Learn how to advise nonprofits, worker cooperatives, and other social enterprises! All of our MCLE recordings are for self-study credit only*. If you need participatory credit, please check out our calendar to see if we have any upcoming live MCLE workshops. 

*As of January 1, 2026, we no longer provide participatory credit for our MCLE recordings. 

Since 2010, the Law Center has taught many classes on various facets of practicing law in the sharing economy, such as cooperative taxation and advising worker self-directed nonprofits. We also co-sponsored and taught an MCLE on Practicing Law in a Post-Capitalist Society, which addressed bias in the current legal profession and ethical considerations for transitioning to new and more positive paradigms for both the economy and the legal system. Now, we're offering our CLE courses online! 

NOTE: the California State Bar only recognizes courses taught in the past five years. We are working on updating our older materials.

Worker Cooperatives

Toward Worker-Focused Worker Coop Conversions (2025)

Presented by Jay Cumberland. This activity has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the California Bar. 

Intro to Cooperatives (2025)

Presented by Ricardo Nuñez and Hope Williams. This activity has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the California Bar.

From Cells to Liberation: Could Cooperatives Controlled by Incarcerated Persons Be Part of an Abolitionist Strategy? (2024)

Presented by Hasmik Geghamyan, Kelton O’Connor, Ricardo Nuñez, and Veryl Pow. This activity has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Immigrant Rights and Worker Cooperatives (2021)

Presented by Itzel Nuño and Tobias Damm-Luhr. This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Nonprofits

Nonprofit Hybrid Structures (2025)

Presented by Morrison Foerster Daniel Irvin and Michael Santos. This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Worker Self Directed Nonprofits and the Law (2025)

Presented by Sue Bennett and Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers. This activity has been approved for 40 minutes of MCLE credit by the California Bar

The "Nonprofit Killer" Bill and How It Might Affect Our Clients (2025)

Presented by Ari Pomerantz, Hasmik Geghamyan, Mohit Mookim, and Veryl Pow. This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Land Return and Housing

Ending Zoning's Focus on the Family (2025)

Presented by Jay Cumberland. This activity has been approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Maybe We Area a Church? (2025)

Presented by Erika Sato and Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers. This activity has been approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit by the California Bar

How to Get Property Tax Welfare Exemption for Rad Real Estate Projects (2023)

• Presented by Tobias Damm-Luhr and Tia Taruc-Myers (Law Center Staff), Lauren Tarpey from Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP. This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE credit by the California Bar.

Specialty Credit

Lucky Charms for Lawyers Part 2 (2026)

This activity is approved by the California State Bar for 1 MCLE self-study credit for the subfield of “Competence - Wellness Education." Presented by Janelle Orsi, Tia Taruc-Myers, and Tobias Damm-Luhr.

Lucky Charms for Lawyers (2025)

This activity is approved by the California State Bar for 1 Competence (Prevention and Detection) MCLE self study credit. Presented by Janelle Orsi and Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers.  

The Legal History of Whiteness (2025)

This activity is approved by the California State Bar for 1 Elimination of Implicit Bias MCLE self study credit. Presenters: Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers and Ricardo Nuñez

The Legal Ethics of Client Led Work(2024)

Presented by Ari Pomerantz, Erika Sato, Tia Katrina Taruc-Myers, POOR Magazine, and Sawalmem. This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE specialty credit for Legal Ethics by the California Bar.

Nurturance Lawyering Part 1: How to bring connection and healing to our work in challenging times (2022)

This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE specialty credit for Competence Issues by the California Bar. Presented by Janelle Orsi 

Nurturance Lawyering Part 2: Legal ethics in an interdependent world (2022)

This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE specialty credit for Legal Ethics by the California Bar. Presenter: Janelle Orsi 

Nurturance Lawyering Part 3: The legal profession is a white supremacist institution (2022)

This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE specialty credit for Elimination of Bias by the California Bar. Presented by Janelle Orsi.

Miscellaneous

Wealth Redistribution & the Law(2025)

Presented by Moh Mookim and Janelle Orsi. This activity has been approved for 1.25 MCLE credits by the California Bar.

How to Advise Mutual Aid Groups (2022)

This activity has been approved for 1 MCLE credit by the California Bar. Presented by: Erika Sato (Sustainable Economies Law Center)

The Sustainable Economies Law Center wants to live in a world where every town and city has legal professionals providing assistance to urban farms, worker cooperatives, food cooperatives, car sharing programs, cottage-scale enterprises, housing cooperatives, and other projects that create local ownership and build community resilience.