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Attorneys Speak to Diverse College Students About Applying to Law School

The Destination Law School (DLS) program has visited more than ten Bay Area four-year and community colleges this year to encourage diverse students to consider a career in the legal profession. During these visits panels of attorneys spoke about their…

JDC Volunteers Serve Those in Greatest Need at Project Homeless Connect

Six times a year, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) participates in the city’s Project Homeless Connect (PHC), an event that provides over 2,000 homeless residents with food, clothing, health, social, and legal services in one place. Since PHC began…

Interested in Improving or Writing California Law?

Have you ever wanted to change the law, write a new law, or participate in the legislative process in California? BASF’s Delegation to the California Conference of Bar Associations (CCBA) invites members to join its delegation to the 2014 CCBA…

May Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Member Appointed to Bar Rules Advisory Group BASF member Reno Fernandez, MacDonald | Fernandez, was recently appointed to two working groups of the Bar Rules Advisory Group (BRAG) to assist the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of…

Sponsor the 10th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair

Nossaman Hosts Reception for Diverse Women on Leaning In and Out

BASF Leader Circle Firm Nossaman LLP recently sponsored a reception in its San Francisco office for the Boalt Women of Color Attorney Network. The event was moderated by Nossaman Partner Clothilde Hewlett and included a panel of diverse women attorneys discussing…

Bay Area General Counsel Meet Up at First-of-its-Kind BASF Dinner

BASF held its first ever General Counsel Dinner on March 19. The event was held at Lark Creek Steakhouse and was attended by numerous General Counsel from Bay Area companies. The dinner brought together the chief lawyers from a wide…

Judicial Candidates Forum – April 29

KTVU Interviews BASF Board Member for Segment on Google Glass and Privacy Law

Yesterday, KTVU interviewed BASF board member Ann Nguyen, Phan Nguyen & Associates LLP, for a segment on Google Glass and concerns about its effects on privacy and privacy law. The segment aired yesterday evening. Watch it here: Google Glass likely…

BASF’s No Glass Ceiling Initiative Teams Up with Close the Gap CA for Stop the Slide Tour

For Women’s History month, BASF’s No Glass Ceiling Initiative (NGC) partnered with close the gap CA to host a dynamic panel presentation on the necessity for more women to run for legislative offices. The Stop the Slide Tour was developed by close…

BASF Celebrates Ten Years of Satisfied Mediation Services Clients

Since 2003, The Bar Association of San Francisco’s (BASF) ADR program has provided quality mediation services for matters at all stages of the dispute process, from personal and/or neighborhood disputes to contentious court cases. First as the Voluntary Mediation Program…

Why the Conference? Why Not!

Lawyers deal with the law – both case law and statutory law – on a daily basis. And occasionally we, as lawyers, come across a statute or a judicial decision based upon statutory interpretation that just isn’t right. The problem…

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