Tuesday, March 21, 2017
10:30 a.m. — 2:30 p.m.

Unfortunately, many caregivers lack representation and are unable to obtain the legal guardianship necessary to adequately provide for children in their care so they can make decisions about their education, medical needs and living arrangements. Do you need help establishing a legal guardianship so that you can ensure that the basic needs of a child in your care are met? At this clinic, low income, unrepresented persons seeking to establish probate guardianships for minors whose parents can’t or won’t care for them will be assisted by pro bono attorneys in completing the necessary court forms.

Same day, in person registration required. Registration begins at 9:30am in Room 230 of the Los Angeles Superior Court, 111 North Hill Street. No telephone or online registration available.

It is not necessary to bring children to the clinic.

Once registered, eligible caregivers will be assigned to a volunteer attorney to meet with them and help them fill out the necessary on-line court forms to be appointed as guardians over the youth.

Presented by:
Public Counsel

Photography / Videography:
If you register for this class, you may be photographed or recorded. By registering for this class you are giving the LA Law Library your consent to photograph, videotape, record and broadcast your picture, likeness, voice and statements.  

No 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, March 21, 2017
10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.

Unfortunately, many caregivers lack representation and are unable to obtain the legal guardianship necessary to adequately provide for children in their care so they can make decisions about their education, medical needs and living arrangements.

If a legal guardianship is not established, these children are at significant risk of becoming part of the foster care system because there may be no other way to ensure that their basic needs are met.

Would you like to be part of the solution? This class will teach you how to help establish probate guardianships for minors whose parents can’t or won’t care for them and how to participate as a volunteer in a pro bono clinic helping complete the necessary court forms.

Presented by:

• Ylianna Perez-Guerrero, Supervising Staff Attorney, Public Counsel
• Kristie A. Lutz, Attorney, Guardianship Clinic, Public Counsel

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.

Photography / Videography:
If you register for this class, you may be photographed or recorded. By registering for this class you are giving the LA Law Library your consent to photograph, videotape, record and broadcast your picture, likeness, voice and statements.  

No 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 July 24, 2018   6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Meet the author and join the discussion as LA Law Library continues to explore the rich background and history of the City of Los Angeles when we discuss The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer, by Geoffrey Cowan. Darrow is remembered as the man who defended the right of John Thomas Scopes to teach Darwin's theory of evolution, and as a champion of labor and the poor, but less is known or remembered of the 1912 trial against Darrow for alleged jury tampering. On October 1, 1910, a time of industrial strife and union unrest, the Los Angeles Times building was blown up by dynamite, starting a fire which killed 21 newspaper employees and injured 100. It was termed "the crime of the century". Darrow represented the labor leader and his brother who were accused of the bombing. Many were shocked when the brothers plead guilty. Darrow was later charged with attempting to bribe a juror and was himself represented by Earl Rogers, allegedly the most brilliant criminal lawyer in Los Angeles at that time. The author reconstructs the bribery trial that almost put Darrow behind bars. The retelling of this piece of history is filled with colorful anecdotes, historical figures and insights into Darrow and the tumultuous time in which he lived.

About the author:

• University Professor, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, and Director USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy at USC
• First director of UCLA's Communications Law Program; spent more than 20 years teaching law to undergraduates in UCLA's Communication Studies Program
• Co-founder of the Center for Law & Social Policy, the first public interest law firm in the U.S.
• Lawyer, academic administrator, government official, bestselling author, distinguished professor, non-profit executive and Emmy Award winning producer

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.

This book is out-of-print. Copies are available at the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles County Library, used bookstores and your favorite online used bookseller.

No 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, July 25, 2017
6:30 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.

Read the book that inspired the award winning musical and join the discussion of Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. This landmark biography recounts Hamilton’s turbulent life as an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who took America by storm, rising to become George Washington’s aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, co-authoring the Federalist papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Chernow also tells the story of Hamilton’s wife, Eliza, a remarkable woman who lived to the age of 97. As a young wife, she endured with dignity the controversy over Hamilton’s affair with Maria Reynolds, the first political sex scandal in American history. The book also includes a vivid account of Hamilton’s famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.

Author Awards:

• • 1990 – National Book Award Nonfiction (The House of Morgan)
• • 1998 – National Book Critics Circle finalist, biography (Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller)
• • 2004 – George Washington Book Prize and National Book Critics Circle finalist, biography (Alexander Hamilton)
• • 2011 – Pulitzer Prize for Biography and American History Book Prize (Washington: A Life)
• • 2013 – BIO Award from Biographers International Organization for advancing the art and craft of biography
• • 2015 – National Humanities Medal

Presented by:
Katie O’Laughlin, Librarian, Reference & Research, LA Law Library

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.

Photography / Videography:
If you register for this class, you may be photographed or recorded. By registering for this class you are giving the LA Law Library your consent to photograph, videotape, record and broadcast your picture, likeness, voice and statements.  

No 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.