The Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) of the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) often has clients who are at serious risk of eviction, in part because the client’s service dog is considered aggressive by other tenants. It is not uncommon for…
Medical-Legal Project: Holistic Advocacy at Work
The Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) holistic approach to legal services often results in clients’ realizing income and health care benefits that were unknown to them. Take, for example, Martha, who sought assistance with an inaccurate phone bill and now…
Lawyers in Schools Program Partners with Charles Houston Bar Association for Bigger Impact
In 2014, with the help of attorney Marcelo Quinones, the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Lawyers in Schools (LIS) program recruited 50 volunteers to go into 25 classrooms throughout San Francisco in an effort to expose diverse middle and high…
Volunteers Come Together to Help City’s Most Vulnerable
The Justice & Diversity Center’s Pro Bono Legal Services Program appreciates all the volunteers who joined us for the last Project Homeless Connect of 2014 on December 18.
Justice & Diversity Center Law Student Scholarship Committee Tackles Increasing Tuition One Scholarship at a Time
For nearly 30 years, law school tuition has skyrocketed. According to the American Bar Association, in 1985 the average tuition for private law school was $7,526. In 2012, it was $40,634. From 2012 to 2013, law student enrollment was 150,113…
Bowling Tournament Raises More Than $10,000 For Mock Trial Program
More than 48 bowlers came out to Lucky Strike on November 17 to participate in our first Annual Diversity Bowl, benefiting the Mock Trial program of the Justice & Diversity Center. Bowlers raised more than $10,000. We are thankful for…
Justice & Diversity Center Announces 2015 Board of Directors
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) recently confirmed its Board of Directors for 2015. Timothy Moppin, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, will serve as president; Michael Tubach, O’Melveny & Myers, will serve as…
Thank you to AT&T for 2014 Fellowship
Many thanks to AT&T for sponsoring a fellowship with the Justice & Diversity Center. Our 2014 AT&T Fellow was Felipe Garcia, a Golden Gate University Law student, pictured here with AT&T’s David Miller. Thanks to AT&T’s generosity, Garcia spent his…
JDC’s Federal Pro Bono Project Defends Against Student Loan Collection
Many attorneys in the local legal community know that JDC’s Federal Pro Bono Project arranges pro bono counsel for low-income litigants in federal court. But fewer people know the project also operates the Legal Help Centers in the Northern District…
With City Grant, JDC Welcomes New Homeless Advocacy Project Staff Attorney
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) happily welcomes Michael Spalding as a new Staff Attorney at its Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP). Spalding had been working as a temporary staff attorney at HAP since January. Through funding made possible through the…
Putting for the Pipeline Golf Tourney Raises $89,000
On Friday, October 24, more than 100 attorneys and legal professionals came together for a day of fun, networking and golf at the 6th annual Putting for the Pipeline Charity Golf Tournament at TPC Harding Park. Golfers were from law…
It Starts with a Day: Legal Community Serves Those That Have Served Our Country
On November 5, the Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco, partnering with the San Francisco Superior Court’s Veterans Justice Court, Farella, Braun, & Martel, Salesforce, and Swords to Plowshares, held a free legal clinic offering…