Events

2025 ABTL DINNER CLE/PROGRAMS

• December 4, 2025
  Jury Selection and the Challenges to Eliminate Bias (One Hour Elimination of Implicit Bias CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Presenters: TBD
  
  
• September 17, 2025
  Trial of former Autonomy Corp. CEO Dr. Mike Lynch (One Hour General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Panel:
  • Moderator: Josh Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Hon. Charles Breyer, U.S. District Court – Northern District of Calif.
  • Hon. Robert Leach, Contra Costa County Superior Court
  • Brian M. Heberlig, Steptoe
    
    
• July 16, 2025
  Landmark Decisions US Supreme Court ’24-’25 (One Hour General CLE)
  Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA
  Presenters:
  • Professor Vik Amar, University of California – Davis School of Law
  • Professor Easha Anand – Stanford University Law School
    
    
• May 22, 2025
  Navigating Infernos (One Hour of General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Panel:
  • Moderator: Hon. Nancy Fineman, San Mateo Superior Court
  • Hon. Daniel Buckley (Ret.), Signature Resolution
  • Nicholas Fram, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
  • Frank Pitre, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
  • Amanda Stevens, Schroeder, Loscotoff & Stevens
    
    
• February 26, 2025
  Implicit Bias and Post-Judgment Review (One Hour Elimination of Implicit Bias CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Presenter:
  • Dr. David McGowan, Univ. of San Diego – School of Law
    

2024 ABTL DINNER CLE/PROGRAMS

• January 25, 2024
  The Ethos of Trial (One Hour General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Presenter: Daralyn Durie, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  
  
• March 12, 2024
  The Trust Busters: Insights on Competition from FTC Officials (One Hour General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Panel:
  • Bambo Obaro, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Rahul Rao, FTC Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition
  • Abby Dennis, FTC Assistant Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition
    
    
• May 15, 2024
  The Challenges of Cryptocurrency/Blockchain Litigation (One Hour General CLE)
  Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA
  Moderator: Hon. Patricia Lucas (Ret.)
  Panel:
  • Paul Grewal, General Counsel, Coinbase
  • Erin West, Deputy District Attorney, Santa Clara County
  • Grant Fondo, Partner, Goodwin Proctor
    
    
• Sept. 17, 2024
  U.S. Supreme Court: 2023-2024 Term in Review (One Hour of General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Moderator: Hon. P. Kasey Pitts, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  Panel:
  • Vikram Amar, Professor, Univ. of California, School of Law
  • Pamela Karlan, Professor, Stanford Law School
    
    
• Dec. 12, 2024
  Meet Our Five Newest Federal District Judges (One Hour of General CLE)
  Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, CA
  Judicial Speakers:
  • Hon. Rita Lin
  • Hon. P. Kasey Pitts
  • Hon. Araceli Martinez-Olguin
  • Hon. Trina Thompson
  • Hon. Eumi Lee

2023 Programs
November 14, 2023 5:30 – 8:30 pm Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.
Legal Challenges to Generative AI
Panel:
Professor Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley School of Law
Joseph Saveri, Joseph Saveri Law Firm
Angela Dunning, Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
Handouts:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sDGIrVO6mo
• Pitt L Rev Computer Generated Works by Prof. Pamela Samuelson (as of 10-27-23)

September 6, 2023 6:00 – 8:00 PM Menlo Country Club, Woodside, CA
Judicial Reception – Meet/Visit with the Justices of the 6th District Court of Appeal

July 19, 2023 5:15 – 7:00 PM Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.
A Conversation With California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero
Interviewer: Luis Céspedes, California Governor’s Judicial Appointments Secretary

Handout: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/patricia-guerrero/

May 17, 2023 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.

An Evening with U.S. Attorney Ismail “Izzy” Ramsey
Speakers:
Ismail “Izzy” Ramsey, U.S. Attorney – Northern District of California
Cris Arguedes (Ret.) – Arguedas, Cassman, Headley & Goldman LLP

March 8, 2023 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Hyatt Embarcadero, S.F.

“U.S. Supreme Court – What Can We Expect in 2023?”
Moderator:
Hon. Edward Davila, U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
Speakers:

> Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California School of Law, S.F.

> Kathleen Sullivan, Name Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Former Dean of Stanford School of Law