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Finders of Personal Property

This lesson covers the law governing the rights of finders of personal property which is generally covered near the beginning of a Property course in law school. It addresses the possibility that the personal property might be lost, mislaid or abandoned because the true owner is unknown.

CALI Welcomes Our Newest CALI Author - Professor Steven Berenson at Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Professor Berenson teaches courses relating to legal ethics, family law, and directs the Thomas Jefferson Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic. He is the author of two family law course books, and numerous articles on subjects including access to justice, clinical legal education, veterans’ legal issues, and government lawyer ethics. He serves as a Judge Pro Tem on the San Diego Superior Court, hearing cases in the Small Claims and Traffic Court Divisions. He also serves as an arbitrator with the California and San Diego County Bar Associations’ Mandatory Fee Arbitration programs. Prior to entering academia, he served as an Assistant Massachusetts Attorney General.     

Judicial Ethics and Conduct

Judicial Ethics and Conduct provides materials that can be used in conjunction with a stand-alone one or two unit course on judicial ethics, or can be used in whole or in part to provide the basis for a sub-unit on judicial ethics within a standard course on legal ethics or lawyer professional responsibility. A heavy emphasis is placed upon the American Bar Association’s Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The scope of coverage is designed to parallel that of the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), as it pertains to judicial ethics.

Save the Date! CALIcon19 - the 29th Annual Conference for Law School Computing®

The CALIcon Conference is one of the longest-running legal education conferences in the United States. The conference brings together law school faculty, librarians, IT professionals, and administrators to share ideas, innovations, experiences and best practices in legal education/technology that you can use at your law school. It is eclectic, engaging, fun and well-catered.  Don't miss out on this opportunity!  

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