Important Considerations for California Government Attorneys: Volume I (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798323700424)

This series provides lessons and reference for anyone interested in administrative law, practice as a government attorney, or insight into California state government. Volume I is dedicated to some basic topics relevant to lawyers in California government service:

• What is administrative law?
• What is an administrative agency?
• What are some pressing issues of administrative law?

• What does it mean for the public to be your client?
• What kinds of jobs do government attorneys do?
• What is the role of staff counsel at a state agency?
• What role does the Attorney General take in serving agencies?

• How are public records managed?
• How are public records accessed by the public?
• How are public meetings conducted?

• What is rulemaking and what are the procedures?
• What is the Office of Administrative Law?
• What goes into a rulemaking packet?
• How do you deal with public comments?
• How do you finalize rulemaking?