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2005 Archives
January 2005 - [HTML
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Topics Include: Heads up: A Procedural Can of
Worms, Saying Sorry without Incurring Liability,
Can Telemarketers Call Your Cell Phone?,
MCLE Programs for January, Brief
Briefing , Got a Gripe? Posting on Web Can
Lead to Law Suits, New East
County Branch Hours, January 2005 Links,
Federal Criminal Records Now Available on PACER,
Reference Question of the Month - Comparing Legal Databases
Februrary 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: 2 New Judges Join Superior Court,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Now "Advisory",
New Judicial Council Forms,
Pending Cases Up on Web, Free
Westlaw & Lexis Access, Hein Online Now
Available, Is the Workers'
Compensation Appeals Board Heading for the Chopping Block,
To-Dos for your Computer, Outsourcing Legal Work
to India, Millionaire Spammer First to be Convicted
of Felony Spamming, February 2005 Legal Links,
Reference Question of the Month: New Landlord/Tenant Laws?
March 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: SLAPP Lawsuits, New
Superior Court Website, More
Ex Parte Hearing Times in Family Court, Judge
Gill Speaks about Juries for Law Day Event April 29th,
March 17th - Free Online Research MCLE Class, noon-2 p.m.,
Library Closed March 31st - Cesar Chavez Day, Bad
News for Turbo Tax?, Correction to Family
Law Rules, March Legal Links, Reference
Question of the Month - Federal Appendix
April 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Law Day Events at the Law Library,
Bar Activities for Law Week,
Living Wills - Where's Yours?,
Security in the Courthouse, Changes
to the Appellate Rules - Priority Mail OK'd,
Non-Smoking Beaches Wave of the Future?, April
2005 Legal Links, Reference Question - Trial
by Declaration?
May 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Judges in the House,
Supreme Court Says Public Access to Briefs Temporarily Discontinued,
The Difference Between Blogs and Blawgs,
Win $300 for Legal History Paper, Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act - What You Need to Know, May 12th
- Free MCLE noon-2p.m. "Doing Legal Research on the Internet",
Closed for Memorial Day, Black
Boxes and Electronic Tracking, May 2005 Legal Links,
Reference Question of the Month - Tracking a Cheating Boyfriend
June 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Bankruptcy Law - What Does
it Mean to You?, Retiring Director Awarded Prestigious
Honor, New "Stand Your
Ground" Law in Florida Enacted, June
2005 Legal Links, Family Justice
Center Offers Unique Solution for Domestic Violence,
State Bar Convention Here September 8th-11th, Reference
Question of the Month- An Unregistered Corporation is Suing Me!
July 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Rule Requires Attorneys to
Shred Shred Shred, Interim Director of the Law Library
Announced, Bad Dog! No No!,
CLOSED for 4th of July Holiday , FBI
Evidence Manual , Save the Date! November
16th, 2005, 90 Day Eviction
Notice Required for Section 8 Tenancies, Booklet
on Permanent Residents' Rights Now Available, July
2005 Legal Links, Reference Question of the
Month - FOIA Requests
August 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Welcome to the Law Library's New
Director!, 2005 Witkin Award Winners Announced ,
Propositions Qualified for the Nov. 8 Special Election,
Stu's Views Cartoon is Back!!, Ay Carumba! Spanish
Legal Titles are Here!, "Feed the Need to Read"
Book Drive, New Judicial Council Forms,
E-Discovery MCLE Program in September, August 2005
Legal Links, "Used Car Bill of rights"
To Go into Effect July 1, 2006, Get Your Hotel Tax Refund,
Reference Question of the Month: Eviction from a Boat - How Long Do I Get?
September 2005 (revised)-
[HTML Version]
Topics Include: Final Copy of SDCPLL's September
2005 Newsletter Resent, Meet 2005 Witkin Award Winner
Michael Dessent, The Honorable
William J. Howatt, Jr. to Receive an Award at State Bar Meeting,
MCLE Program: A Primer on Digital Evidence Discovery,
Post Kelo Laws in California,
Credit Card Optout - New Rules in Effect Aug. 1st,
September 2005 Legal Links,
The "Unhappy Hour" - No More After Hours Fraternizing,
Greater Online Access with Lexis & Westlaw,
Amy Hale is going to the 5th Circuit, Ellie Slade to be the Newsletter Editor,
Reference Question of the Month -
Phony Realtor?
