Wednesday, December 18, 2019: Housing/Landlord-Tenant

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) now offers a teleconferencing center right here at the Main branch of LA Law Library, where you can speak to a lawyer live, send them documents and get answers to important questions. They offer legal advice and guidance to eligible individuals regarding housing / landlord- tenant matters and victims of domestic violence who are going through a family law proceeding. They can also provide referrals to private attorneys, other legal services, and other resources as needed.

Descriptions of family law and housing / landlord tenant matters covered provided below.

Schedule and topics covered:

Family law and housing/landlord-tenant are covered every other week based on the following schedule:

• 1st Wednesday: Housing / Landlord-Tenant
• 2nd Wednesday: Family Law for victims of Domestic Violence
• 3rd Wednesday: Housing / Landlord-Tenant
• 4th Wednesday: Family Law for victims of Domestic Violence
• 5th Wednesday: Housing / Landlord-Tenant

Housing Clinic

What LAFLA Covers:

• Landlord-tenant issues
• Lock outs
• Security deposits
• Rent control
• Problems with conditions in the unit
• Subsidized housing
• Housing discrimination, including disability access
• Eviction Notices (3-day, 30-day, 60-day, etc.) to terminate a tenancy
• Unlawful detainers-complaints and responding to a complaint that's been served
• Trial preparation
• Setting aside default judgments
• Abandoned property
• Appealing to a judgment

What LAFLA doesn't cover:

• Inheritance of property
• Mobile homes
• Homeownership
• Foreclosure, mortgages
• Commercial leases
• Estate/probate matters involving housing and other occupancy issues

Family Law for Victims of Domestic Violence

What LAFLA Covers:

• Dissolutions/Divorces
• Custody
• Support
• Paternity
• Name change
• Domestic violence and restraining orders

What LAFLA doesn't cover:

• Dependency, Foster care, Child Protective Services
• Prenuptial agreements
• Inheritance

Client Prep Sheet

• Bring all documents to refer to
• Contracts
• Court papers
• Letters
• Receipts
• Bring court case numbers, if applicable

Appointment required. Please call: 213-785-2516 or ask at the Circulation Desk of LA Law Library for assistance.

Registration fees: FREE

Classes fill up fast, register today to reserve your seat! All registrants must check-in 10 minutes prior to class time to ensure your seat is not reassigned to waiting-list and walk-in attendees when classes are full.

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 Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019: 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Join the LA Law Library book discussion group as we conclude our year of Women and the Law with the true story of Eunice Hunton Carter, the grandmother of Yale Law Professor and bestselling author, Stephen L. Carter. She was black, a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves - as unlikely a combination as one could imagine in the New York City of the 1930s. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city's underworld, she was the only member of the team who was not a white male. Without the strategy that she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful mob boss in history, would not have been convicted. Complicating her rise in the legal profession was her difficult relationship with her younger brother, Alphaeus, an avowed Communist who – together with his friend Dashiell Hammett – went to prison during the McCarthy era.

Moving, haunting, and as fast-paced as a novel, Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster, tells the true story of a woman who often found her path blocked by the social and political expectations of her time, but never accepted defeat.

Presented by: Katie O'Laughlin, Managing Librarian, LA Law Library

Registration fee: FREE
Register today to reserve your seat!

Wednesday, July 18, 2018  12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

While sexual harassment cases in the entertainment industry have been fueling headlines, sexual harassment can occur in any workplace and it is important to know your rights. Learn about employee rights and employer responsibilities from employment law experts.

Class covers:

State and federal laws that protect employees from sexual harassment at work
Identifying workplace sexual harassment
Where and how to file a claim
Time limits
Employer responsibilities

This class will also be webcast at our partnership locations: West Covina Public Library and Torrance Courthouse. For directions and information please visit the LA Law Library website.

Registration fee: FREE
Reduced-rate parking options available during registration

Presented by:

Courtney Abrams, ESQ., Law Offices of Courtney Abrams
Demery Ryan, Partner, Littler Mendelson

Courtney Abrams is a native of Los Angeles who is proud to serve the community in which she was raised. Courtney litigated for nearly ten years before starting her own practice offering estate planning services and representing individuals who have experienced unlawful employment practices.

Demery Ryan is an experienced litigator and trial attorney, defending management clients in employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims as well as wage and hour claims in state and federal courts and in arbitration.

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.

Thursday, July 25, 2019: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The two pillars of a case on appeal are the appellate records and the briefs. The record consists of the documents filed in the trial court (the “Clerk’s Transcript”), plus a record of the oral proceedings in the courtroom (the “Reporter’s Transcript” or a substitute). The briefs are written legal arguments that present a party’s position on appeal.

In this class, learn to designate an adequate record and prepare a successful brief.

Class covers:

• The purpose, content and importance of the Clerk’s and Reporter’s Transcripts  
• How to designate a record that is adequate to help the appellate court assess error
• The purpose and contents of an appellate brief
• What rules guide the appellate court’s decision about whether the trial court decision should be reversed
• The different, and equally essential roles of the factual history and the legal arguments in a brief
• Format, filing and service requirements
• Deadlines and time limits

Presented by: Tyna Orren, Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, Orren & Orren

Registration fee: FREE
Reduced-rate parking options available during registration

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.