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Carlos Moreno, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California Celebration: ■ 7:30 p.m. SHATTUCK-PRICE OUTSTANDING LAWYER AWARD: The Los Angeles County Bar Association will present its highest honor, the Shattuck- The Orpheum Price Outstanding Lawyer Award, to Walter L. Gordon Jr., a trail-blazing criminal Theatre is located defense attorney who has been actively practicing law since 1937. at 842 S. Broadway ■ ENTERTAINMENT: Los Angeles The Coasters and The Drifters accompanied by Danny and the Corvettes. Plus: our own Mike Yamamoto and his band Use a Guitar, Go to Prison. Valet parking service will be ■ DINNER: provided immediately Will be catered by Tommy Tang and served in the lovely anterooms of the Orpheum in front of the theatre entrance: Reservations: $125. Judges and Government Employees: $90.00; Barristers who have practiced 5 years or $7.00 less $90.00; Public Interest Attorneys/Employees: $90.00; Seat Blocks (10 seats per block): $1,250.00. Registration by phone with Visa, Mastercard, or American Express: call (213) 896-6560 Monday-Friday 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. or to register online, please visit www.lacba.org/125th. Contents Los Angeles Lawyer columns features The Magazine of the Los Angeles County 10 President’s Page Celebrating 125 years of public 18 Where the Law Was Made in L.A. Bar Association service The course of Los Angeles’s legal history is preserved in legal By Miriam Krinsky March 2003 landmarks from Olvera Street to the Inland Empire Vol. 26, No. 1 16 Barristers Tips By Robert S. Wolfe Celebrating 75 years of the Barristers page 18 By Margaret P. Stevens 33 Meeting Challenges: The Association’s 80 Closing Argument History of Accomplishment Our commitment to public service We can be proud of the steps the Association has taken to meet By Gerald L. Chaleff the challenges that President Jimmy Carter posed for us in 1978 77 Index to Advertisers By Patricia Phillips 78 Classifieds 79 CLE Preview 40 A Landmark in Diversity Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provided the foundation page 49 for nurturing diversity in both the legal profession and in society at large page 33 By Edwin Guthman 49 The Dirty Half-Dozen page 54 A group of pioneering female Loyola Law School grads look back on the changes in the role of women in their profession By Genevieve Wong 54 The Quest to Desegregate Los Angeles Schools Crawford v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles was a milestone in the recognition of the city’s diversity page 40 By David S. Ettinger page 68 68 Spectacular Los Angeles Trials In Los Angeles’s legal history, every era seems to have its trial of the century By Megan A. 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