When California Western School of Law launched The Access to Law Initiative (ALI) as the first "incubator" law office on the West Coast last year, it recognized that the career goal of many of its graduates was to open a solo or small firm practice to serve the community. Recent changes in the profession were also making the solo/small firm option a more attractive alternative to traditional jobs.

The following San Diego County residents passed the February 2013 California Bar Examination, according to the State Bar of California.

The London-based law firm EIP has opened an office in San Diego, its fifth office and first outside the United Kingdom.

The law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has added Shelton Austin as an associate to the electronics and software team in the intellectual property department.

The results of February's California Bar exam were released Sunday and for the 41 percent of applicants who passed, it marked quite an achievement.

Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel shareholder Larry Campitiello has been elected president of the Fiorenzo V. Lopardo chapter of the American Inns of Court.

San Diego's business events calendar is light this week.

Friday is the deadline for bidder prequalification for the new downtown San Diego Central Courthouse, a 22-story, 71-courtroom endeavor that is the state’s largest courthouse construction project. The construction site is on 1.4 acres encompassed by West C, Union, West B and State streets.

San Diego attorney Roger Denning has been elected to Fish & Richardson’s national management committee.

The California Coastal Commission Wednesday issued a permit to the city of San Diego, allowing for the permanent placement of a year-round rope at La Jolla Children’s Pool in order to protect the seal rookery.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law’s Dean Rudy Hasl will lead the last graduation procession of his career at TJSL’s 2013 Spring Commencement, Saturday at 10 a.m. at Copley Symphony Hall.

A series of informational meetings about how eligible Chula Vista residents can collect a tax rebate following the city's $8 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit involving the taxation of cellphone usage have been scheduled.

The San Diego law firm Wilson Turner Kosmo has added Karen K. Haubrich and Emily J. Fox to the firm’s employment law practice.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jacqueline Nguyen will give the keynote address at the Lawyers Club of San Diego's annual dinner Thursday at the US Grant hotel.

Higgs Fletcher & Mack awarded a $10,000 diversity scholarship to University of San Diego law student Lisa Charukul for the 2013 academic year. The scholarship was made possible by contributions from 29 of the firm’s attorneys.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jacqueline Nguyen will give the keynote address at the Lawyers Club of San Diego's annual dinner Thursday at the US Grant Hotel. The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner and program from 6:30-8 p.m.

Higgs Fletcher & Mack has awarded a $10,000 diversity scholarship to University of San Diego law student Lisa Charukul for the 2013 academic year. The scholarship was made possible by contributions from 29 of the firmís attorneys.

Higgs Fletcher & Mack recently hired experienced attorney James (Jim) J. Eischen Jr. as a partner. He is a national expert in medical physician reimbursement compliance who represents a variety of medical practices and health care IT companies across the United States and internationally.

Morrison & Foerster has named San Diego partner Don Rushing co-chair of the firmís global litigation department. He joins Arturo González, a partner in the firm's San Francisco office, and succeeds New York partner Grant Esposito, who served as co-chairs of the department since 2010.

Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz, the San Diego Paralegal Association, SAIC and the Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego are hosting a women and menís suit drive from June 3-7.