The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) held its second annual Veterans Legal Services Clinic in November 2015 with Swords to Plowshares, Salesforce.com and Morrison & Foerster. Together, 14 veterans with 23 legal issues ranging from housing to family law issues,…

More than 40 students attended two recent Destination Law School panel presentations, one at Mills College and the other at Berkeley College. The Mills College panelists included E. Venessa Henlon, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass; Peter Catalanotti, Manning, Kass, Ellrod,…

Project Homeless Connect (PHC) recently honored the Justice & Diversity Center with its award for Outstanding Service Area. The City of San Francisco partners with nonprofits four to six times a year to hold PHC events, with each event offering numerous…

The Justice & Diversity Center welcomes Tony Burchell as its new staff attorney for the Right to Civil Counsel Program (RTCC). Burchell will provide full-scope representation to defendants in unlawful detainer cases; help support volunteer attorneys serving low-income people in…

More than 100 golfers and sponsors attended the Seventh Annual Putting for the Pipeline Golf Tournament on October 23 at TPC Harding Park. The tournament raised funds for BASF and JDC’s diversity pipeline programs including School-To-College and Mock Trial. Congrats…

The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship program demonstrates the organization’s 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,…