judge, Alameda County Superior Ct.
"State of the Alameda County Superior Court"

April 19, 2016
Rachel Ehrlich, Esq., on "Ethics and Negotiations"
(special MCLE ethics credit)

May 17, 2016
Zahra Billoo, Council on American-Islamic Relations
"Islamaphobia and elimination of bias" (special 'elimination of bias' MCLE credit)"

June 21st, 2016
Marshall Krause, Esq., on "Civil Liberties at the Supreme Court, Present and Past"

September 20, 2016
Hon. William Fletcher, Concealed Weapons Carry

October 18, 2016 
Bruce Budner, Are You a Happy Lawyer? (special MCLE substance abuse credit)

November 15, 2016    
Professor Christopher Kutz on "Democracy and the Death of Norms"

2017

January 17, 2017
Zachary Epstein, Tax Update

February 21, 2017
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme Court in Review"

March 21, 2017
Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia: "Developments in Immigration Law.

April 18, 2017
Gregory Wilcox, Esq
"Benefits Administered by the Social Security Administration: Rules and Strategies"

May 16, 2017
Robert A. Raich, Esq., Developments in Marijuana Law.

June 21, 2017
Larissa Koehler, Environmental Defense Fund, Key Issues in Environmental Law

September 19, 2017

Alex Witkowski, Esq.
“Intellectual Property Law

October 19, 2017
Leslie Levy, Esq.
"Property sharing agreements in their various forms"

November 21, 2017
Judge William Fletcher, Gerrymandering

2018

January 23, 2018
James Brosnahan:
The U.S. Supreme Court in Review

February 20, 2018
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax Update

March 20, 2018
Joseph Salama, Esq. and Nicole Tate-Naghi
"Stop the Tiptoe Around the Crypto: Understanding
Cryptocurrency and Advising Clients with Confidence

April 17th, 2018
Berkeley City Attorney Farimah Brown

May 15, 2018
Summer Nastich, Esq.
"California Water Law!"

June 19, 2018
Judge Charles Smiley, Alameda County Superior Court
"California, A History of Two Bars"

September 18, 2018:
Hon. William Fletcher,
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal

"The Kavanaugh Nomination"

October 16, 2018
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on "Berkeley Law: Its Resources and its Future"

November 20, 2018
Dr. Kathleen Clanon, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, on Legal and Other Issues Surrounding the Opioid Crisis"

2019

January 15, 2019
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court in Review

February 19, 2019
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax Update

March 19, 2019

John Wierzbicki, Co-Director of the Witkin Legal Institute
"Key Recent California Supreme Court Rulings"

April 16, 2019
Stuart Bronstein, Esq.
"Increase Efficiency, Reduce Stress and Live Longer"

May 21, 2019
Frank Martin, Interim Executive Director, "East Bay Community Law Center: Mission & Programs"

June 18, 2019
Ted Mermin, Interim Executive Director, Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice
"The First Amendment and Compelled Commercial Speech"

September 17, 2019
Judge William Fletcher: "The Mess at the Border"

October 15, 2019
Bharat Trehan: "The ACLU: Past, Present and Future"

November 2019
No program

2020

January 21, 2020
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court in Review

February 25, 2020
Zachary Epstein, Annual Tax Update

March 2020
(No meeting)

April 21, 2020
Zoom MCLE Session on COVID-19 Impacts on Courts and the Practice of Law

May 19, 2020
Dena Roche, Esq., on "Recent Changes to the California Rules of Professional Conduct"

September 15, 2020
John Wierzbicki, Witkin Legal Institute on "Recent California Supreme Court Rulings"

October 20, 2020
Peter Myers, Esq.: "Succession Planning for Attorneys"

 November 17, 2020
Hon. William Fletcher
"Where does the Supreme Court go from here?"

    2021

January 19, 2021
James Brosnahan: The U.S. Supreme Court in Review"

February 16, 2021
Zachary Epstein, Esq.
Annual Tax Update

March 16, 2021
Hon. Tara Desautels
"State of the Alameda County Superior Court"

April 20, 2021
Anne Bruner Nash, Esq.:
"Prop. 19 and Property Taxes"

May 18, 2021
Nils Rosenquest & Dave Wasserman
"Latest Developments in California Residential Landlord-Tenant Law"

 June 15, 2021
Chinese-American filmmaker Lee Mun Wah
State of Race Relations
(Elimination of Bias Credit)

September 21, 2021
Hon. William Fletcher,
Judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
"The New Supreme Court"

October 19, 2021
Sonia Corona, Alameda County Superior Court
"Alameda County Superior Court's New Electronic Filing Rules"

November 16, 2021
Marice Ashe, Esq.:
"Social, Economic, and Political Determinants of Health and Discussion of COVID Vaccine Mandates"

     2022

January 18, 2022
James Brosnahan, Esq.:
"The U.S. Supreme Court in Review"

 February 15, 2022
Zachary Epstein, Esq.
"Annual Tax Update: 2022"

March 15, 2022
Steve Edrington
"Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in California"

April 19, 2022
Robert Nuddleman, Esq.
Sexual Harassment and the "Top Mistakes Honest Employers Make"

May 31, 2022
Nils Rosenquest & Dave Wasserman
"Latest Developments in California Residential Landlord-Tenant Law"