The following is a chronological list of activities. Hence, the most current entries are below prior entries. Be sure to scroll to the bottom for current activities.
2008
05/14/08 -- First Meeting, Open House06/12/08 -- Officers Elections.
07/10/08 -- Guest Speaker, Michelle Robins, Esq., Family Law Practitioner
09/11/08 -- Fall Recruitment Night and Mock Mediation with David I. Karp, Esq., Mediator
09/28/08 -- Visit to Valley Community Fair @ Grant High School to investigate State and City services showcased there
10/16/08 -- Guest Speaker, Seymour I. Amster, Esq., Criminal Law Practitioner
11/13/08 -- Guest Speaker, Hon. Robert J. Schuit, Supervising Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, North Valley District
12/11/08 -- Holiday Party
12/30/08 -- Courthouse Tour - Los Angeles Superior Court, Northwest District (Van Nuys).
2009
01/08/09 -- Discussion of whether to attend, and how to plan for, 2009 National Mock Trial Competition in Washington, D.C., July 22-26, 2009.02/12/09 -- Officers Elections
02/21/09 -- Ice Skating
03/12/09 -- Mock Trial ("The Case of the Sunday Skate"). To see some of the Explorers' comments about the event, click here.
04/16/09 -- Monthly meeting (postponed from 04/09/09 due to Passover) at which the Explorers will discuss ideas for a fact pattern from which an hypothetical can be drawn on which to base exercises for many steps through the litigation process from client interview to trial.
05/14/09 -- Introduction of "mock litigation" fact pattern and initial "client" interviews
05/16/09 -- SFVBA Law Day Gala Service Project
06/26/09 -- End-of-School Dinner Party
06/30/09 -- Last day to apply for WLACC Explorer Scholarship; see download page
07/06/09 -- Tour of Pepperdine Law School. A story about the visit is available here.
08/7/09 to 08/09/09 -- Campout at Camp Josepho. To read about the campout, click here.
08/25/09 -- Tour of downtown Los Angeles, including City Hall, lunch in Chinatown at Phillipe's, California Court of Appeal - Second District, Los Angeles Superior Court, and Los Angeles County Law Library.
09/10/09 -- Recruitment Night/Open House/Meeting at Lewitt Hackman
10/08/09 -- Post Meeting at Lewitt Hackman
10/22/09 -- Post Meeting at Lewitt Hackman; an article about it here.
11/03/09 -- Post Officers' Planning Meeting
11/12/09 -- Post Meeting at Lewitt Hackman with guest speaker, Cynthia L. Pacheco of MassMutual Financial Group, discussing financial literacy
11/14/09 -- Operation Gratitude Service Project, See download page for required Operation Gratitude Waiver and Release form and for Exploring permission slip.
12/02/09 -- Post Officers' Planning Meeting
12/10/09 -- Post Holiday Party/Meeting at the offices of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, 21250 Califa St., Ste. 113, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
2010
01/14/10 -- Program on Constitutional Law Cases concerning racial discrimination in light of the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. An article about it is available here.02/11/10 -- Officer Elections