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NEWSLETTER

May 2025

Happy Friday, 

It is with great pleasure that we end this week with some exciting announcements:

Langston’s First Membership Retreat 

Langston Members are invited to join together in excellence to indulge, unwind, partake in interactive activities, attend insightful educational sessions and build meaningful friendships and connections at our First Membership Retreat. Mark your calendars. The Retreat will be August 8-10, 2025, at the Ritz Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara. Registration details coming soon. Please contact our Retreat Chair, Nicole Meyers for Sponsorship opportunities at nicole@nicolemeyers.law. 

Sow and Speak -Talks on Law

Commencing May 15, 2025, and each 3rd Thursday of the month this year, President Elect, Ludlow Creary and/or I will be hosting a monthly Talks on Law, discussing different topics of the law with different legal experts and speakers.  

New Judicial Appointments

We congratulate Judge Syna Dennis and Brenda Robinson, newly appointed Superior Court Judges.

Diversifying the Bench

The presence of minority Judges is crucial. It enhances judicial diversity, which promotes a more inclusive and representative justice system. This diversity can lead to different perspectives and experiences that can shape decision-making, increasing trust in the judicial system. In the event you desire to be a Judge please contact Past President, Felton Newell at felton@feltonnewell.com, who can apprise you of the Unity Bar and other efforts to diversify the bench. 

Langston Pledges

Thank you to those who have offered their services and will assist with meeting our pledge of providing free Wills and Powers of Attorney to our community. If you are interested in volunteering your skills and resources to draft free wills or power of attorneys for the community, please contact me, President Tatianna Y. Metters Scurlock at info@langstonbar.org. Please include “Langston 100 Free Wills” in the subject.  

Welcome to our new Langston members. We will soon surpass our goal of receiving 100 new members. For those who wish to sow into our Scholarship fund, you may do so by becoming a member/Lifetime member. We welcome you in advance. 

Straight out of Compton

Langston and HBCU to Law, Inc. will be offering a unique opportunity to all law and prelaw students who are serious about the practice of law. Students experience courtrooms in action, meet attorneys and judges, and participate in an interactive and fun voir dire exercise led by Judge Kelvin Filer and seasoned attorneys.

Externs must be registered by a Langston Member or through HBCU to Law, Inc. 

Sowing Seeds - Community Service

Please see the Newsletter for Community Service and other volunteer opportunities to sow seeds into our community.

Have a Happy Mother’s Day and Blessed Weekend!

Tatianna Metters Scurlock, Esq.

2025 President

John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles

Sowing Seeds

Congratulations to

Syna Dennis and Brenda C. Robinson

newly appointed Superior Court Judges

Judge Syna N. Dennis

Judge Brenda C. Robinson

This month's Member Spotlight features Langston's Member

— Antonio K. Kizzie, Esq. —

Kizzie is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, D.C.; and has been admitted to all federal districts of California; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the U.S. District Court for Colorado and Washington, D.C.; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has argued cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and was lead trial and appellate counsel in a matter that went before the United States Supreme Court. In 2008, Kizzie received his B.A. in legal communication magna cum laude from Howard University. After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles School of Law with his J.D. in 2011 at the age of twenty-four (24), Kizzie served as a Volunteer Deputy City Attorney prosecuting DUIs for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Metropolitan Branch.

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LACBA National Law Day of Action

CABL 48th Annual Conference

April 24, 2025 through April 27, 2025

LACBA 2025 Diversity & Inclusion Conference

April 25, 2025

ATTN LAW STUDENTS: Be a part of 2025

Langston Bar Association Digital Yearbook

Attention Class of 2025: This is your moment—embrace it! Graduation is more than just crossing a stage; it’s a significant rite of passage. You’ve put in the effort, persevered through challenges, and now it’s time to celebrate and be recognized for all you’ve accomplished.

Click the link below, if you would like to be included in the 2025 Langston Digital Yearbook. Additionally, Langston will be having an in-person celebration in April/May.

More details to come. 

Co-Sponsored Event

Co-Sponsored Event

2025 LAFLA/Langston Bar Association Free Legal Clinic Events

Eaton Fire Disaster Relief Legal Clinic (In Person)

LAFLA is partnering with the Pasadena Department of Community Services to hold a general legal clinic for residents affected by the Eaton wildfire disaster. Community members eligible for our services will have an opportunity to receive free legal counsel and advice on disaster-related legal issues, such as FEMA claims and tenants’ rights.

Volunteer attorneys will conduct client interviews, assess issues, and provide information and advice to clients under the guidance and supervision of LAFLA staff attorneys. Training resources and reference materials will be provided to volunteers.

Date/Time: Thursday, May 22nd, from 3:00 to 6:00pm

Location: Jackie Robinson Community Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA (Parking available onsite)

Please click here to register as a pro bono volunteer.

Volunteer Interest/Registration Form for Disaster Relief Clinic on May 22nd, 3pm to 6pm

Skid Row Housing Clinic (In-Person) 

LAFLA's legal clinic in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles provides housing-related counsel and advice to low-income community members, who often have no one to turn to when they have legal needs. Volunteer attorneys are requested to assist clients with legal issues related to habitability, tenant harassment complaints, evictions, and more. At each clinic, volunteers assist with conducting intake, assessing cases, and providing information and referrals, while volunteer attorneys provide brief counsel and advice. A LAFLA supervisor is present at all clinics to provide substantive support. 

Date and Time: First and third Wednesdays of the month, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm (Upcoming Available Dates: May 7, July 2, July 16, August 6, August 20) 

Location: Los Angeles Community Action Network in Downtown LA: 838 E. 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90021 (street parking available)

LASC LATEST NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS

04/25/2025 - MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING FOR ALL SEARCH WARRANT APPLICATIONS AND SEARCH WARRANT RETURNS BECOMES EFFECTIVE MAY 1

04/22/2025 - SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO MOVE TRAFFIC AND NON-TRAFFIC INFRACTION ARRAIGNMENTS AND TRIALS FROM CHATSWORTH TO SAN FERNANDO COURTHOUSE

04/16/2025 - SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO EXPAND ELECTRONIC SERVICE FOR FAMILY LAW CASE DOCUMENTS STARTING MAY 1, 2025

04/04/2025 - SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY SEEKS ATTORNEYS INTERESTED IN BECOMING TEMPORARY JUDGES

Department of Justice

• Chief Assistant Attorney General, Civil Law Division (C.E.A. C)
• Chief Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Law Division (C.E.A. C)

ABA Commission on Disability Rights

• Law and Undergraduate Internship

Counts Law Firm

• Associate Attorney – Los Angeles, CA

Lionsgate

• Senior Director, Business and Legal Affairs

Please visit our Job Posting page to view further!

To empower leadership, advance the professional development of its membership, and promote the administration of justice in the Black community and the community at large.

John M. Langston Bar Association

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