October 2005 - [HTML
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Topics Include: Jay Jeffcoat 2005 Witkin Award
Winner for Practice Category, Witkin Event for Law
Library Justice Foundation - November 16, 2005, New
Edition of Witkin's Summary of California Law Released This Month,
Two New Laws Affecting California Attorneys, SDCPLL
New Positions for Joan Allen-Hart & Gail Lawrence,
Library Trustee Board Member: Cyndy Day-Wilson Named to State Bar of CA Environmental
Executive Committee, October MCLE Program,
No More Legalese: Criminal Jury Instructions Translated into Plain Language,
Dial 2-1-1 for Information on San Diego County, Reference
Question of the Month, October Legal Links
November 2005 - [HTML
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Topics Include: Honoring the Fourth Witkin Award
Winner for 2005 - Charles R. Dyer, Esq., Retired Director of SDCPLL, Giving
Thanks...For New Copiers and Printers!, New Sexual
Harassment Training Law for Supervisors - Effective January 2006,
New Bankruptcy Law Materials in the Library, November
Legal Links, The Small Claims Ante is Going Up! ,
Reference Question of the Month
December 2005 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: East County Law Librarian Carolyn
Dulude to Retire at End of December, New Copier Service,
January MCLE News, Meet Pat
Mundy: New North County Branch Librarian, SDCPLL
Newsletter Goes Bi-Monthly, Barbara Tarvin Announced
as the New East County Branch Librarian, December
Holiday Hours & Closures, Free Legal Advice Clinics
to End at SDCPLL, December Legal Links, Reference
Question of the Month: Researching Non-profits Online
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2004 Archives
January 2004 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: A New Year's Gift for You-FREE
MCLE credits!, New Laws for 2004,
New Civil Jury Instructions Now Available Online,
CCH Health/Human Resources Titles Now Available,
Closed Jan. 20th for MLK Day,
Legal Links-Jan. 2004, Jan.
2004 Cartoon...New Year's Resolutions, The
Helping Handbook for Fire Victims, Legal Affairs
Worth a Look, New Books-Jan. 2004 , Reference
Questions of the Month-Debt Collection
Februrary 2004 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Amendments to State Rules
of Court, Local Rules, Forms, EZLegalFile Now Available
on SD Superior Court's Site!, Ouch!
Local Writer Bashed North County Bar, Tax
Forms Now Available, New Books
- Feb. 2004, Closed for Lincoln's Birthday,
President's Day, Legal Links
- Presidents, Cartoon of the Month - Finding
the Perfect Mate..., Way to GO! San Diego Attorneys
and Firms Dominate Pro Bono Awards, Grant to Fund
Creation of Family Law Video, Reference Question
of the Month-Going up in Smoke
March 2004 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Court of Appeal Provides Some
Guidance on Scope of Two Year Statute of Limitations, Finding
Fugitive Laws, Memorial Fund
Set Up For Judge, Friend of North County Branch,
Closed for Repairs, New Books
- March 2004, Used Law Book Sale!,
Closed March 31 for Cesar Chavez Day,
San Diego Changes Section 8 Housing Rules, IRS Disaster
Forms, Cartoon of the Month - A Happy Marriage...,
Reference Question of the Month - Impersonating a Lawyer...
April 2004
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Topics Include: SDCPLL Named "Distinguished
Organization of the Year", Tenants Right to
Know Ordinance Adopted, Law
Day Celebration May 1st, Used Law Books-CHEAP!!
, Get a Half Price Membership
or Three Months Free!, Cartoon - "It's
a Good Thing...", Do As
I Say, Not As I Do..., New Books- April 2004,
Release the Hounds! Going After Spammers, Spring
Web Links- April 2004, Reference Question of the
Month - Finding an Attorney's Stats
May 2004
- [HTML Version]
Topics Include: 2nd Annual Witkin Lecture - "Law
in Time of War", New Workers Comp. Law Rushed
Into Effect, New Rules Help
With Unbundled Legal Services, 5th Floor Reopened!,
US Courts Library Closed Until July,
Cartoon of the Month - "Son of a CEO?",
Getting Hosed by Gas Prices? Fight Back!,
Innovative Law Library Appeals Class Manual Receives State Award, Legal
Links May 2004 - Buying Prescription Drugs Online or Across the Border,
New Books - May 2004, Reference
Question of the Month - Stealing My Mail!
June 2004
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Topics Include: Top Litigator James J. Brosnahan
to Speak On "Law in Time of War", Finally!
