When you think of someone with a 5.0 grade point average and a 2100 SAT score, you usually think of a student that has a private school education, and also someone that is has their head stuck in a book at all times. Meet Akintunde…
Volunteers Work with Youth Residents of Log Cabin Ranch to “Plant Futures”
More than 24 volunteers, including volunteer committee chairs Jeff Bornstein, K&L Gates and Haywood Gilliam, Covington & Burling, participated in the Saturday, May 17 “It Starts With A Day” volunteer event at the Youth Guidance Center in La Honda. Volunteers…
HAP Client Brought to Tears By the Advocacy of Her Attorney
Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) client Kreasha Wilson had lived in her public housing apartment for 22 years. In 2012, she left for a month to take care of the father of her children who had become permanently paralyzed in an accident. While she was away, strangers…
JDC Welcomes Homeless Advocacy Project Summer Interns
This summer, JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) welcomes four interns who will work on eviction defense cases with Staff Attorney Erin Katayama. Seamus Brugh attends University of San Francisco School of Law, where he is a research assistant for Professor Tim Iglesias, and a member of the…
July 31: In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception
BASF cordially invites you to its fourth annual In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception recognizing those who have demonstrated a sustained and meaningful commitment to increasing and retaining diversity in the legal profession.
Summer Diversity Reception: African American Partners & Summer Associates Reception
We cordially invite you to attend the African American Partners and Associates Reception, welcoming African American Summer Associates to the Bay Area. All attorneys and law students are invited to join this wonderful event. BASF recognizes the benefits that minority…
Summer Diversity Reception: LGBT Partners, Associates and Counsel Reception
BASF has been a pioneer among bar associations working to ensure workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lawyers. Recognizing the benefits that LGBT law students and young lawyers receive when afforded opportunities to network with other LGBT…
Stanford Report on Right to Civil Counsel Shows Success of Leveraging Millions of Dollars of Pro Bono Assistance and Cost Savings to City
Board of Supervisors President David Chiu joined Stanford Law School’s Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law in releasing its report on San Francisco’s Right to Civil Counsel Pilot Program. In 2012, Supervisor Chiu sponsored legislation declaring San…
Summer Diversity Receptions
Check out pictures from last year’s receptions on our Facebook page: Latino/a Partners & Associates Reception African American Partners and Associates Reception Marriage in America: Life After Windsor and Perry/LGBT Reception In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception Barristers Club Diversity Reception
Yahoo! and Fenwick & West Help Nonprofits Tackle Legal Issues
In April, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) partnered with Yahoo! Inc. and Fenwick & West to hold a pro bono clinic for nonprofit organizations. After Fenwick attorneys gave an overview of typical legal issues for nonprofits, Yahoo lawyers and…
Homeless Advocacy Project Makes a Difference in San Francisco
Thirty-five year old Jerry Buttner came to JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) for help getting federal disability benefits (SSI). He had a long history of mental health and medical problems, and was living in a half-way house after serving time…
Volunteer Lori Rifkin Gives Litigants a True Chance for Justice
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to recognize Lori Rifkin as our volunteer of the month for her outstanding work with the Federal Pro Bono Project. The project arranges pro bono counsel for pro se litigants in federal…