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As you increasingly face ballooning workloads and constrained budgets, ineffective use of your outside counsel budget can lead to wasted resources, misaligned priorities, and lost opportunities for in-house attorney’s professional development. But how do you determine when to handle tasks in-house? How do you ensure your outside counsel uses its resources effectively?


Stay informed and implement robust compliance measures to reduce the risk of costly litigation and penalties.With some of the strictest labor laws in the country, California presents significant challenges that demand careful attention and proactive management from in-house lawyers.


Download our Cyber Threat Response Kit – Your Comprehensive Guide to Defending Against Cyber Threats and Ensuring Compliance. In an age of increasing cyber threats, law firms—especially those managing sensitive client data—must be prepared. With limited resources and high stakes, a proactive plan is your best defense against a costly breach.


Are you looking for new and unique ways to deliver additional value to General Counsel clients in today’s complex legal environment? The relationship between in-house and outside counsel has always been mutually beneficial but it’s unbeatable when grounded in collaboration.


In-house-counsel-drafting-arbitration-agreements/

If your company’s arbitration agreement doesn’t hold up when challenged, it might as well not exist. Arbitration agreements are such a fixture in contracts that you might understandably rely on standardized clauses without scrutinizing the language.


Workplace Violence Whitepaper CEB

California’s groundbreaking Workplace Violence Prevention Law is now in effect, and noncompliance can lead to severe penalties.


Explore our white paper to discover seven practical strategies for leveraging legal research to enhance your decision-making, anchor your strategies in solid data, and reduce unnecessary costs.


Are you tired of juggling multiple legal research tools that drain your budget without meeting your firm’s specific needs? Our latest white paper, Alternative Legal Research Tools for the Budget-Conscious Law Firm: How to Find the Right Fit, is here to help.


Are you ready to streamline your legal research process and enhance your efficiency? Unlock the effective legal research process with our latest white paper, The Ideal Legal Research Workflow for California Law: A 9-Step Guide.


Are you going to be working with a new associate, or possibly a summer associate? Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on the next generation of legal professionals? Discover how you can become an effective mentor with CEB’s insightful white paper, Mentoring New Associates: Nine Steps on How to Guide and Inspire Your Mentees.


We’ve taken our decades of experience and have developed a 7-step guide, designed to help you navigate the complexities of this process. Our new white paper, How to Launch a New Practice Group at Your Law Firm: A 7-Step Guide from Preparation to Liftoff, offers a clear and practical roadmap for success


Discover the untapped potential of legal research in our latest white paper, How to Leverage Legal Research for Marketing and Business Development. This insightful guide reveals how you can leverage the research tools you already have to drive your firm’s marketing and business development efforts.


As a self-supporting organization part of the University of California, we have 75+ years of service to the legal community. Read about our journey from post-WWII beginnings to today’s premier authority on legal research, practical guidance, and education.


As you increasingly face ballooning workloads and constrained budgets, ineffective use of your outside counsel budget can lead to wasted resources, misaligned priorities, and lost opportunities for in-house attorney’s professional development. But how do you determine when to handle tasks in-house? How do you ensure your outside counsel uses its resources effectively?


They used to be simple customer service tools, but advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have propelled some chatbots to the status of sophisticated digital assistants. In the two years since ChatGPT made its debut, all industries have raced to discover how they can implement chatbot technology to streamline operations and enhance customer engagement.


E Rosenfeld Case Study California Family Law

In our latest case study, Practice Tips Are Gold,” family law expert Esther Rosenfeld, founder of Rosenfeld Family Law, P.C., shares how CEB’s resources have helped her not only stay ahead of evolving case law but also build trust and transparency with clients in emotionally charged cases.


Stay informed and implement robust compliance measures to reduce the risk of costly litigation and penalties. With some of the strictest labor laws in the country, California presents significant challenges that demand careful attention and proactive management from in-house lawyers.


Download our Cyber Threat Response Kit – Your Comprehensive Guide to Defending Against Cyber Threats and Ensuring Compliance. In an age of increasing cyber threats, law firms—especially those managing sensitive client data—must be prepared. With limited resources and high stakes, a proactive plan is your best defense against a costly breach.


