This is the third of a three-part series of articles with tips on How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course by Kimberly Alford Rice. Read Part 1 here: How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course (Part 1) Read Part 2…
How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course (Part 2)
This is the second of a three-part series of articles with tips on How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course by Kimberly Alford Rice. Read the first part here. Despite disappointing reports we hear on gender equality, the pay gap and…
How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course (Part 1)
This is the first of a three-part series of articles with tips on How Women Lawyers Can Chart a Different Course by Kimberly Alford Rice. For all the chatter, studies, and disheartening stats we read on where women in the law rank…
LRIS: Echoes in the Community
The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Lawyer Referral & Information Service refers individuals and businesses to experienced attorneys and appropriate legal resources. LRIS client, Krys Schempp, shares her experience about how the Lawyer Referral & Information Service helped her find…
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…
Interested in Getting Referrals? Join our Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Whether you are submitting an application to join this award-winning program for the first time or are a renewing member, now is the time to submit your attorney agreement and area of law panel applications. The Lawyer Referral and Information…
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…
Family Law Corner: Skinnygirl Bethenny Frankel Writes Fat Check
Bethenny Frankel, former daytime talk show host and star of “Bethenny Ever After” and “Real Housewives of New York,” and founder of Skinnygirl cocktails is still embroiled in a contentious divorce. After fighting more than a year over custody of…
Summer Diversity Receptions
Check out pictures from last year’s receptions on our Facebook page: Latino/a Partners & Associates Reception African American Partners and Associates Reception Marriage in America: Life After Windsor and Perry/LGBT Reception In-House Counsel Diversity Awards Reception Barristers Club Diversity Reception
Yahoo! and Fenwick & West Help Nonprofits Tackle Legal Issues
In April, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) partnered with Yahoo! Inc. and Fenwick & West to hold a pro bono clinic for nonprofit organizations. After Fenwick attorneys gave an overview of typical legal issues for nonprofits, Yahoo lawyers and…
June Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines
Two Leaders Circle Firms Named Best Places to Work BASF Leaders Circle firms Farella Braun + Martel and Fenwick & West were both recently named to the San Francisco Business Times, “Best Places to Work in the Bay Area” list.…
Homeless Advocacy Project Makes a Difference in San Francisco
Thirty-five year old Jerry Buttner came to JDC’s Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) for help getting federal disability benefits (SSI). He had a long history of mental health and medical problems, and was living in a half-way house after serving time…