Events

Thursday, November 21, 2024

All the News That’s Fit to Print (and Plenty That Isn’t): The Role of Strategic Communications in High-Profile Litigation


2025 Programs

  • February 5, 2025 – Dinner Program (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • April 10, 2025 – Dinner Program (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • May 2-4, 2025 – Joint Board of Governors Retreat (Coronado Island Marriott Resort & Spa)
  • June 26, 2025 – Annual Members-Only Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • October 8 – 12, 2025 – 51st Annual Seminar (Wailea Beach Resort, Maui, Hawaii)

2024 Programs

  • February 7, 2024 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha
  • February 15, 2024 – Dinner Program: AI and the Future of Law (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • March 7, 2024 – Lunch Program: Special Verdicts: Advantages & Pitfalls (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • April 12-14, 2024 – Board of Governors’ Joint Board Retreat (Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on Del Monte Golf Course) 
  • May 2, 2024 – Dinner Program: Tales from the Trial Table – Successful Storytelling, Voir Dire, and the Power of Pithy Themes (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • June 20, 2024 – Annual Members-Only Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • September 14, 2024 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
  • September 26, 2024 – Dinner Program: Behind the Gavel – Meeting the Federal Judiciary (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • October 10, 2024 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) MCLE Event: Mediation—Preparation, Advocacy and Outcome
  • October 17 – 20, 2024 – 50th Annual Seminar (Meritage Resort & Spa, Napa Valley)
  • November 21, 2024 – Dinner Program: The Role of Strategic Communication in High-Profile Litigation (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2023 Programs

  • February 8, 2023 – Dinner Program: Depp v. Heard — Lessons for Business Litigators (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • April 11, 2023 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge Dalila Corral Lyons
  • April 13, 2023 – Dinner Program: When It’s Worth Taking Cases to Trial: Lessons Learned by Alex Spiro (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • April 20, 2023 – YLD Kickoff Happy Hour
  • April 28-30, 2023 – Board of Governors’ Joint Board Retreat (Allegretto Vineyard Resort, Paso Robles)
  • May 3, 2023 – YLD Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge David S. Cunningham
  • May 20, 2023 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
  • May 31, 2023 – YLD Dodger Game
  • June 29, 2023 – Annual Judicial Reception (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • June 29, 2023 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) 2023 Community Outreach Project
  • September 14, 2023 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) MCLE Event with U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada
  • September 20, 2023 – Dinner Program: The Ethos of Trial (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • October 11-15, 2023 – 49th Annual Seminar – The Finer Points: Practical Skills in Impractical Situations (Fairmont Orchid, Big Island, Hawaii)
  • November 30, 2023 – Dinner Program Forward Thinking: Los Angeles Superior Court’s Vision for the Future (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2022 Programs

  • January 25, 2022 – Truth, Lies and Consequences: Trial Lessons Learned from the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes Cases (Webinar) [Jury Instructions and Verdict Form]
  • February 2, 2022 – New Board Mini-Retreat (Virtual)
  • February 15, 2022 – The State of Cybersecurity in 2022 (Webinar) [FBI Presentation Summary]
  • April 6, 2022 – C Suite to the Streets: Understanding and Solving the Los Angeles Homeless Crisis (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • April 29 – May 1, 2022 – Joint Board Retreat (Pasea Hotel, Huntington Beach)
  • April 30, 2022 – Young Lawyers Division (YLD) 2022 Community Outreach Project with the NoHo Home Alliance
  • May 21, 2022 – Board of Governors’ Annual Presidents Dinner (Hotel Casa del Mar)
  • June 28, 2022 –Members Only Annual Judicial Reception (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza)
  • August 31, 2022 – Voting Rights and Wrongs (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • September 22 – 25, 2022 – 48th Annual Seminar – Back to Basics: Fundamentals of Trial Practice in a New Era (Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego)
  • October 18, 2022 – Lunch Program: The Art of Persuasion: How to Persuade Like a Human Being, Not a Lawyer (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)
  • October 25, 2022 – Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judge Virginia A. Phillips
  • November 17, 2022 – An Evening with the Newest Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, Justice Patricia Guerrero (Omni Los Angeles Hotel)

2021 Programs

  • January 15, 2021 – Conducting Virtual Bench Trials (Webinar) [Presentation Materials]
  • January 23, 2021 — ABTL Board Virtual Mini-Retreat
  • January 26, 2021 – A New Era in Jury Selection in California: Preparing for and Complying with AB3707 (Webinar) [Template-for-Virtual-Bench-Trial-Pretrial-Order]
  • March 23, 2021 – The Road Ahead: A Judicial Update on Current and Post-Covid Practice (Webinar)
  • April 15, 2021 – A Conversation with Senator Doug Jones: From the Courtroom to the Capitol (Young Lawyers Division Webinar)
  • April 29, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judges Eric Taylor and Lawrence Riff on Justice Restored: What to Expect When We Get Back to Court (Young Lawyers Division Event)
  • May 12, 2021 An Evening with the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, California’s Newest Supreme Court Justice (Statewide Webinar)
  • May 20, 2021 – Current Developments in LA Superior Court, Civil Departments (Webinar)
  • May 27, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with California Court of Appeal Justices John Segal and Brian Hoffstadt (Young Lawyers Division Event)
  • July 14, 2021 – College Athletics in the Supreme Court Spotlight: Alston v. NCAA (Outdoor In-Person Program and Mixer – Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza)
  • July 23, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with LASC Judge David Cowan and California Court of Appeal Justice  John Shepard Wiley on Dos and Don’ts for New Lawyers (Young Lawyers Division Event)
  • September 11, 2021 – Board of Governors’ Annual President’s Dinner (Shutters on the Beach)
  • September 22, 2021 – Members Only Annual Judicial Reception (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles hotel at California Plaza)
  • September 29, 2021 – Virtual Brown Bag Lunch with USDC Judges Philip Gutierrez and Andre Birotte, Jr. (Young Lawyers Division Event)
  • October 6, 2021 – Lunch Program: A View from the Inside: Outside Counsel Do’s and Don’ts (Outdoors – Omni Los Angeles hotel at California Plaza)
  • October 20-24, 2021 – 47th Annual Seminar – Mauna Lani, Big Island, Hawaii

2020 Programs


2019 Past Programs

  • January 22, 2019 – Lunch Program – Behind the Scenes at the ALI: The Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance
  • February 19, 2019 – Dinner Program – Juries and the Growing Mistrust of Science
  • April 9, 2019 – Lunch Program – Class Action Settlements: Tips and Pitfalls for Obtaining Judicial Approval
  • April 26-28, 2019 – Joint Board Retreat – Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  • May 14, 2019 – Dinner Program – The Butler Did It! The Legal Battle Over the Estate of Doris Duke
  • June 11, 2019 – Judicial Reception
  • September 17, 2019 – Dinner Program – 100 Years After Women’s Right to Vote: Where Are We Now?
  • October 3-6, 2019 – 46th Annual Seminar – La Quinta Resort, Palm Springs
  • November 12, 2019 – Dinner Program – An Evening with U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna in Conversation with The Honorable André Birotte Jr.
  • December 12, 2019 – YLD Program – How to Handle High Profile Cases in the Courtroom and with the Press