An alternative to jail offers a 2nd chance at a new life For four members of the 321 Club, their court appearance meant it was time to confess. And coming clean could mean a return trip to jail. Required to abstain from drugs and alcohol as a condition of criminal probation, the four had relapsed during the previous month. One drank an airline-provided miniature bottle of wine, another took four codeines instead of the prescribed one, a third ate speed. The last sobbed that she had entered a detox program. Each asked to remain in the club. Their stories were greeted with a mix of reprimands and sympathy by the 65 other club members, who granted all four a reprieve. "I had to come in here and tell on myself because I can't live a lie," Nicole Casey told the court. "This program . . . saved my butt." Continued ...

UPDATE FOUR JUSTICE-RELATED MEASURES ON NOVEMBER BALLOT The shareholder lawsuit measure has caught the attention of both presidential candidates, who oppose it

Home to several bar presidents and a governor
Morris Dees to speak at bar meeting
'Steps' to perform at bar's Annual Meeting

JNE panel to hold public hearing in Long Beach
Leak on justice remains a mystery

• ASK THE PRESIDENT - Taking steps to crack down on UPL

• LEGAL TECH
  There's hope for memory yet
  On converting documents
  

• MCLE
  MCLE Calendar
  MCLE Self-Study
  MCLE Self-Study Test
  

• NEW PRODUCTS - From storage to political races

• OPINION
  Barracudas are on the trail again
  Michigan buoyed by California vote
  Davis jurors redeem battered jury system
  Letters to the editor
  A few cartoons (images - 93k total)

• TRIALS DIGEST

• YOU NEED TO KNOW

Long Beach hosts Annual Meeting
By Kathleen O. Beitiks Staff Writer Like most southern California communities, Long Beach was a peaceful, pastoral place in its early days, inhabited by the Gabrieleno Indians and divided into several Spanish land grants in the late 1700s.	That bucolic existence is long gone, however, with more than 200 years of development giving Long Beach today the distinction of being the second largest city in Los Angeles County. Continued ...

An alternative to jail offers a 2nd chance at a new life For four members of the 321 Club, their court appearance meant it was time to confess. And coming clean could mean a return trip to jail. Required to abstain from drugs and alcohol as a condition of criminal probation, the four had relapsed during the previous month. One drank an airline-provided miniature bottle of wine, another took four codeines instead of the prescribed one, a third ate speed. The last sobbed that she had entered a detox program. Each asked to remain in the club. Their stories were greeted with a mix of reprimands and sympathy by the 65 other club members, who granted all four a reprieve. "I had to come in here and tell on myself because I can't live a lie," Nicole Casey told the court. "This program . . . saved my butt." Continued ...

UPDATE FOUR JUSTICE-RELATED MEASURES ON NOVEMBER BALLOT The shareholder lawsuit measure has caught the attention of both presidential candidates, who oppose it

Home to several bar presidents and a governor
Morris Dees to speak at bar meeting
'Steps' to perform at bar's Annual Meeting

JNE panel to hold public hearing in Long Beach
Leak on justice remains a mystery

• ASK THE PRESIDENT - Taking steps to crack down on UPL

• LEGAL TECH
  There's hope for memory yet
  On converting documents
  

• MCLE
  MCLE Calendar
  MCLE Self-Study
  MCLE Self-Study Test
  

• NEW PRODUCTS - From storage to political races

• OPINION
  Barracudas are on the trail again
  Michigan buoyed by California vote
  Davis jurors redeem battered jury system
  Letters to the editor
  A few cartoons (images - 93k total)

• TRIALS DIGEST

• YOU NEED TO KNOW

Long Beach hosts Annual Meeting
By Kathleen O. Beitiks Staff Writer Like most southern California communities, Long Beach was a peaceful, pastoral place in its early days, inhabited by the Gabrieleno Indians and divided into several Spanish land grants in the late 1700s.	That bucolic existence is long gone, however, with more than 200 years of development giving Long Beach today the distinction of being the second largest city in Los Angeles County. Continued ...