Category: Law Practice

From Chula Vista to the Supreme Court

From Chula Vista to the Supreme Court

How an Immigrant Farmer Challenged California’s Alien Land Law, Leading to a Landmark Constitutional Rights Decision

This article was originally published in the November/December 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer Magazine. Read More

Message from the Chair of the New Lawyer Division

Message from the Chair of the New Lawyer Division

By Stephanie Atkinson

Greetings NLD,

It has been a pleasure serving this community as chair of the New Lawyer Division! One of the NLD’s primary goals is to serve as a voice for the NLD membership while providing information and resources based on our community’s unique and specific needs. New this year, we conducted a few member surveys in order to shed light on real issues affecting our community, including civility towards new lawyers and new lawyers’ acclimation to the post-pandemic workplace. Please take two minutes to complete our current poll on lawyer-targeted scams so that the NLD can report on how this issue affects new lawyers and law students. Read More