Guidebook AI Powered

Almost two years after ChatGPT’s launch redefined public understanding of what artificial intelligence is capable of, it’s reassuring — and unsurprising — that robots have not replaced lawyers.


Are you looking for new and unique ways to deliver additional value to General Counsel clients in today’s complex legal environment? The relationship between in-house and outside counsel has always been mutually beneficial but it’s unbeatable when grounded in collaboration.

In-house-counsel-drafting-arbitration-agreements/

If your company’s arbitration agreement doesn’t hold up when challenged, it might as well not exist. Arbitration agreements are such a fixture in contracts that you might understandably rely on standardized clauses without scrutinizing the language.


Joseph Tully Law Case Study CEB

In the complex world of criminal defense, having the right resources can make all the difference. Joseph Tully, managing partner of Tully & Weiss with over 25 years of experience, has been successfully defending clients against some of California’s toughest prosecutions—thanks in part to the powerful legal tools provided by CEB.


Practitioner In House

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


CEB OnLAW Pro Overview video
CEB Practitioner Overview for Large Law firms

Workplace Violence Whitepaper CEB

CEB Knows Workers Compensation Laws

Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


CEB Knows Personal Injury Law

Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


employment law

Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.

CEB ROI Infographic

53% of users reported seeing ROI within four months. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


67% of users chose CEB because they need practical, actionable guidance and 62% use CEB because they expect to achieve enhanced accuracy in legal work. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


73% of users evaluated LexisNexis, 65% evaluated Westlaw and 64% evaluated Rutter before choosing CEB. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


93% of customers report that CEB helped them better serve the needs of their clients. 30% of customers have doubled their efficiency using CEB. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


“It is a “go to” source for answers to specific legal questions where a generalized Westlaw search is not sufficiently specific.” — Nancy Tetreault, Partner


Explore our white paper to discover seven practical strategies for leveraging legal research to enhance your decision-making, anchor your strategies in solid data, and reduce unnecessary costs.


Compare the most popular features of OnLAW with OnLAW Pro and see how to perform the same tasks in both the current and upgraded versions of the product.


Are you tired of juggling multiple legal research tools that drain your budget without meeting your firm’s specific needs? Our latest white paper, Alternative Legal Research Tools for the Budget-Conscious Law Firm: How to Find the Right Fit, is here to help.


The technology is new, but the ethical concerns it raises are not. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the practice of law with its ability to quickly analyze vast sets of data and draft detailed legal documents and briefs.


CEB Knows Business & Commercial Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Criminal Law

CEB Knows Criminal Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Family Law

CEB Knows Family Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Discover how CEB’s comprehensive legal research tools can be a game-changer for solo and small firm practitioners in our latest case study, featuring the inspiring journey of California attorney Jake Pillard.


Are you ready to streamline your legal research process and enhance your efficiency? Unlock the effective legal research process with our latest white paper, The Ideal Legal Research Workflow for California Law: A 9-Step Guide.


Are you going to be working with a new associate, or possibly a summer associate? Are you ready to make a meaningful impact on the next generation of legal professionals? Discover how you can become an effective mentor with CEB’s insightful white paper, Mentoring New Associates: Nine Steps on How to Guide and Inspire Your Mentees.


CEB Practitioner Quick Overview

Practitioner’s Workflows, How-To Guides, Strategy Notes, Charts, Checklists, and annotated Sample Documents empower you to complete even unfamiliar tasks with skill and confidence, while helping you understand the broader context of your legal matter so you can plan for what comes next.


We’ve taken our decades of experience and have developed a 7-step guide, designed to help you navigate the complexities of this process. Our new white paper, How to Launch a New Practice Group at Your Law Firm: A 7-Step Guide from Preparation to Liftoff, offers a clear and practical roadmap for success


Discover the untapped potential of legal research in our latest white paper, How to Leverage Legal Research for Marketing and Business Development. This insightful guide reveals how you can leverage the research tools you already have to drive your firm’s marketing and business development efforts.


Get the Practitioner Edge

California’s legal system is the largest and most complicated in the U.S. That’s why the majority of the Am Law 100 turn to CEB Practitioner for its state-specific legal research and guidance.


