Tuesday, December 19, 2023: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom

MEET ROSANNA XIA, author of California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline, and join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we continue our year-long exploration of environmental justice and climate related issues.  Along California’s 1,200 mile-coastline, the overheated Pacific Ocean is rising, imperiling both wildlife and the maritime towns and cities that 27 million people call home.  Xia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market pressures of development, and the ecological activism and political scrimmages that have carved our contemporary coastline and foretell even greater changes to our shores.  Xia charts how the decisions we make today will determine where we go tomorrow: headlong into natural disaster, or toward an equitable refashioning.  Join the discussion and share your thoughts!

Meet author Rosanna Xia on Zoom:

• Environmental reporter for the Los Angeles Times, where she specializes in stories about the coast and ocean
• Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for explanatory reporting
• Work anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series

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.

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 December 13, 2022: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom

Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we conclude our year-long exploration of income inequality with a discussion of The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business, by Nelson D. Schwartz.  In nearly every realm of daily life there is an invisible rope that divides how Americans live.  On one side of the rope, for a price, red tape is cut, lines are jumped, appointments are secured, and doors are opened.  On the other side, middle and working class Americans fight to find an empty seat on the plane, a place in line with their kids at an amusement park, a college acceptance letter, or a hospital bed.  Author Schwartz not only documents all the ways the business culture has learned to cater to the rich at the expense of everyone else, but also explains why it matters.

About the Author:

• Currently Managing Director of Teneo, a global CEO advisory firm
• Spent more than two decades as a leading business journalist, first at Fortune and then at The New York Times, covering economics with a special interest in issues re: inequality
• Author of The View From Behind the Velvet Rope, an occasional series in The Times on how growing disparities in wealth are leading to priority treatment of the rich
• Recipient of the 2014 Nathanial Nash Award given by The Times to the reporter who “best excels in business and economic news”

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.

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, February 28, 2023: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (PST) via Zoom

Join the LA Law Library book discussion group via Zoom as we begin our year-long exploration of environmental justice and climate related issues.  The first book of 2023, Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia, by Kris Maher, follows a determined environmental lawyer, Kevin Thompson, as he waged an epic seven year battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia’s most powerful coal company.  For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County, W. Va. didn’t look, smell or taste right. Could the water be the root of the health problems – from kidney stones to cancer – in this Appalachian community?  Working with fellow lawyers and a crew of young activists, Thompson would eventually uncover the ruthless shortcuts by Massey Energy that put the community drinking water at risk.

About the Author:

• Pittsburgh based staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 2005
• Writes about environmental issues, regional economic trends, politics and breaking news
• Reported on Flint water crisis, PFAS drinking water contamination, Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine disaster and the pandemic’s effect on families coping with remote learning

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.

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.          

Wednesday, December 7, 2022 l 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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

People in other countries sometimes have to be given notice before a legal step here can proceed, but serving legal documents on someone living in a foreign country can be complicated. This class covers the requirements of serving papers abroad using the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, also known as the Hague Service Convention, plus tips on how to find information on proper service for jurisdictions not covered by Hague.

Class covers:

• What is the Hague Service Convention?
• When does the Hague Service Convention apply?
• Procedures for service of papers outside the U.S. under the Hague Service Convention
• How to find out the proper method of service if the Hague Service Convention does not apply

Earn 1.0 hour general participatory MCLE credit: After registration, you will be provided course materials, an evaluation form and your Certificate of Attendance via email. Attendance will be verified for the State Bar based on your screen name or phone number provided.

MCLE Disclaimer:
MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity.

Presented by Austin Stoub:

Austin Stoub (https://www.lalawlibrary.org/) is a Librarian, Reference & Research, at LA Law Library. After earning a BA in Political Science from Calvin College in 2001, Austin worked in government before entering UCLA School of Information Science in 2008. He received his MLIS from UCLA in June of 2010. Since then, he has overseen collection development for multiple states, developed and taught a number of classes, and has taken a role in operations at Circulation and Copy Center.

Registration Fee: $20

Non-refundable, payment reserves spot