Today we had an MCLE teleconference lunch about water law. MCLE stands for "Something-Continuing-Legal-Education," or something like that. Essentially, practicing attorneys are required by the Bar (and the firm) to keep up-to-date about new developments in the law, since their law school education is bound to fade. Like most professionals, they accomplish this by attending continuing education presentations and conferences put on by other attorneys, at which they earn continuing education credits.
Today's presentation was put on by the head partner in the water law group, Fred Fudacz. The food wasn't too remarkable -- just some turkey and corned beef sandwiches with potato salad. The presentation was kind of fun, though. It was the first time I got to see the teleconferencing equipment (consisting of two 32-inch LCD TVs, a rotating camera, a speakerphone, and a mouse/remote control) in action. The Orange County, SF, and Sacramento offices were linked so that attorneys in each of the offices could watch the presentation and get MCLE credit. Orange County had a full room of people, Sacramento had one guy, and SF was represented by an empty conference room. Joining Fred in LA were us summers, an associate, and two other partners.
Fred's presentation on water law wasn't exactly the most riveting stuff, but it served as a good crash course on things like riparian rights, approriation rights, and the relation of those to land use. My property law course last semester didn't spend a good deal of time (read: zero) on water law, but I have since come to find out that it's an absolutely vital area of law, especially in California where we have a chronic shortage of water. All in all, the food wasn't bad, the company was great, and the lecture was interesting. I might even consider becoming an H2O lawyer myself... haha.
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