CEB Knows Litigation

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


CEB Knows Real Property

Real Property and Environmental Law for Large Law Firms

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


CEB Knows Real Property

Real Property and Environmental Law for Small Law Firms

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


California Knows Trusts & Estates

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.

As a self-supporting organization part of the University of California, we have 75+ years of service to the legal community. Read about our journey from post-WWII beginnings to today’s premier authority on legal research, practical guidance, and education.


Evan Walker

When Evan Walker moved to California, started his solo practice, and switched to the plaintiff’s side, he chose CEB to be part of his new endeavor—and a big part of his ongoing success.


One-Page Strategic Plan

CEB’s guidebook, The One-Page Strategic Plan: Business Planning Made Simple, teaches you strategic planning made simple, fast, and effective.


Gary Winter

The service we were receiving and have received for years has been consistent; it’s been thoughtful and collaborative and kind. That’s meaningful to us.

Growing Your Law Business

The traditional approach to marketing and networking is to cast a wide net to find people and then convert them into clients. You only keep a select number of leads to follow up with. In this guidebook, Strategies for Growing Your Law Firm Business Online.


Soloing by Trial and Error

A law firm is no different from any other business. It sells legal services to consumers. When you start your solo practice, you’re opening a small business, and you need to be strategic about planning long before you open.


Project Management

The ideal lawyer has a combination of leadership, business management, and technical skills—just like a project manager. In Project Management Tools for Success, professional project manager Marie Spark details key project management tools for lawyers.


Optimizing Legal Research

After you’ve spoken with your client and reviewed the case or matter file, where should you start your legal research? When you’re short on time and juggling multiple deadlines, you need to optimize your workflow.


LinkedIN for Attorneys

If you’re not taking advantage of LinkedIn, you’re missing out! In CEB’s free guidebook, LinkedIn for Attorneys: Creating Your Personal Brand and Writing Highly Visible Posts, trade secret attorney and experienced speaker Anabella Bonfa details how.


How to Speak Persuasively

As a lawyer, you can craft a compelling argument and to appeal to your listener’s intellect. But for people to hear what you say, you need to craft HOW you say it. Learn how to leverage those aspects of public speaking essential to engaging and persuading an audience.

Alayeh Kamran

California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice (or the “crime law bible”) has been the first place to go for Alaleh Kamran since she became a criminal defense attorney in 1992.


Finding Clients Who Pay

Are you worried about how you will find clients and how to set yourself up for success when it comes to collecting fees? In Finding Clients and Getting Paid, Jen Grondahl Lee walks you through how to find clients who are looking for your services and how to convince them to pay you for advice.


Communicate Persuasively

If you’re doing what every other lawyer is doing on social media, you’re doing it wrong. Successfully connecting online demands that you be yourself. Learn more in How to Communicate Persuasively—in Court and on Social Media, by Mitch Jackson of Jackson & Wilson.


Building Confidence

For lawyers and other legal professionals, confidence is critical. In Building Professional Confidence Maria Hall, Amanda M. Rokita, and Pinky Ghuman give invaluable guidance on building confidence, competence, and stretching beyond your comfort zone. 


James Creighton

CEB’s OnLAW is a key part of long-time attorney and law professor James Creighton’s tool kit–in his groundbreaking trusts and estates practice as well as in his legal teaching.

Building a Solo Practice

Have you been dreaming about stepping out on your own? Set yourself up for success with the support you need. In this CEB guidebook, Building a Sustainable Community-Based Solo Law Practice, Maria Hall and Micheli Quadros lay out some of the things to consider before starting your own law firm.


Building a Litigation Practice

In Strategies for Building a Successful Small Firm Litigation Practice, Lewis Hudnell covers strategies for starting your own practice, getting your first case, handling large and complex matters, growing your practice, and going toe-to-toe with big firms.


Building a Brand

What do you want your business to become? What does success look like? In defining your firm brand, you define its future. In Building a Brand: Measuring, Metrics, and Marketing, Jo-Anna Nieves walks you through how to define your law firm’s purpose and plan for its future.


Video Mediation

Video mediation has shot to prominence recently as the best way to get to settlement—during a pandemic, and possibly afterwards as well. Your clients might feel nervous about using video mediation, and you might too. Quelling Fear of Video Mediation, by Teddy Snyder, can set you up to use the medium wisely and successfully.


