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Homeless Advocacy Project Legal Interns Make Impact Over Summer

The Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) had three great summer legal interns in 2016: Jeffrey Pettibone, University of San Francisco Law School; Jimmy Mulgannon, Santa Clara University Law School; and Katie Blatter Nielson, Brigham Young University. Each intern was assigned to…

Meet LRIS Panel Attorney Charles Wisch

Since 1995, Disability Rights and Labor Relations Panel attorney Charles Wisch has been a member of the Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS). Recently Wisch settled a case referred through LRIS. As I reviewed the case facts, along with…

Assistant District Attorney Xochitl Carrion: A Shining Example

San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Xochitl Carrion graduated from high school two and one-half years early. She earned her degree in Women’s, Chicana/o’s and LGBT Studies from UCLA. In 2004, she was awarded the Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area…

Justice & Diversity Center’s Julie Rosenthal Receives Brosnahan Fellowship

Congratulations to the Justice & Diversity Center’s Julie Rosenthal for receiving the 2017 James Brosnahan Fellowship. Rosenthal, the Director of Social Services for JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP), is the fourth recipient since the fellowship was established in 2012 to provide…

Lutheran Volunteer Corps Supports Homeless Advocacy Project

Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) connects full-time volunteers receiving stipends with nonprofit organizations around the nation to work towards justice. This month, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to feature Alexander James and Virginia Purcell, who come to us…

JDC Included in New City Services Providing Housing Assistance to Educators

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is part of a new team providing housing assistance to San Francisco public school educators. Along with the SFUSD, United Educators of San Francisco, Eviction Defense Collaborative and other nonprofits, JDC will provide help…

Golf Tournament Brings Together Bay Area Corporate Counsel and Attorneys to Raise Money for Diversity Programs

More than 100 members of the legal community met on the links at TPC Harding Park on October 21 for the 8th Annual Putting for the Pipeline charity golf tournament. Since its inception, the tournament has raised funds to support…

Golf Tournament Brings Together Bay Area Corporate Counsel and Attorneys to Raise Money for Diversity Programs

Volunteering With the Justice & Diversity Center Gave Solo Attorney Her Start

The experience I gained while volunteering with the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) gave me a valuable start to my practice. Before attending law school, I was a commercial real estate appraiser. Although I could have done transactional work, I…

Sanford Heisler Commitment to Justice Goes Beyond the Courtroom

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco received a $10,000 cy pres award thanks to Sanford Heisler, and its San Francisco Managing Partner and JDC Board Member Felicia Medina. Sanford Heisler shares JDC’s commitment…

Former Scholarship Recipient Gives Back Through Sanford Heisler Public Interest Fellowship

The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship Program was established in 1998 to reaffirm a commitment to diversity in legal education and the legal profession. Most scholarships involve a three-year commitment to qualified students at $10,000…

New Volunteer Finds Creative Solution for Senior Citizen Facing Eviction

John Roman negotiated an outcome for a 76-year-old woman facing eviction in his first pro bono case with our Homeless Advocacy Project. The tenant’s mentally ill grandson had nowhere else to go at night and slept on her floor. He…

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