March 2019

JDC Celebrates Another Successful Year for Federal Pro Bono Project

More than fifty celebrants, including sixteen federal judges from the Northern District of California, gathered at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in February to mark another successful year of the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC)…

Use a Pair of Em-dashes to Mark Off an Abrupt Break in a Sentence or One to Emphasize the Text at the End

Depending on the context, an em-dash—so named because its width matches a typesetter’s capital M—can take the place of a comma, parenthesis, or a colon in a sentence. Because it signals an abrupt break in the text, the em-dash…

BASF Hosts Reception to Honor Judge Amarra Lee

On February 5, 2019, the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) hosted a reception to honor Judge Amarra Lee. Judge Lee, appointed to the bench last November, is the first African-American woman to serve on the San…

JDC and AILA Host Reception Honoring Attorney Volunteers and Judges

On February 13, 2019, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) and American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) hosted a reception for the San Francisco Immigration Court and immigration attorneys at the offices of Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San…

Happy International Women's Day!

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, we highlight the following trailblazers from our Spring 2019 San Francisco Attorney magazine, out now: Justice Therese Stewart Reflects On Her Pioneering Career Growing up, San Francisco native Justice…

Volunteer Spotlight: Patrick Doyle Stands by Tenants with the Eviction Defense Project

The Justice and Diversity Center (JDC) would like to recognize Patrick Doyle for his excellent work defending tenants and upholding the right to housing in San Francisco. Patrick is a volunteer with both our Eviction Defense and Housing Negotiation…

Cooperative Federalism in Class Actions

A computer maker knows that its laptops will break after a few months because of a manufacturing problem, but sells them without disclosing the problem or its effects. Can people who bought the laptops in California recover under the…

Democracy in Action: Join BASF’s Delegation to the Conference of California Bar Associations

It has happened to virtually every attorney who practices law: The attorney identifies a problem that only legislation can correct. In some instances, a poorly drafted statute produces a result that could not have been intended by the legislature. In…

Hon. Lynn O'Malley Taylor (ret.) to be Inducted into Marin Women's Hall of Fame

Judge Lynn O’Malley Taylor (ret.) will be honored by YMCA San Francisco and Marin and inducted into the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame on March 28, 2019 at the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame Induction & Celebration Dinner in San Rafael. Judge Lynn O’Malley…

Natacha Kolb Elected to Serve on Board of Jewish Family & Children’s Services of San Francisco

BASF member Natacha Kolb, a partner in Sideman & Bancroft’s Estate Planning Department, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Family & Children’s Services of San Francisco (JFCS). Founded in 1850, JFCS is one of the oldest…

Q&A with Senator Kamala Harris

California Senator Kamala Harris is a trailblazer among women attorneys. Before she began her service in the U.S. Senate in 2017, Harris served as the first female District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco and…

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