San Diego Superior Court Case Index Now Online, CLOSED
for 4th of July Holiday, Using Camera Phones
in the Courthouse, Milberg
Weiss Splits Up, New Books - June 2004,
Jim Crow Laws Finally Repealed,
Legal Links - June 2004, Cartoon of the Month - Techno
Budget, US Courts Library Closed Until July,
Reference Question of the Month - Protesting
July 2004
- [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Public Law Library Cuts Hours,
Books as of July 1, 2004, Baby Bonding Law Goes Info
Effect, Awesome Database Unveiled!,
New Books - July 2004, Cartoon
of the Month - "Justice", Access
to Hard-to-Find Government Agency Decisions Now Available,
July Legal Links, Reference
Question of the Month - Laughable Lawsuits
August 2004
- [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Propositions on 3 Strikes, Stem
Cell, B&P 17000 Qualify for November Ballot, Support
the Law Library - Get Tickets for Witkin Dinner,
More Weird Lawsuits and Initiative 1059,
New Books - August 2004, Library
Closed Sept. 6th - Labor Day, US Courts Library
Reopened!, New - Cartoons in
Color!, Mining for Secrets in your Word Documents,
August Legal Links - Public Record Databases, Reference
Question of the Month - Finding Out Who's In Jail, Criminal Records
September
2004 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Come to the Witkin Awards Dinner
2004, Library Closed Sept. 6th - Labor Day,
Supreme Court Roundup,
Update on Personal Injury Statute of Limitations,
September Cartoon, New
Rule of Professional Conduct Adopted, New
Books - September 2004, September Legal Links,
Reference Question of the Month - Citing Internet Sources
October 2004 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: 2004 Witkin Award Dinner A Rousing
Success, New Punitive Damages Law Goes into Immediate
Effect, Library Closed Oct.
11 - Columbus Day, New Books - October 2004,
PACER Price Change,
October Legal Links, October
Cartoon - "Tax Guru" , Library Closed
Dec. 23 - Jan 2nd, Reference Question of the Month
- Pocket Motorcycles, Free MCLE Class - Pre-Trial
Procedures, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Free
MCLE Class - Online Databases, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
November
2004 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: New Court Rules Allows Electronic
Access to High Profile Criminal Cases, San Diego
Drinking Ordinance Ruled Invalid, MCLE
Deadline Approaching, Native American Law
MCLE Seminar, November Legal
Links - Elections, November Holidays ,
Cartoon - "The Deciding Vote?",
New Books - Nov. 2004, Reference Question of the
Month - Is the 9th Circuit Heading for a Split?
December 2004 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: No More Double Dipping!,
Free Online Research MCLE Class, 1-3 p.m.,
Library Closed Dec. 23 - Jan. 2nd,
Changes in the Civil Discovery Law, Bar
Results for July 2004 Exam are Available,
A Second Free Online Research MCLE Class, 1-3 p.m.,
Happy Holidays, MCLE
Programs for January, December 2004 Legal Links -
Shopping for Lawyers, Shortcut from the Reference
Desk - How to Create the Section Symbol (?)
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2003 Archives
January 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Laws for 2003, New Changes to the Rules of the Court
as of Jan. 1, Closed Jan. 20th for MLK Day, New Arrivals!!, Free Participatory
MCLE Credits in January, January Cartoon, Jan. 2003 books - Focus on Civil Rights,
Civil Rights Links, Typewriters, Microfilm Readers Needed, Reference Question
of the Month - Stupid Awards
February 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison Dissolves, On-Line Law
School Graduates First Class, New Laws Amend Codes, Top Verdicts of 2002, Closed
for Lincoln's Birthday, Presidents' Day, Sanctions Alert-Safe Harbor Provision
Tightened, February 2003 Cartoon, New Books - Feb.2003, INS and Labor Links, New
Classes at the Law Library, Free MCLE Programs a Success!, Reference Question
of the Month - Reselling Tickets
March 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Tax Issue, James Brosnahan lecture- Save the Date!,
New Tax Laws, Tax Books and Practice Guides, IRS Details Common Tax Scams, Tax
Links, March 2003 Cartoon, Free Tax Assistance, Book by Local Attorney, Reference
Question of the Month - Questions about New Statute of Limitation (CCP 335.1),
Hail to Caesar??
April 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: James Brosnahan Lecture- Save the Date!, TV Interiew
Debut - "Law Libraries Are for Everyone", Get on the DO NOT CALL List
Now!, April 2003 Cartoon - Pass the Salt and a Pen, Pilot Project - E-Filing in
Superior Court, New Phone System, Law Day 2003, Sifting Useful Legal Info from
the Web, Military Law, New Books - April 2003, Reference Question of the Month
- Finding Free Federal Cases
May 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Witkin Lecture Speaker and Date Have Changed!, Focus
on Medical Information, New Medical Malpractice Reporting Law, New Medical Privacy
Rule, Spin Doctor??, CLOSED for Memorial Day - May 26th, Lunch with a Famous Lawyer
- Chemerinsky Replaces Brosnahan, Medical Databases, Internet Posting is Out of
Reach of CA's Long Arm Statute, In Trouble, New Books - May 2003, Law Day 2003,
Weird Names of Doctors
June 2003 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: Lunch with a Famous Lawyer - Erwin Chemerinsky, Coming
in July - MCLE Class in On-line Legal Research!, Judicial Budget Cuts Loom for
Civil and Family Courts, CLOSED for 4th of July Holiday, Latham & Watkins
Receives 2003 ABA Pro Bono Award, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich Attorney Honored,
New Cases, June 2003 - Sad by True..., New Books - June 2003, Libel Suit on the
Web have Mixed Results, Focus on Forms, Reference Question of the Month- Keeping
Abreast of Nudity Laws
July 2003
- [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Save the Date!! September 17th
is the 2003 Bernard E. Witkin, Esq., Awards Dinner, Filing
Fees May Increase Next Year, MCLE Class in On-line
Legal Research!, If You or Your Firm Has a Website,
Read This, 2002-2003 Supreme Court Opinions On-Line,
July 2003 Cartoon, Lunch with
Erwin Chemerinsky an Intellectual Feast, New Books
- July 2003, Lawyer in Dating Game Loses Job,
Nevada Resources, Legal Links
- July 2003, Work for the Law Library!, Reference
Question of the Month - Caught with our Pants Down!
