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HAP Client Brought to Tears By the Advocacy of Her Attorney

Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) client Kreasha Wilson had lived in her public housing apartment for 22 years. In 2012, she left for a month to take care of the father of her children who had become permanently paralyzed in an accident. While she was away, strangers…

JDC Welcomes Homeless Advocacy Project Summer Interns

This summer, JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) welcomes four interns who will work on eviction defense cases with Staff Attorney Erin Katayama. Seamus Brugh attends University of San Francisco School of Law, where he is a research assistant for Professor Tim Iglesias, and a member of the…

Family Law Corner: Shepherd’s View of Divorce Does Not Look Pretty

Sherri Shepherd may seem to talk about anything and everything as a co-host of The View, but when it comes to her personal life, she can keep a secret. When Shepherd’s husband, Lamar Sally, filed for legal separation in California, he also requested custody of their child.…

Mediating Environmental Disputes, Part 2: Challenges of NGO and Government Agency Participants

Read the first part: Mediating Environmental Disputes, Part I: Addressing the Long Term in the Present Mediation is an especially useful forum for environmental disputes because it can be set up to include various constituencies essential to a long term environmental remediation process and a…

July 31: In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception

BASF cordially invites you to its fourth annual In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception recognizing those who have demonstrated a sustained and meaningful commitment to increasing and retaining diversity in the legal profession.

Legal Ethics Corner: Communicating with English as a Second Language Clients

I have recently been confronted with the issue of what to do with a client who speaks English as a second language (ESL). The ESL client will tell me they understand everything I have communicated to them regarding an important…

Summer Diversity Reception: African American Partners & Summer Associates Reception

We cordially invite you to attend the African American Partners and Associates Reception, welcoming African American Summer Associates to the Bay Area. All attorneys and law students are invited to join this wonderful event. BASF recognizes the benefits that minority…

Summer Diversity Reception: LGBT Partners, Associates and Counsel Reception

BASF has been a pioneer among bar associations working to ensure workplace equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) lawyers. Recognizing the benefits that LGBT law students and young lawyers receive when afforded opportunities to network with other LGBT…

Stanford Report on Right to Civil Counsel Shows Success of Leveraging Millions of Dollars of Pro Bono Assistance and Cost Savings to City

Board of Supervisors President David Chiu joined Stanford Law School’s Levin Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law in releasing its report on San Francisco’s Right to Civil Counsel Pilot Program. In 2012, Supervisor Chiu sponsored legislation declaring San…

National Association of Women Judges Kicks Off Civics Education Awareness

A groundbreaking partnership formed by California judicial leaders and Hollywood has won an Emmy Award for the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ). The film “Fair and Free”, conceived, written and produced by award-winning television writer and producer Jonathan Shapiro…

Excel for Litigators: Tips to Present Numbers and Calculations at Trial

This article was first published by Michael Kelleher on the Cogent Legal Blog at cogentlegal.com/blog/2014/06/excel-for-litigators/ Litigators must master the presentation of numbers and calculations in trial because numbers often prove damages and/or liability. However, showing and explaining numbers and calculations in trial…

License Assumed While Related Agreements Rejected

In In re Physiotherapy Holdings, Inc., 506 B.R. 619 (Bankr. D. Del. 2014), the bankruptcy court permitted the debtor to assume a license agreement but reject other related agreements. In Physiotherapy Holdings, the debtor licensed software under several agreements. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Section…

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