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Mission Statement
To involve, encourage, and support bar association members, to serve as a liaison to the Marin County courts, and to educate the community and enhance access to legal services.
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About
Mission Statement
To involve, encourage, and support bar association members, to serve as a liaison to the Marin County courts, and to educate the community and enhance access to legal services.
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Join a committee, chair a section, serve on Board of Directors, and more
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Legal Aid of Marin, Lawyers in the Library, Settlement Conference Mediators, Fee Arbitrators, and more
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Provides funds to financially disadvantaged law students pursuing a law degree
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Membership in MCBA demonstrates your support for the core values of our legal system—equal justice for all through equal access to an independent judicial system. MCBA involves, encourages, and supports bar association members, serves as a liaison to the Marin County courts, educates the community, and enhances access to legal services.
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12th Annual MCLE Fair
Thu | Nov 14, 2019
Lunch Buffet
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State Bar Assistance Program, Attorney self-assessment, The Other Bar, AA, NA
- Arbitration and Mediation
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- Fee Arbitration
- Partner Legal Organizations
State Bar of California, ALMA, MCWL, Legal Aid of Marin
Pro Bono Opportunities for Lawyers
- Volunteer for Lawyers in the Library
Volunteer for the Lawyers in the Library program
- Other Pro Bono Opportunities
Legal Aid of Marin, Settlement Conference Mediators, Fee Arbitrators, and more
Community Resources
Need a lawyer?
- Lawyer Referral Service
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Free 20 minute consultations to the public
Are you having a fee dispute with a lawyer?
- Community Legal Assistance
Services for those with limited financial resources
- Arbitration and Mediation
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YWCA Youth Court, Community Court, Mock Trial, Teens and the Law
- MCBA Legal Education Scholarship
Provides funds to financially disadvantaged law students
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Pro Bono Opportunities
- Lawyers in the Library
Volunteer for the Lawyers in the Library program
- Other Pro Bono Opportunities
Legal Aid of Marin, Settlement Conference Mediators, Fee Arbitrators, and more
Get Involved
- Volunteer with MCBA
Join a committee, chair a section, serve on Board of Directors, and more
- MCBA Legal Education Scholarship
Provides funds to financially disadvantaged law students pursuing a law degree
- Lawyers in the Library
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To involve, encourage and support Bar Association members, to serve as a liaison to the Marin County courts, and to educate the community and enhance access to legal services.
Tue | Nov 12
Tue
Nov 12
12-1P
Section Meeting
Brown Bag Lunch
1.0 CLE | General
Editor's Introduction
Internment, Forgiveness, and Mediation, Not All at Once
Oct 04, 2019
By Robert Rosborough
Learn about the legal and personal history of Japanese American internment, the role of forgiveness in ADR, and what makes for a good mediator and mediation.
President's Message
Been Through the Fire Before
Oct 03, 2019
By Charles Dresow
Our Constitution is an aspirational document, seeking to protect ideals of our human rights and liberties. As the political dialogue of our country devolves into name calling and disorder, our Constitution provides not only guidance but something more important: Hope.
What Forgiveness Offers Plaintiffs in ADR
Oct 02, 2019
By Eileen Barker & Barbara Monty
Any discussion of forgiveness must start with at least a brief summary of what we are talking about when using the term “forgiveness.”
All I Really Need to Know About Mediation I Learned in Kindergarten
Oct 02, 2019
By Gordon D. McAuley, Esq.
Robert Fulghum’s poem, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” reminds us of the guidelines for living a good life in our global schoolhouse filled with other classmates. Arguments sometimes result from forgetting these guidelines.
The Korematsu Case: Supreme Injustice for 40 Years
Oct 02, 2019
By Stan Yogi
In 2017, Stan Yogi, a former staff member of the ACLU of Northern California, wrote the article that follows, which we reprint in a slightly shorter version in anticipation of MCBA’s annual MCLE Fair on November 14th. Dale Minami, one of Fred Korematsu’s lawyers who successfully overturned Korematsu’s WWII conviction decades later, is the keynote speaker at the Fair’s lunch.
Director Profile
Kelley Reid
Oct 01, 2019
By The Marin Lawyer
The Marin Lawyer recently sat down with MCBA Director Kelley Reid, Partner in the San Rafael office of Borton Petrini, LLP.
Membership
Members who make time to meet with their colleagues at MCBA events gain value from local connections and stay current with updates in the courts. Marin Superior Court Judges often comment that the most skilled lawyers are usually active MCBA members.
Sections
MCBA offers Sections in 12 legal practice areas. Each Section provides continuing legal education (CLE) and offers networking opportunities tailored to its members.
Community
MCBA provides resource listings for community services including low cost legal services, attorney referral services, partnerships with community legal organizations, and mediation services.
Directory
Browse our member directory for member listings in numerous legal practice areas.
