Thursday, August 1, 2024: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 3, 2024: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 5, 2024: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

--- CLASSES WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM. ZOOM INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTRANTS PRIOR TO CLASS START TIME ---

Join a live question and answer session with an experienced employment law and unpaid wages attorney. Learn about employment law and the law of unpaid wages from the perspective of an employee and/or small employer, with questions answered by an attorney experienced in handling all types of employment law cases.

Ask your questions about:

• Types of workplace discrimination
• Filing Claims
• Time Limits
• The law of minimum wage and overtime
• Employees’ rights to meal and rest periods
• Federal fraud
• Whistleblower retaliation
• Qui tam lawsuits

Although you can listen to the class from various kinds of devices, you will need video to view the speaker(s) and any presentation materials, and will need to connect through Zoom to be able to participate in the written Q&A or chat features.

Presented in partnership with the L.A. Incubator Consortium

(Los Angeles Attorney Incubator Consortium (laincubatorconsortium.com)

Registration fee: FREE

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice: LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney

Class recorded February 29, 2024 

The process of discovery in a civil lawsuit allows a party to obtain information and documents relevant to the suit. This helps the parties know ahead of time what evidence might be presented at trial, or to resolve the case prior to trial. This class explores when and how to use two different tools for getting a party to a lawsuit to answer questions in writing – interrogatories and requests for admission (“RFAs”) – in California state court civil cases.   

Class covers:

• The purpose of interrogatories (questions to another party regarding contentions, facts, witnesses and documents in the case)
• The purpose of requests for admissions (RFAs – statements another party must deny or admit)
• Common uses for these discovery tools
• How to use official “form" interrogatories and requests for admission
• When to bring motions to compel responses
• How to respond to these discovery requests, including how to make appropriate objections

Presented by:

Ryan Metheny, Director, Reference & Collections, LA Law Library (https://www.lalawlibrary.org/) 

Registration Fee: FREE

Course Materials: If you would like to receive a copy of the course materials for any of the classes, including any PowerPoint used, please register at the Register Now! button for the class, provided below.

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice.  LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service.  The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons.  For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Class recorded March 14, 2024

A leading industry expert will address emergent issues with Artificial Intelligence and the law. Considered from the dual perspectives of users and co-creators, discussion will address the benefits and risks presently posed by Artificial Intelligence in legal application, from generating AI prompts to evaluating AI’s output, especially in regards to interpretative issues that may challenge AI. Attend this program to reflect on the issues at stake for legal practitioners and the implications for access to justice; to understand the practical implications of AI use in legal services delivery; and to consider how ethics issues might arise when using AI to assist in court procedures.

Earn 1.0 hour Technology in the Practice of Law MCLE credit: After registration, a staff member will email you the course materials, an evaluation form, and your Certificate of Attendance (usually the next business day). Register first, then watch the recording to the end and answer the questions provided in the popup to verify your attendance.

Presented by: Zoe Dolan, Supervising Staff Attorney, Public Counsel (https://publiccounsel.org/)

Registration Fee: Registration for this public interest MCLE is FREE through the generosity of the Estate of Joan Lavine.

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice.  LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service.  The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons.  For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Please join the LA Law Library book discussion group as we continue our exploration of labor and employment related issues.  The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor & Immigrant Dreams in America, by Saket Soni recounts the civil rights crusade of 500 workers from India who were recruited in the mid-2000s to work for Signal International, an American oil rig builder, under the false promise of a green card.  Upon arrival, the men were kept in semi-captivity in an unscrupulous bid to save money.  The book documents Soni’s uphill battle to free the Indian workers and put them on a path to apply for the green cards they were promised.  This is the gripping story of one of the largest human trafficking cases in modern American history and the workers’ heroic journey for justice.

About the author:

• Recognized as a national expert on post-disaster economies, immigrant rights and the future of work
• Founder and director of Resilience Force, a national initiative to transform America’s response to natural disasters by strengthening and securing America’s resilience workforce
• Co-founded New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice (2006)
• Founded the National Guestworker Alliance (2011)
• Began career as a community organizer in Chicago at the Coalition of African, Asian, European, and Latino Immigrants of Illinois

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE.  This discussion will be hosted via Zoom.  Zoom information and link will be emailed to registrants prior to discussion.