04Nov
03Nov
Access to Justice Series: Broadening access to justice in California through education
By Sergio Parra, Board Member, Santa Cruz County Bar Association The State of California has a public interest in increasing access to justice by attracting diverse students from all walks of life into law-related careers in this state. The State has taken steps to shape the...
04Oct
Annual Awards Program on October 20, 2022
Please join us as we celebrate this year's recipients of the Roland K. Hall Award and the Access to Justice Award. This year our awardees are: Madeline Boriss for the Roland K. Hall Award and Michael Mehr will receive the Access to Justice Award. The event will...
04Oct
Access to Justice Series: Diversification of the Legal Profession Will Provide Our Community with Greater Access to Justice
By Gina Occhipinti-Borasi, Board Member, Santa Cruz County Bar Association Customarily, attorneys engage in the following methods to allow underrepresented and low-income persons access justice: pro bono work, reduction of legal fees, and participation in the county’s lawyer referral service. An additional and imperative way to...
04Oct
MCLE Speaker Spotlight: Joy McMurtry
Joy McMurtry is a Chief Deputy Public Defender with Monterey County. McMurtry has been with the county for 15 and ½ years, and before that was a Public Defender in Wyoming for 5 years and a prosecutor for 4 years. In addition to her legal...
04Oct
MCLE Speaker Spotlight: Jane Becker
Tax attorney, Jane Becker, will review how to resolve a decedent's outstanding tax issues (unfiled and/or unpaid filings) including the non-reporting of offshore assets with an emphasis on doing so as quickly and expeditiously as possible. Jane will also review pre-death and post-death steps that...
19Sep
MCLE Speaker Spotlight: Nancy Hoffman and Teri Scarlett
Dr. Hoffman a geriatric neuropsychologist in Santa Rosa with a forensic practice focusing on the assessment of capacity, undue influence, conservatorships, and elder abuse in older adults. She specializes in the differential diagnosis of the various forms of dementia and their influence on capacity. She...
15Sep
From Superior Court, Santa Cruz County: Pro Tem training, Ex Parte paperwork submittals, Judge Gallagher resigns
Pro Tem training The Santa Cruz County Superior Court announces an opportunity for attorneys to train to serve as volunteer temporary judges in our Temporary Judge Program. More Civil Ex Parte paperwork submittals In order for the Judge to be prepared for a Civil Ex...
09Aug
MCLE Speaker Spotlight: Rizza Gonzales
Rizza Gonzales is a 2006 graduate of the University of Southern California where she graduated with degrees in Political Science, Sociology, and English Literature, she graduated from the University of California, LA, School of Law in 2009 where she received her JD and joined Century...
09Aug