Santa Cruz County Bar Association upcoming events

2026 Join us at the SCCBA Spring Fling! (30 Apr 2026)

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

MCLE 05.06.26 Immigration Enforcement in the Central Coast (6 May 2026)

Wed, 06 May 2026 19:00:00 GMT

MCLE

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Immigration Enforcement in the Central Coast: Legal Framework and Local Response

Description: The presenters will discuss the legal framework by which immigrants are arrested and processed for removal (deportation), avenues for relief from removal, and how this framework has changed under the current administration. The presenters will discuss municipal and state laws which restrict state and/or municipal cooperation with immigration enforcement operations, as well as regional and statewide initiatives to ensure representation for migrants in removal proceedings.

Presenters:

Michael K. Mehr, ESQ., Mr. Mehr is an attorney in private practice in Santa Cruz,. California who has practiced removal defense and post-conviction relief since 1979. He is coauthor of Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit: Impact of Crimes Under California and Other State Laws (10^th ed 2008 ILRC) by Katherine A. Brady, Norton Tooby and Angie Junck and a co-author of “Representing the Noncitizen Criminal Defendant” in California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice (Cal CEB 2008-2019).

Matthew Gilbert Weisner is an immigration lawyer in private practice in Santa Cruz, California. He previously worked as the Directing Attorney of the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County's Immigration Project, Senior Immigration Attorney with the Central American Resource Center of Northern California (CARECEN SF), and Supervising Immigration Attorney at Catholic Charities of the East Bay.

Qalim Cromer is an immigration attorney who represents immigrants in removal (deportation) proceedings, both in private practice as well as for Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey (CCDOM). He was the former Director of the Immigration Legal Services Program for CCDOM and presently works for the agency to coordinate Rapid Response legal services for migrants detained on the Central Coast.

MCLE fees are non-refundable unless a cancellation request is made

at least three days before the event.

MCLE credits: The Santa Cruz County Bar Association has certified that this activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for one hour of MCLE credit.

To receive full credit, you must complete an hour of attendance.

06.17.26 Bench Bar Meeting via Zoom (17 Jun 2026)

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Bench Bar Meeting

06.17.26

Santa Cruz Superior Court Administration is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

The bench has indicated that they would like to know how best to help our legal community.

As we move forward with this and subsequent bench-bar meetings, both the bar association and the bench officers will come up with topics for discussion. If you have a particular topic you would like to discuss at any of these meetings, please send your e-mails to lori@santacruzbar.org. We need to let the bench officers know the topic the Friday before the particular meeting.

Also, if you have any questions at all that you would like to ask, you can do so anonymously by sending the questions to lori@santacruzbar.org to be shared with the bench officers before the meeting. As usual, participants will also be able to ask questions (on a topic or not) at the meeting.

Thank you all for your participation in these meetings. Your Zoom link will be in your confirmation e-mail.

Please send any questions in advance to lori@santacruzbar.org

12.09.26 Bench Bar Meeting via Zoom (9 Dec 2026)

Wed, 09 Dec 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Bench Bar Meeting

12.09.26

Santa Cruz Superior Court Administration is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

The bench has indicated that they would like to know how best to help our legal community.

Thank you all for your participation in these meetings. Your Zoom link will be in your confirmation e-mail.

Please send any questions in advance to lori@santacruzbar.org