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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mediating Environmental Disputes, Part I: Addressing the Long Term in the Present

Disputes over environmental degradation and natural re-sources were a growth industry in the 1970’s. New federal statutes and agencies provided focused ways to address environmental harms, but environmental litigation has remained expensive and involved. Fact-intensive and document-laden, it requires investment…
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Lawyer Referral Service Continues to Educate People About Their Legal Rights

Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) panel attorney and BASF Board Member Joshua Ridless, Ridless Law Office, recently spoke to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Small Business Issues Forum about Contract Law, Business Entities, and Business Disputes. In furtherance…
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