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BASF Members and Scholarship Recipients Give Back to Destination Law School Students

Professional obligations and the rigors of law school have not stopped BASF members and the Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student scholarship recipients from giving back to the Destination Law School (DLS) Program. Recently, DLS lead a…

Disability Rights Committee Working to Educate Employers

BASF’s Equality Committee on Disability Rights recently held a CLE and panel discussion titled “Training, Hiring, and Retaining Lawyers with Disabilities.” The event, presented during October’s Disability Awareness Month, was moderated by committee co-chair Cristina Rubke, Shartsis Friese. The program…

Introducing Two New Member Benefits Partners

Our Members Make a Difference…BASF Makes It Easier!

BASF’s 2014 membership theme is “You Make a Difference. We Make It Easier.” Candy Michelle Smallwood, a BASF member and Barrister, is an attorney making a difference in the lives of those in our community. Leonard Lun, BASF’s Director of…

Beastie Boys, 'Girls' Viral Video in Copyright Infringement Fight

The brief flare-up between local startup GoldieBlox and the Beastie Boys appears extinguished. Last week, GoldieBlox released an adorable video for its “engineering toys for girls,” which played new lyrics over the Beastie Boys’ 1986 hit song “Girls.” The video,…

Interesting News from the World of Estate Planning

Dueling Wills Incite Estate Battle Wealthy, eccentric and reclusive, Huguette Clark didn’t venture outside from 1952 until her death in 2011. She lived the last 20 of her 104 years at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City, paying cash…

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

Daily Journal Top Lawyer BASF member Christopher Sullivan, Greenfield Sullivan Draa & Harrington, was mistakenly left off our November BASF Bulletin announcement about being named a Top Lawyer in California by the Daily Journal. Congratulations! San Francisco Business Times Names…

BASF Because…

Alison B. Torbitt Nixon Peabody Practice Area: Environmental Law Twitter: @NixonPeabodyLLP Fun/Interesting fact or facts: I was an aquatic ecotoxicologist prior to becoming a lawyer. Try saying that one fast! I became a BASF member because: I wanted to meet…

Barristers Club Name Mark Conrad of the U.S. Attorney’s Office as 2014 President

The Barristers Club, BASF’s new attorney division, recently announced its officers for the 2014 Board of Directors. Mark Conrad, U.S. Attorney’s Office, will serve as president; Heather Wong, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, will serve as vice president; Ben Uy,…

Eight Members to be Honored for Contributions to Legal Community

BASF will honor eight outstanding members at its December 17 Annual Membership Luncheon. The following members are being honored with an Award of Merit: Fred Fields, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy, & Bass, was the second signatory to the Justice & Diversity…

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Special Credits Festival

BASF is holding a full-day Special Credits Festival on Saturday, December 7 that will take care of all of your ethics requirements, the substance abuse hour, and the elimination of bias in the legal profession obligation. Half-day tickets are available…

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