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Articles in this issue:

Your voice is needed now, more than ever

Our practices and our clients’ rights are under attack in both Sacramento and Los Angeles


Elevating each other

Women in law making change


Why Women’s History Month matters to CAALA

It is a commitment from all of us – women and men alike – to build a profession where every lawyer has the opportunity to succeed



An existential threat to victims’ rights in California

The latest on CAOC’s fight against the Uber initiative to limit victim’s recoverable medical damages and cap contingency fees to limit their access to PI attorneys


Appellate Reports

How Berk v. Choy validates 25 years of Ninth Circuit dissents



Open the garden gates

Making the case for LA courts to accept e-filing of open-source document formats – ending the tyranny of Microsoft Word


How to double your future economic damages in medical-malpractice cases

Periodic payments can be your friend, as can wage growth and medical cost inflation


When the hostile workplace is your home office

Remote colleagues lack a personal connection to each other that makes them more willing to engage in harmful behavior, often evidenced in electronic communications


The invisible burden

Balancing the scales of justice and well-being through the understanding and healing of vicarious and secondary trauma in attorneys


Trial: It can be more than a monetary decision

Reclaiming our right to define the role of the plaintiff’s attorney


Applying theories of (jury) psychology to promote trial-lawyer wellness

Musings on how voir dire concepts of story telling, confirmation bias and belief persistence can fit into our own wellness


Jury selection and the feminine advantage

Learn how to use all the advantages in voir dire that come your way as a woman  


Understanding and handling long-term disability liens

LTD insurers’ liens against third-party recoveries most often result from “other income” provisions in the insurance policies


The hidden cost of excellence

Burnout and building a sustainable life as a woman in the law 



Building a life and a practice

A career in the law does not have to follow a prescribed path 


More than a case

Trauma-informed advocacy for attorneys representing brain-injured clients