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August 11, 2026 | 12 PM – 1 PM | Remote
Enforcing Child Custody Orders with the District Attorney’s Child Abduction
and Recovery Unit (“DACARU”)
Speaker: Laurel McWaters
• Types of cases handled by the Child Abduction & Recovery Unit
• International, Interstate and Intrastate Abductions
• Enforcement under the UCCJEA
• The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• What DACARU needs to enforce a custody order
• Specific tools used by DACARU to enforce custody orders
August 18, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Holiday Inn, Oxnard
Ventura County Trial Lawyers Association
State of the Courts
Speakers: Matthew P. Guasco, Presiding Judge and Kate Bieker, Court Executive Officer
August 28, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Ventura Colleges of Law
Barristers
Trivia Night
September 15, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM| FCOP, 1050 S. Kimball Rd., Ventura
Barristers
Wine And Cheese Mixer
November 14, 2026 | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Crowne Plaza, Ventura
Ventura County Bar Association
41st Annual Installation & Awards Dinner
- Last names A–G (compliance Group 1): Report deadline: March 30, 2028.
- Last names H–M (compliance Group 2): Extended to a single 38-month cycle ending March 29, 2027. Report deadline: March 30, 2027.
- Last names N–Z (compliance Group 3): Extended to a single 38-month cycle ending March 29, 2026. Report deadline: March 30, 2026.
- MCLE Requirements
- MCLE Compliance Reporting
- Log into My State Bar Profile
- MCLE Personal Log Sheet
- State Bar Office of Admissions – Oath Packet
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