August 2003
- [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Got Rats? New Law Increases Landlords'
Liability for Poor Living Conditions, RSVP Online
for the 2003 Bernard E. Witkin, Esq., Awards Dinner,
More MCLE Classes Available this Fall,
Staff Changes at the Branches, August
Cartoon, Hacking Notification Law Goes into
Effect, New Jury Instructions
Coming Sept. 1, New Books - August 2003,
Legal Links - August 2003, Librarian
Action Figure Coming Soon!, Don't Let This Man Do
Your Eulogy
September
2003 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Court Fees Go Up - WAY Up,
Still Time to Get Witkin Tickets,
Free MCLE on Child Care Sept 25th,
Law Library Closed on Labor Day, Legal
Links - Sept 2003, Transgender Housing, Employment
Discrimination Now Prohibited by Law, Sept
2003 Cartoon - Good New and Bad News..., Habeas
Codfish, New Books - Sept 2003, Denim
Day 2003, Beach Bummer - Unlicensed Keg Gets Confiscated
October
2003 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: 2003 Witkin Dinner a Success!,
Time for Membership Renewals,
Shiver me Timbers! Subpoenas for Music Pirates!,
New ABA Rule - Squealing on Financial Wrongdoing OK'd,
Article Discusses Prosecutorial Misconduct in San Diego,
Closed for Columbus Day - Oct. 13th, Oct.
Cartoon - Party Animal?, A-List Law Firms
Announced, Getting Hosed by the Triple Car Tax? Preserve
Your Right to a Refund, Legal Links - Oct. 2003,
Fines for Overdue Materials, Sign(s)
of the Times
November
2003 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Free Legal Services for Victims
of Fire, Time for Membership Renewals,
Cell Phone Number Portability - You CAN Take it With You!,
Court and Law Library Holidays in November, Amendments
to Federal Rules Effective Dec. 1, Se Habla
Espanol!, Update on the DO
NOT CALL List, Legal Links - Emergency Assistance
Agencies, New Books - Nov. 2003, The
Perfect Person for the Job..., ABC Bookstore,
Huh? Court Fee Changes Confuse Some
December
2003 - [HTML Version]
Topics Include: Free MCLE credits in January,
E-Newsletter Wins Award, Legal
Help for Cancer Victims and Survivors, Branch
News - North County Gets New Librarian, East County Gets New Staff,
Holiday Closings, Massachusetts
Court Allows Gay Marriage - Is California Next?,
New Books - Dec. 2003,
People Who Need to Get a Life, Cartoon of the Month
- No Guarantees..., Legal Links - Dec. 2003,
Reference Question of the Month - Worst Jobs?
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2002 Archives
September
2002 - [HTML Version]
Topics include: Witkin Dinner, Branch News, Legal Links You Might Not
Know About, New Books!, Reference Question of the Month
October 2002 - [HTML
Version]
Topics include: Time for Membership Renewals!, Bernard E. Witkin Fundraising
Dinner a Success!, 2002 Witkin Donors, AB2648 Defeated Thanks to Our Supporters!,
Branch News - October 2002, Focus on the Flow of Information, New Books - October
2002, Reference Question of the Month - Boxing
November 2002 - [HTML
Version]
Topics include: Watch out for Civil Procedure Changes!!, New Law Enhances
Family Care Leave Act, Time for Membership Renewals!, Cartoon of the Month - New
Feature!, Legal Links - Finding Agency Decisions, Hunting for Grants, New Books
- Nov. 2002, Reference Question of the Month - Death Penalty
December 2002 - [HTML
Version]
Topics Include: New Landlord Law, Free MCLE Credits, Holiday Schedule,
December Cartoon, Focus on the Federal Courts, Law Firm Picked as "Best to
Work For", New Books - Dec. 2002, Reference Question of the Month - Barking
Dogs
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