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Six Law Students Chosen to Receive Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco recently announced the recipients of its 2014 Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarships. Thanks to the generosity of donors, six scholarships will be awarded to minority students…

Lewis Feinberg Latest Firm to Join Leaders Circle

BASF is pleased to introduce its newest Leader Circle firm – Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. Founded in 1983, Lewis Feinberg is a 17-attorney law firm based in Oakland. The firm is nationally recognized for fighting to improve conditions for workers all over the United…

Bay Area Firms and Companies Help Change Lives Through Summer Internship Program

Partnering with the San Francisco Unified School District, the Justice & Diversity Center’s Law Academy program encourages and increases career opportunities for underserved and ethnically diverse students in Balboa High School in San Francisco. Creative and inspiring curriculum is built into several core classes where junior and senior…

Circuits Split Over Health Exchange Subsidies

In a development that may ultimately make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, two federal appellate rulings were issued on Tuesday that took contradictory stances on a key element of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). At issue is whether…

Free Screening of Award-Winning Documentary: The House I Live In

Join Charlotte Street Films and the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association for a free screening of the award-winning documentary The House I Live In, on Friday July 11 at the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco. Following the screening…

Bingham McCutchen Hosts Oscar-Winning Filmmaker for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration

To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, BASF Leader Circle Firm Bingham McCutchen’s West Coast offices welcomed Academy Award-winning director Steven Okazaki and Margaret Zachow Wetherbee, curator for the Japanese American National Museum. Clients and industry contacts joined Bingham lawyers and staff for a screening of Okazaki’s documentary “Days of…

Antitrust Attorney Branches Out to Protect Consumers

The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to spotlight Jubilee Menzies of Andrus Anderson as our Volunteer of the Month for July 2014. Menzies began volunteering with JDC in 2011 with the Consumer Project, which provides legal advice, assistance and limited or full-scope representation to low-income consumers…

Meet Tyler Hill: Fall 2015 Destination is Law School

Diversity Pipeline Programs Manager Nicole Britton-Snyder recently caught up with Tyler Hill, a participant in BASF’s Destination Law School (DLS) program who is currently applying to law school for fall 2015. Tyler, who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2013, spoke about her expectations for law school, what she hopes to do with her…

2011 Scholarship Recipient Antonio Ingram: Next Stop Morrison & Foerster

BASF’s 2011 Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship recipient Antonio Ingram graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law this past May. Over the last three years, Ingram has shown why he was so deserving of the scholarship and why it was such a great investment by donors to the scholarship…

Interesting News from the World of Estate Planning

Whitney Houston: The Burden of Inheritance Whitney Houston’s mother and sister-in-law recently filed a petition to change the terms of Houston’s will, which was last updated nearly 20 years ago. They want to delay the distribution of millions to Houston’s only child, Bobbi Kristina, 19, in…

Legal Writing Tip: Avoid Legal Clichés

Clichés in writing extend far beyond stories that begin, “It was a dark and stormy night.” Legal writing, too, is often loaded with overused phrases that have lost their oomph, whether it be idioms or literary and pop culture references.…

Can Bitcoin be Used as Collateral to Secure a Loan?

Problems arise when a lender attempts to accept Bitcoin as collateral to secure a loan. More problems arise when Bitcoin makes up a portion of the lender’s collateral without the lender’s knowledge. It is best to address these issues in…

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