The Alumni Association, in collaboration with the USD Paralegal Program, offers continuing education seminars, workshops, and courses that members may take at discounted prices. We are pleased to have approval from the State Bar of California to offer MCLE (Mandatory Continuing Legal Education)* credit at many of our seminars.
Section 6450 (d) of the Business and Professional Code that pertains to the continuing education requirements for paralegals requires that paralegals have four (4) hours of mandatory continuing legal education in legal ethics every two years and four (4) hours of mandatory continuing legal education in general law or an area of specialized law every two years.
Detailed information is available by reading Section 6450-6456 of the California Business and Professions Code.
The next Continuing Legal Education offerings will be:
MCLE - Voir DireWednesday, June 19, 2013
1 MCLE Credit
Course Information:
Making smart choices during the jury selection process is one of the most important aspects of the jury trial. Asking the right questions and having real conversations with prospective jurors allows the trial lawyer to determine who is good for his/her case, and who might not be. The paralegal may play a crucial role in the process as well. As jury selection becomes more and more complicated, much like the people who make up the jury panels, the paralegal may become an important partner to the attorney in the process. This hour-long seminar explores how a trial attorney conducts Voir Dire, why it is done a certain way, and what the paralegal can do to
assist in the process.
Speaker:
Kenneth N. Greenfield has been a trial attorney in the San Diego area for over 30 years. He has tried more than 35 cases in both State and Federal Courts in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside. His practice has focused on civil litigation in the areas of Insurance Bad Faith, business, and personal injury matters. He is a member of the California State Bar, the San Diego County Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is past president of the San Diego Defense Lawyers Association. The Law Offices of Kenneth N. Greenfield has been in business since 1988 and is comprised of a small, specialized litigation staff. Mr. Greenfield has given numerous seminars over the past 25 years touching on topics relating to trial practice.
"The Ethics class taught by David McGowan, J.D. was well worth spending two hours on a Saturday morning..."
