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title: Advocate Magazine
description: "Advocate is the largest magazine in the United States for plaintiffs' trial attorneys. Advocate is owned by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and published for the benefit of plaintiffs' trial attorneys in Southern California."
---

[![Show and tell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/tallieu-istock-159348241_2d2ee24b373765cc38e1f55ca5e24ad6.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april/show-and-tell "Show and tell")

## [Show and tell](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april/show-and-tell "Show and tell")

A practical analysis of the new mandatory disclosure rule

[Olivier Taillieu](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivier-taillieu "Olivier Taillieu")

From Issue: [2024 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april)

[![Do women judges judge differently?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Lyons_istock-137349734_f524bfdf59c039d18506aad0dd0677c6.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/do-women-judges-judge-differently "Do women judges judge differently?")

## [Do women judges judge differently?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/do-women-judges-judge-differently "Do women judges judge differently?")

What the studies tell us may surprise you

[Dalila Corral Lyons](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dalila-corral-lyons "Dalila Corral Lyons")

From Issue: [2024 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march)

[![Perspectives on a woman’s road to partnership](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Contreras_istock-1352579094_2b5843c77dbecacdba2912a91482337b.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/perspectives-on-a-woman-s-road-to-partnership "Perspectives on a woman’s road to partnership")

## [Perspectives on a woman’s road to partnership](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/perspectives-on-a-woman-s-road-to-partnership "Perspectives on a woman’s road to partnership")

“Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn’t be that women are the exception.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[Erika Contreras](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/erika-contreras "Erika Contreras")
[Jessie Kohler](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jessie-kohler "Jessie Kohler")

From Issue: [2024 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march)

[![Compelling discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Goldstein-istock-640207272_f449a93248351441c5384efd61df31e3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april/compelling-discovery "Compelling discovery")

## [Compelling discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april/compelling-discovery "Compelling discovery")

You must be fully prepared to bring a motion when meet-and-confer efforts are unfruitful

[Assal Badrkhani](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/assal-badrkhani "Assal Badrkhani")
[Jamie Goldstein](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jamie-goldstein "Jamie Goldstein")

From Issue: [2024 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-april)

[![Victims of sexual violence can use the law to take back their power](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Ostavar_istock-638520482_52b9c170922cd1e7be57d8c6c39a3738.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/victims-of-sexual-violence-can-use-the-law-to-take-back-their-power "Victims of sexual violence can use the law to take back their power")

## [Victims of sexual violence can use the law to take back their power](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march/victims-of-sexual-violence-can-use-the-law-to-take-back-their-power "Victims of sexual violence can use the law to take back their power")

How plaintiffs can best use the law to bring suit while at the same time protecting their privacy during litigation

[Afnan Shukry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/afnan-shukry "Afnan Shukry")
[Sonya Ostovar](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sonya-ostovar "Sonya Ostovar")

From Issue: [2024 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-march)

[![It takes a village](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Court-istock-176476955_9f1875a001465a36096503226d22fef2.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/it-takes-a-village "It takes a village")

## [It takes a village](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/it-takes-a-village "It takes a village")

The coda to the personal injury hub and a look at proactive case management

[Michelle Williams Court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-williams-court "Michelle Williams Court")

From Issue: [2024 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february)