Looking forward to serving you in 2017!

Echeverria honored to serve as your new CAALA President

Ricardo Echeverria

From Issue: 2017 January

Litigating jail-death cases under the Fourteenth Amendment

The three fact patterns that account for the overwhelming share of jail deaths: suicides, inmate-on-inmate violence, and medical failures

Denisse O. Gastélum

From Issue: 2026 June

LA Superior and CAALA take positive steps owing to the pandemic

A terrible, tragic year has led to some important advances

Genie Harrison

From Issue: 2021 June

Intersection of employment law and immigration

California employment protections are for all workers – exploitation comes in many forms

Lorena Vazquez

From Issue: 2026 June

If the cause is just, I’m all in

I’m a civil rights attorney. I don’t do PI cases

Genie Harrison

From Issue: 2021 January

How does your garden grow?

Gardens and law firms take measured work to produce a harvest

Martin I. Aarons

From Issue: 2025 April

Looking back on the challenges and successes of 2025

It’s been an honor to serve you

Martin I. Aarons

From Issue: 2025 December

Legal advocacy in a detain-till-deportation pipeline

Immigration policy, enforcement and deportations  

Cynthia Santiago
Zulma Muñoz-Ryan

From Issue: 2026 June

June 26: The day we show our strength against Uber

Join the most sophisticated, survivor centered effort our side has ever run

Elizabeth A. Hernandez

From Issue: 2026 June

In the good old summertime

Some thoughts as to the interaction between our profession and our real lives

Shawn McCann

From Issue: 2019 August

How to leverage amicus curiae briefs in your cases

(And how to return the favor as amicus for others)

Ben Siminou

From Issue: 2026 January

How did you learn the rules of evidence?

Where did I learn the rules of evidence? Not in law school

Ibiere N. Seck

From Issue: 2024 April