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Family Law Corner: Custody Battle Escalates as Question of Jurisdiction Lingers

Last Family Law Corner, we updated Kelly Rutherford’s epic custody battle. When we left Rutherford’s story, it was just as a dramatic as something you would see on “Gossip Girl.” In June, Rutherford petitioned the California court to keep jurisdiction…

Legal Writing Tip: Keep Deleting the Unnecessary

Eliminating verbiage is so essential to writing effectively, the task warrants further attention. Legal writing guru Bryan Garner is fond of quoting the late Judge David Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on…

Minority Scholarship Reception Honors Donors and Recipients

More than 35 people attended the Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship Reception hosted by Coblentz Patch Duff & Bass on August 6. The reception honored the scholarship donors and the 2015 scholarship recipients: Allyssa Villanueva, Luis Beltran, Adriana Mendez…

September Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leader Circle Firms Making Headlines

ABA Commission Honors Mark Schickman Past BASF President Mark Schickman, a partner at Freeland Cooper & Foreman, was recently recognized by the ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence with their 20/20 Vision Award for his trailblazing advocacy against domestic…

Paralegal Corner: Collaboration of Legal Nurse Consultants with Paralegals and Attorneys

A Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) can take any litigation case and review the medical records to provide valuable analysis for the legal team. Any case that requires medical record analysis can be improved by an LNC analysis. The LNC can…

Individual Tickets Now On Sale for JDC Gala on September 24

Individual tickets for the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Annual Gala on September 24 are on sale now. Purchase your tickets now – the member price for tickets is $200 ($100 is tax-deductible). New this year: For every individual ticket…

Pro Bono Attorney’s Family Law Work Helps Put Lives Back on Track

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) features Meredith Gittings as our Volunteer of the Month for her work with JDC’s Family Law Project. After stepping back from legal practice for several years, pro bono service has given Gittings a way…

Law Academy Interns Meet Judge Edward Chen

Law Academy interns, including those from Farella Braun + Martel, took a field trip in June to U.S. District Court, Northern District of California Judge Edward Chen’s chambers. In addition to meeting Judge Chen, the interns also sat in…

The Importance of Mindfulness in Mediation

As the human brain evolves to include senses-engaging Apple Watch communication and avatar only mood emoticons, it is important for those of us who practice in conflict resolution to build spaces where time stands still. Mediation requires actively sitting with…

California’s Lawyer Referral Service Client Privilege and the ABA’s LRS-Client Privilege Resolution

The ABA’s Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral Services is co-sponsoring a resolution to urge legislatures to enact and courts to recognize a privilege to protect the confidentiality of the tens of thousands of conversations that occur every day between prospective…

Attorneys and Accounting Professionals Team Up with JDC to Help Nonprofit Organizations

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) thanks the two law firms and two accounting firms who joined JDC in holding a free clinic for nonprofit organizations: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton; Deloitte Consulting; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Deloitte…

11th Annual Career Fair Draws More than 300 Law Students and 65 Employers

More than fifty employers interviewed over 300 law students from across the nation at the 11th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair in July, sponsored by BASF and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. The night before the interviews, participating students and…

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