Former Scholarship Recipient Now Helping Clients with Re-Entry
The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship program demonstrates JDC’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, based…
Vinson Elkins Signs as Newest BASF Leader Circle Firm
The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) is very excited to announce its newest Leaders Circle firm in 2016 – Vinson & Elkins. Vinson & Elkins’ San Francisco office focuses on bet-the-company litigation disputes and investigations in the areas of…
Member Profile: Meet Shanti Ariker
BASF member Shanti Ariker is the Global General Counsel and Vice President of Salesforce.org. She is a graduate of The University of Virginia School of Law and was a BASF 2014 Award of Merit recipient for her significant contributions to BASF,…
Lawyer Referral and Information Service to Play Central Role in Coordinating Veteran’s Legal Services
In February 2014, BASF held its first ever San Francisco Veteran’s Summit which asked participants two fundamental questions: What are the challenges for veterans in connecting with service providers about their civil legal needs, and what system can we create…
Clinic Brings Essential Legal Services to Veterans
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,…
BASF Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Minority Bar Coalition Honors Local Attorneys The following BASF members were recognized with Unity Awards on behalf of their Minority Bar Coalition bar association: Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area: Ted Ting, Bank of America; The Bar…
Bay Area Judges and Attorneys Plant a Future with Incarcerated Youth
Inspired by past BASF President Stephanie Skaff’s “It Starts with a Day,” and continued by 2015 BASF President Tim Moppin, Jeff Bornstein, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, and Cloey Hewlett, Nossaman, organized the third trip to Log Cabin Ranch School…
Morrison & Foerster Attorney Named Judge
BASF member Stephen Freccero, a partner at Morrison & Foerster, was recently appointed to a Marin County Superior Court judgeship by Governor Brown. He is scheduled to take office on January 4 and fills the position vacated in 2014 when…
Body-Worn Police Cameras Hot Topic in 2015
In January 2015, the BASF Board of Directors commissioned its Criminal Justice Task Force to examine current practices impacting racial bias and discrimination in the San Francisco criminal justice system. One of the task force’s subcommittees reviewed body camera protocols…
Meet BASF Member Lucas Huizar
BASF member Lucas Huizar is Head of Legal Affairs at CircleUp, an online marketplace that supports direct equity investments from investors to high-growth private consumer and retail companies. Huizar is a graduate of Stanford Law School and was previously Senior…
Destination Law School: Panelists Hope to Inspire Students to Attend Law School
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,…