Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship Recipients: Where Are They Now?
The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship program demonstrates our commitment to advancing diversity in the legal profession. The program awards diverse first year Bay Area law students with a $30,000 scholarship, over three years, based…
Our Members Make a Difference… BASF Makes It Easier!
BASF’s 2014 membership theme is “You Make a Difference. We Make It Easier.” Cyrus Wadia, a BASF member, who recently moved from a law firm to an in-house counsel position at Pivotal Software, Inc. is making a difference in the…
BASF Because…
Reno F.R. Fernandez III Macdonald | Fernandez LLP www.macfern.com Law School: Golden Gate University School of Law Areas of Practice: Commercial Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Turnaround Litigation Interesting Fact: “Reno” is my lifelong nickname, derived from my father’s childhood nickname of…
Bryan Cave is First New Leaders Circle Firm in 2014
BASF’s Leader Circle program (formerly the Sponsor Firm program) has added its newest member. We are excited to announce that Bryan Cave has signed on as our first Leader Circle firm of 2014. Bryan Cave is a leading business and…
The New Law Practice of Dispute Resolution
Barristers Club Annual Meeting: 125 Guests, 41 Speakers, 15 Topics Covered: All in a Day’s Work
Law Firm and In-House Counsel Partner to Help Nonprofit Organizations
On November 15, the Miller Law Group and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s San Francisco Bay Chapter teamed up with the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) to hold a pro bono legal clinic for nonprofit organizations. Twenty-two volunteer attorneys offered…
Family Law Corner: Bode Miller Case Raises Question of Rights of Pregnant Women
Legal Writing Tip: Keep Your Writing Fresh; Ditch Lazy Words
We all have words and phrases we use repeatedly. Sometimes, they’re good – specifically and as a result are two of my regulars. But others are crutch phrases or lazy words that dilute the power of writing. While you might…
Wanted: Attorneys to Help Revamp A Few of Our Educational Programs Targeting Diverse Youth
According to the Center of American Progress, “Students of color face harsher punishments in school than their white peers, leading to a higher number of youth of color incarcerated. Black and Hispanic students represent more than 70 percent of those…
