President’s Address. April 5, 2015 PAABA 2.0 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi A new day is upon us and, like the tech industries that fuel this Valley, the legal profession is well into its next iteration. Using online form fillers is no Read more about PAABA President’s Address – Spring 2015[…]
As inconveniences go, my car battery giving out was a relatively minor one. Not only was I in the habit of carrying around jumper cables but at the time, I was parked near the library and a police station. I had donated books for the children and hand delivered cookies to hungry cops so help Read more about PAABA President’s Address – November 2012[…]
This holiday season, PAABA members disperse into the four corners of the world and the by-product, for a while anyway, is frayed family nerves from your failing to put phones/lap tops/tablets aka “that thing” down for one moment. Unbeknownst to them, you reduced technology use by fifty percent the moment you disembarked. Proof: As they Read more about PAABA President’s Address – December 2011[…]
The Palo Alto Area Bar Association (PAABA) holds service to the community as a core value. In this spirit, PAABA held a book drive to benefit the San Mateo County Law Library in Redwood City. The Law Library provides FREE access for all to legal information and resources, including treatises, law reviews, and legal reference Read more about PAABA Book Drive for San Mateo County Law Library a Success[…]
The Palo Alto Area Bar Association developed out of a need for community. The meetings started out small, as lunches between fellow practitioners and neighbors. It was the early 1930s, before the concept of “power lunches” and the proliferation of books on networking. Commutes wound through orchards and along marshlands. Luncheon debates of the day probably concerned the nation’s Read more about Welcome to PAABA: Introduction[…]