More than 60 people attended the December 14 panel discussion and reception for the release of BASF’s 2015 Goals and Timetables Report on Minority Hiring, Advancement and Retention. The event was held at Keker & Van Nest and featured the…
Carol Kingsley Rejoins BASF Mediation Services Panel
Carol M. Kingsley is an experienced and flexible mediator with over 30 years of experience practicing law and resolving conflicts. She has had an AV rating, the highest attorney rating, from Martindale Hubbell for 30 years. She also has more…
Homeless Advocacy Project’s Katie Danielson Receives 2016 Brosnahan Fellowship
Katie Danielson Danielson, the Senior Supervising Attorney at the Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP), is the third recipient since the fellowship was established in 2012 to provide…
Six-figure Settlement for Bicyclist Struck by Car
Anyone who walks, drives, or rides a bike in San Francisco knows that the streets can be a dangerous place where hundreds of “near misses” happen on a daily basis. Whether it be a person darting across the street against…
Member Profile: Yana Welinder
BASF member Yana Welinder is Legal Director at Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization that operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, a top ten internet property. Yana is a graduate of the…
Justice & Diversity Center Announces 2016 Board of Directors
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) recently confirmed its Board of Directors for 2016. Michael Tubach, O’Melveny & Myers, will serve as president; Merri Baldwin, Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, will serve as president-elect;…
Let Jobs Come to You with the BASF Career Center
Having trouble finding the time to search through available jobs? Let BASF’s Career Center do the work for you! Create a personal job alert and new jobs that match your search criteria will be emailed directly to you. Our Job Alerts…
Michael Tubach to Focus on Connecting New Attorneys with Clients Through Pro Bono Programs in 2016
Michael Tubach, a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, was officially installed as 2016 President on December 17, 2015 at The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Annual Membership Luncheon and Installation of Officers. In his inaugural speech, Tubach highlighted some areas…
Bay Area Firms Make the Holiday Brighter for Local Pre-School Kids
Thanks to more than 50 firms, legal organizations and individuals, pre-school kids from low-income families received gifts through BASF’s Head Start Holiday Gift Program. To see a list of participating firms, visit www.sfbar.org/headstart.
Volunteers Needed for Three-Hour Shifts at Mock Trial Tourney in February
The San Francisco Mock Trial Competition starts in February, and BASF’s Mock Trial Committee is looking for volunteers to serve as presiding judges and scorers for the preliminary rounds. What is Mock Trial? The students perform a mock trial addressing…
SFUSD Partners with BASF’s Mediation Program to Bring ADR into the Schools
Beginning in the fall of 2014, and under the initial leadership provided by retired San Francisco Judge Patrick Mahoney, representatives from BASF’s Mediation Services Program and key personnel at the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) Special Education Department started…
Make an Impact at the California Conference of Bar Associations in San Diego
Did you go to law school, become a lawyer, in hopes of making a difference? Do you want to improve matters not only for your clients, but also for society? One way to have a direct impact is to…