Practitioner In House


Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


CEB Knows Workers Compensation Laws


Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


CEB Knows Personal Injury Law


Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


employment law


Driven by content, powered by technology, CEB is the most comprehensive legal resource for California law, providing a perfect mix of hyper-local content, practical guidance and education.


“It is a “go to” source for answers to specific legal questions where a generalized Westlaw search is not sufficiently specific.” — Nancy Tetreault, Partner


CEB Knows Business & Commercial Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Criminal Law

CEB Knows Criminal Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Family Law

CEB Knows Family Law

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


Get the Practitioner Edge

California’s legal system is the largest and most complicated in the U.S. That’s why the majority of the Am Law 100 turn to CEB Practitioner for its state-specific legal research and guidance.


CEB Knows Litigation

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


CEB Knows Real Property

Real Property and Environmental Law for Large Law Firms

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


CEB Knows Real Property

Real Property and Environmental Law for Small Law Firms

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


California Knows Trusts & Estates

Get actionable guidance from CEB secondary sources and workflows that break down the most complex regulatory issues in the country. Access key titles with information you can’t get anywhere else.


E Rosenfeld Case Study California Family Law

In our latest case study, “Practice Tips Are Gold,” family law expert Esther Rosenfeld, founder of Rosenfeld Family Law, P.C., shares how CEB’s resources have helped her not only stay ahead of evolving case law but also build trust and transparency with clients in emotionally charged cases.


Joseph Tully Law Case Study CEB

In the complex world of criminal defense, having the right resources can make all the difference. Joseph Tully, managing partner of Tully & Weiss with over 25 years of experience, has been successfully defending clients against some of California’s toughest prosecutions—thanks in part to the powerful legal tools provided by CEB.


Jake Pillard

Discover how CEB’s comprehensive legal research tools can be a game-changer for solo and small firm practitioners in our latest case study, featuring the inspiring journey of California attorney Jake Pillard.


Gary Winter

The service we were receiving and have received for years has been consistent; it’s been thoughtful and collaborative and kind. That’s meaningful to us.


Alayeh Kamran

California Criminal Law Procedure and Practice (or the “crime law bible”) has been the first place to go for Alaleh Kamran since she became a criminal defense attorney in 1992.


Evan Walker

When Evan Walker moved to California, started his solo practice, and switched to the plaintiff’s side, he chose CEB to be part of his new endeavor—and a big part of his ongoing success.


James Creighton

CEB’s OnLAW is a key part of long-time attorney and law professor James Creighton’s tool kit–in his groundbreaking trusts and estates practice as well as in his legal teaching.

They used to be simple customer service tools, but advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have propelled some chatbots to the status of sophisticated digital assistants. In the two years since ChatGPT made its debut, all industries have raced to discover how they can implement chatbot technology to streamline operations and enhance customer engagement.


Guidebook AI Powered

Almost two years after ChatGPT’s launch redefined public understanding of what artificial intelligence is capable of, it’s reassuring — and unsurprising — that robots have not replaced lawyers.


The technology is new, but the ethical concerns it raises are not. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the practice of law with its ability to quickly analyze vast sets of data and draft detailed legal documents and briefs.


CEB’s guidebook, The One-Page Strategic Plan: Business Planning Made Simple, teaches you strategic planning made simple, fast, and effective.


Growing Your Law Business

The traditional approach to marketing and networking is to cast a wide net to find people and then convert them into clients. You only keep a select number of leads to follow up with. In this guidebook, Strategies for Growing Your Law Firm Business Online.


Soloing by Trial and Error

A law firm is no different from any other business. It sells legal services to consumers. When you start your solo practice, you’re opening a small business, and you need to be strategic about planning long before you open.


Project Management

The ideal lawyer has a combination of leadership, business management, and technical skills—just like a project manager. In Project Management Tools for Success, professional project manager Marie Spark details key project management tools for lawyers.


Optimizing Legal Research

After you’ve spoken with your client and reviewed the case or matter file, where should you start your legal research? When you’re short on time and juggling multiple deadlines, you need to optimize your workflow.


