California Lawyer

August 2012

Features

Desperate Hours
Legal aid attorney Protima Pandey struggles to secure timely restraining orders for her clients at a domestic violence clinic.

Prison Realignment: Now What?
As a result of California's prison realignment, created by AB 109, the state's 58 counties are scrambling to either jail or rehabilitate nonviolent felons.

Dimitrios Biller: Inside Out
Former Toyota in-house counsel Dimitrios Biller alleges that the company withheld evidence in product liability cases. But he can’t prove it without revealing client confidences—and that has brought him to the brink of ruin.

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Superficial Change on the Federal Bench?
President Obama’s judicial appointments diversify the federal bench—at least superficially.

SCOTUS: The Heath Care Debate
Quotes from the U.S. Supreme Court opinions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act case.

Reel Law
Chicago (2002)

Partnering for Pro Bono
A training program helps law firms offer better pro bono services to a domestic violence organization.

Verbatim
Justice Goodwin H. Liu

Dismal Job Numbers for Law Grads
The ABA releases employment data for 2011 law school graduates—and it looks grim.

Federal Firsts
Obama's California Appointments

Technicalities

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