MCLE 2-Day Conference - September 11-12, 2026 (Friday, September 11, 2026)

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT

SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2025

TIMBERCREEK BALLROOM, SUN CITY ROSEVILLE

The PCBA's Annual 2-day MCLE Conference is will be held at Timbercreek Ballroom, Roseville.

As with previous years, you will have the option of receiving material in the form of a book, or you can download an electronic version approximately a week prior to the conference. Please choose either to receive a pdf or the booklet. Due to the increased costs of printing, hardbound book cost will be $40.00. When registering, please be sure to select your breakout session choices. Your decision helps us to ensure the appropriate size room and comfort for the number of attending each session.

Also when registering, you will have the option of any dietary needs, such as gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian. A breakfast buffet of fruit, eggs, bacon, potatoes and breakfast breads will be available on both Friday and Saturday so be sure to get there early, register and enjoy some breakfast and networking with colleagues before a day of education. Lunch will be provided on both days, so be sure to check the box if you plan to attend lunch. Instead of eating and listening to a presentation at lunch, Friday lunch will provide time to eat and network with your colleagues.

Schedule

See the below schedule. Learn how to recover and safe forensic information from cellphones (Don Vilfer), new laws if you are an employer or employee (Katie Collins), and Ethics and Civility Intersection: Two Sides of the Same Coin with retired Judge Barbara Kronlund. Friday afternoon will have breakout sessions - Forensic CPA in the Litigation Process (Craig Connerty, CPA), Don't Get Slapped - Anti-Slapp Actions in Family Law Cases (Brendon Begley), Human Trafficking (Jason Collins) and Prop 19 and Estate Planning (Tasha Jahn). Before the afternoon ends and Happy Hour begins, Associate Justice Shama Mesiwala will present Ladies Justice for Implicit Bias credit.

Our three plenary sessions on Saturday include Jury Selection, CCP 231.7 and Practice Tips (Danny Jensen), Winning with Empathy and Mindfulness (Carol Bauss-competency credit/wellness) and AI and Legal Ethics: AI in the Courts with the Hon. Magistrate Chi Soo Kim. Breakout sessions include: Civil: Morning session TBA, and 10 Rules on Contractual; Attorney Fees presented by Mark Ellis; cross-over family and probate/estate planning, Until Death Do Us Part (Robin Klomparens) and a round-table discussion with Kenny Pierce; Probate and Estate Planning will also have Jim Flippi discussing caselaw updates. The Hon. Richard Couzens will present his criminal law updates and Presiding Judge and Assistant Presiding Judges Penney and Gazzaniga, respectively, will be discussing criminal trials.

PDF of Schedule of Events and Speaker Information

Breakfast and lunch are included both days.

MCLE credit hours are a total of 11 hours. Of those hours, we are offering 2.0 hours in Ethics, 1.0 in Implicit Bias, 1.0 hours credit in competency/mindfulness, and 1.0 hours credit in technology. All of the estate planning sessions will qualify for specialty credit.

Back by Popular Demand - Be sure to check the box when you register if you plan to stick around after Friday's program to attend the Conference Reception from 4:45pm-6:00pm.

Sponsorship Opportunities for attorneys and law firms. You can sponsor one of the events, co-sponsor an event or donate to the Tim Coffin Scholarship Fund. For more information, please go to Sponsorship Opportunities and make your purchase.

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Bench Conduct and Demeanor Training-9/30/26 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT

If you are, or wish to become, a pro tem judge in the areas of small claims, settlement conferences, family law and other areas at the discretion of the court, this training is required. You must renew your Certificate once every three years. For more information on this program please see this PAGE or go to https://www.placer.courts.ca.gov/general-information/attorneys-corner for more information and the application (scroll towards the bottom).

The 3-hour Bench Conduct and Demeanor Training will be held at the Gibson Courthouse, beginning at 1:00pm on September 30 in Dept. 43. This training session will give you the requisite 3 hours required every 3 years in order to keep current. Our presenters for this training will be the Hon. Suzanne Gazzaniga, Hon. Trisha Hirashima, Hon. Raymonn DeJesus and Hon. Glenn Holley.

Space is limited. Please register your seat online. You must register no later than September 28 at which time registration will close, or will close when maximum number of registrants has been reached. If you register and thereafter determine you cannot make the training, please email Nancy at placerbar.org@gmail.com to cancel so someone on the waitlist can take your seat.

Placer County Bar Association upcoming events

MCLE 2-Day Conference - September 11-12, 2026 (Friday, September 11, 2026)

Bench Conduct and Demeanor Training-9/30/26 (Wednesday, September 30, 2026)