Law School Stuff

One of the things we to when briefing cases is the procedural history of the case. While every state has its own court hierarchy, most follow a structure similar to the federal government (i.e. trial -> appellate -> supreme). On the other hand, some are quite different.

While you'll be exposed to federal cases and cases from every state, a majority of cases you'll encounter will be from California and New York. Given the populations of those two states, it makes sense that there's a great deal of litigation coming from them.

California courts follow a structure very similar to that of the federal government.

New York (NY) Courts have a very different structure.

You can follow the link below to see how NY criminal courts are structured. It's not relevant here because we're concerned with contract law. At any rate, this should help if you're confused by the NY court structure.

References

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure

https://www.courts.ca.gov/2113.htm

Sample Demand for Cure or Correction; Alleged Violation of Brown Act

Attorney Referrals (*)

Now that I'm licensed, I get even more people asking for referals. I'm going to keep adding to this list, both so that I can refer people to it, and I can use it myself. These are all people that I know, many of them were my law school instructors, fellow students, or fellow faculty members. Under that is a list of Los Angeles legal organizations for people with limited resources.

Worker's Compensation

Gabriel Martinez at

(323) 722-8490

Education and Disablities

Law Offices of Hirji & Chau, LLP

http://lawyer4children.com

Disclosure: I am an associate attorney at Law Offices of Hirji & Chau, LLP

Law Office of Gloria Perez-Stewart

https://www.gpslawoffice.com

Family Law

Alana Chazan at

www.acfamilylaw.com

Employment Law

Ira Spiro at

http://www.spirolawcorp.com/ira-spiro/

Sherri Nazarian at

https://www.sherrinazarianlaw.com

Amir Mostafavi at

http://mostafavilaw.com/practice-areas/california-statutes/

Mixed Practice

Matthew Strugar at

http://www.matthewstrugar.com

R. Chris Lim at

http://www.losfelizlaw.com

Criminal Law

Tarek Shawky at

http://www.shawkylaw.com/defenseattorneytarekshakwy/

Probate

Linda Paquette

http://lindaelianapaquette.com/contact/

Law Office of Gloria Perez-Stewart

https://www.gpslawoffice.com

Immigration

Laura E. Urias

https://www.uriasimmigration.com

Naomi Cruz

https://www.facebook.com/CruzVillatoroLaw/

Tenant's Rights

Magda Madrigal

https://www.bettzedek.org

Elena Popp

http://www.evictiondefensenetwork.org

NLG Referral Directory

National Lawyers Guild

https://www.nlg.org/referral-directory/

Free and Low-Cost Legal Help

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

https://lafla.org

(800) 399-4529

Public Counsel

http://www.publiccounsel.org

(213) 385-2977

Bet Tzedek

https://www.bettzedek.org

(323) 939-0506

Free and Low-Cost Legal Help

https://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-lowcosthelp.htm

Pro Bono Net

https://www.californiaprobono.org/socal/

Immigration Organizations with Legal Services

CHIRLA

https://www.chirla.org

CARECEN

I assigned two past CalBar Essay questions in class to practice writing the Statute of Frauds defense. Here here the links to the selected answers for the questions:

February 2005 Q2 (CBX)