APABA MCLE Committee

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Sponsors continuing legal educational programs, which are frequently combined with social and networking events, on matters of interest to the APABA membership. Over the years, the Committee has presented substantive legal and educational topics in different forums, including seminars, panel discussions, and keynote speakers, on a range of subjects such as historical perspectives on the Japanese American internment, contemporary civil rights struggles, voter redistricting, national security and civil liberties, legal ethics, litigation skills, transactional issues, and other legal and practice topics.

Chairs:

Derek Ishikawa
Bryant Yang

Eleanor Ung

MCLE Written Documents for May 29, 2019 APAHM event (Celebrating APA Women in Leadership):

Executive summary of EEOC report on harassment in workplace (2016): https://www1.eeoc.gov//eeoc/task_force/harassment/report_summary.cfm?renderforprint=1
Full EEOC report on harassment in workplace (2016): https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/task_force/harassment/upload/report.pdf
Recorder article on judge slapping sanctions on lawyer for sexist comments (2016): download pdf here
ABA report on women as lead counsel and trial counsel in litigation (2015): https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/women/first_chairs2015.authcheckdam.pdf