LinkedIN for Attorneys

If you’re not taking advantage of LinkedIn, you’re missing out! In CEB’s free guidebook, LinkedIn for Attorneys: Creating Your Personal Brand and Writing Highly Visible Posts, trade secret attorney and experienced speaker Anabella Bonfa details how.


How to Speak Persuasively

As a lawyer, you can craft a compelling argument and to appeal to your listener’s intellect. But for people to hear what you say, you need to craft HOW you say it. Learn how to leverage those aspects of public speaking essential to engaging and persuading an audience.


Finding Clients Who Pay

Are you worried about how you will find clients and how to set yourself up for success when it comes to collecting fees? In Finding Clients and Getting Paid, Jen Grondahl Lee walks you through how to find clients who are looking for your services and how to convince them to pay you for advice.


Communicate Persuasively

If you’re doing what every other lawyer is doing on social media, you’re doing it wrong. Successfully connecting online demands that you be yourself. Learn more in How to Communicate Persuasively—in Court and on Social Media, by Mitch Jackson of Jackson & Wilson.


Building Confidence

For lawyers and other legal professionals, confidence is critical. In Building Professional Confidence Maria Hall, Amanda M. Rokita, and Pinky Ghuman give invaluable guidance on building confidence, competence, and stretching beyond your comfort zone. 


Building a Solo Practice

Have you been dreaming about stepping out on your own? Set yourself up for success with the support you need. In this CEB guidebook, Building a Sustainable Community-Based Solo Law Practice, Maria Hall and Micheli Quadros lay out some of the things to consider before starting your own law firm.


Building a Litigation Practice

In Strategies for Building a Successful Small Firm Litigation Practice, Lewis Hudnell covers strategies for starting your own practice, getting your first case, handling large and complex matters, growing your practice, and going toe-to-toe with big firms.


Building a Brand

What do you want your business to become? What does success look like? In defining your firm brand, you define its future. In Building a Brand: Measuring, Metrics, and Marketing, Jo-Anna Nieves walks you through how to define your law firm’s purpose and plan for its future.


Video Mediation

Video mediation has shot to prominence recently as the best way to get to settlement—during a pandemic, and possibly afterwards as well. Your clients might feel nervous about using video mediation, and you might too. Quelling Fear of Video Mediation, by Teddy Snyder, can set you up to use the medium wisely and successfully.


CEB ROI Infographic

53% of users reported seeing ROI within four months. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


67% of users chose CEB because they need practical, actionable guidance and 62% use CEB because they expect to achieve enhanced accuracy in legal work. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


73% of users evaluated LexisNexis, 65% evaluated Westlaw and 64% evaluated Rutter before choosing CEB. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


93% of customers report that CEB helped them better serve the needs of their clients. 30% of customers have doubled their efficiency using CEB. Download the infographic to see what users had to say in a 3rd party verified survey.


“It is a “go to” source for answers to specific legal questions where a generalized Westlaw search is not sufficiently specific.” — Nancy Tetreault, Partner

CEB OnLAW Pro Overview video

OnLAW Pro takes your legal research to the next level of depth, accuracy, and efficiency, freeing you to focus on delivering the best client experience and growing your business. You’ll get access to authoritative practice guides, written by California lawyers for California lawyers and TrueCite, our powerful case citator.


CEB Practitioner Overview for Large Law firms

CEB Practitioner Overview for Large Law firms

The only California-specific legal know-how tool. CEB’s workflow solution allows you to go beyond practice guides and case law research to focus on the quick and professional completion of specific legal tasks while understanding the broader context of your legal matter. Practitioner’s Workflows, How-To Guides, Strategy Notes, Charts, Checklists, and Sample Documents are organized in an intuitive, task-based interface and are searchable by practice area, resource type, and jurisdiction, so you can get the procedural guidance and substantive analysis you need at a glance.  


OnLAW vs OnLAW Pro Comparison

Compare the most popular features of OnLAW with OnLAW Pro and see how to perform the same tasks in both the current and upgraded versions of the product.


CEB Practitioner Overview for Small Law firms

Practitioner’s Workflows, How-To Guides, Strategy Notes, Charts, Checklists, and annotated Sample Documents empower you to complete even unfamiliar tasks with skill and confidence, while helping you understand the broader context of your legal matter so you can plan for what comes next.