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Sections
Numerous specialty sections meet regularly to provide sources of networking information and education (CLE) to members.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution* — A forum for the exchange of ideas, examination of trends in the field, and professional development of members interested in alternative dispute resolution.
- Appellate Law* — Reviews procedural aspects of California appellate practice, and monitors legislative proposals and studies by committees which may affect California appellate practice.
- Business & Corporate Law* — Presentations and discussions focus on current issues in tax, labor, securities and corporate law.
- Business Litigation* — Holds meetings concerning areas of law involving business and commercial litigation.
- Commercial Law & Bankruptcy* — Presents programming in areas involving commercial transactions, particularly Uniform Commercial and Bankruptcy Codes.
- Construction Law* — Meetings address the legal aspects of engineering, architecture and the construction process.
- Corporate Counsel* — Considers issues and concerns relative to the in-house corporate attorney. (Open only to in-house corporate counsel)
- Elder Law* — Presentations focus on educating the elderly public on legal rights and accessibility to legal services.
- Environmental Law* — Provides programs geared toward the toxic and environmental concerns of government and business.
- Family Law* — Considers legislation, including procedure, support, tax considerations, community property and legal and psychological aspects of child custody.
- Financial Practice* — A forum devoted to the problems and concerns of attorneys who work for or otherwise represent financial institutions and/or providers of financial services.
- Immigration
Law* — Sponsors educational
programs geared to practitioners at varying levels of experience
and monitors and comments on federal immigration legislation.
(Attorneys Only)
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- Insurance Law* — Considers areas of interest to those attorneys representing both insurers and insured parties.
- Intellectual Property & Technology Law* — Addresses the acquisition, protection and commercial exploitation of all types of technology and bio-technology.
- International Law* — Examines issues affecting the practice of international law.
- Labor & Employment Law* — Composed of management and union lawyers, litigation specialists, and employment law attorneys who meet regularly to discuss recent developments in labor law.
- Product Liability* — Provides a forum to educate and inform members of recent developments in product liability law and related topics of interest.
- Real Estate Law* — Meetings focus on substantive law in the field of real estate and assists the OCBA in proposing legislation affecting real estate.
- Social Security* — Meetings address the substantive and procedural law of the Social Security Acts.
- Solo Practitioner/Small Firm* — Provides programs which guide attorneys regarding successful ways to operate a law practice, more efficiently and cost effectively.
- Tax Law* — Offers programs on tax-related issues and monitors legislation.
- Trusts & Estates* — Programs cover substantive and procedural law governing trustees, probate estates, guardianships, conservatorship and other related matters.
- Workers’ Compensation* — Workers’ Compensation law and related practice and procedure issues are addressed.
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For more information about OCBA Sections, contact Member Services Coordinator Stephanie Collins.
To join a section, please download the Section Application**.
*All content on Section pages is provided by Section leadership & volunteers
**This document is available in PDF 
format. Requires the free application Adobe
Reader to open and print.
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