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JDC Volunteers Serve Those in Greatest Need at Project Homeless Connect

Six times a year, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) participates in the city’s Project Homeless Connect (PHC), an event that provides over 2,000 homeless residents with food, clothing, health, social, and legal services in one place. Since PHC began…

Interested in Improving or Writing California Law?

Have you ever wanted to change the law, write a new law, or participate in the legislative process in California? BASF’s Delegation to the California Conference of Bar Associations (CCBA) invites members to join its delegation to the 2014 CCBA…

May Bulletin Board: Our Members and Leaders Circle Firms Making Headlines

Member Appointed to Bar Rules Advisory Group BASF member Reno Fernandez, MacDonald | Fernandez, was recently appointed to two working groups of the Bar Rules Advisory Group (BRAG) to assist the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of…

Sponsor the 10th Annual Bay Area Diversity Career Fair

Legal Writing Tip: There’s an App for That Too?

There’s an app for everything these days and writing is no exception. Here are a few that might appeal to legal writers. Index Card www.denvog.com/app/index-card This digital corkboard is designed for the visually minded. Use it on your iPad/iPhone to…

Na’il Benjamin Takes on Mentoring, Giving Back and Being a Working Parent

This month we are profiling Diversity Pipeline Programs Advisory Committee member Na’il Benjamin. He will be returning to the private sector after almost three years at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office and prior to that he was at Orrick,…

Law School Debt Limits Diversity in the Legal Profession

$119,000, $141,000, $144,000, $147,000. What do these numbers represent? According to U.S. News & World Report, this is the average debt of 2013 graduates from four different Bay Area law schools. In California, more than half of the state’s population…

Nossaman Hosts Reception for Diverse Women on Leaning In and Out

BASF Leader Circle Firm Nossaman LLP recently sponsored a reception in its San Francisco office for the Boalt Women of Color Attorney Network. The event was moderated by Nossaman Partner Clothilde Hewlett and included a panel of diverse women attorneys discussing…

Bay Area General Counsel Meet Up at First-of-its-Kind BASF Dinner

BASF held its first ever General Counsel Dinner on March 19. The event was held at Lark Creek Steakhouse and was attended by numerous General Counsel from Bay Area companies. The dinner brought together the chief lawyers from a wide…

Judicial Candidates Forum – April 29

Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg Secure Cy Pres Award for JDC Consumer Project

Attorneys Nancy Barron and Bryan Kemnitzer of Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg, directed a $110,000 cy pres award to the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Consumer Project in March. The award stems from a class action lawsuit brought under California’s Rees-Levering…

Lawyer Referral and Information Service Panel Attorneys Win $2M Settlement for Injured Pedestrian

In the Fall of 2012 an accident involving a City of Oakland utility truck made the evening news. Pedestrians had been struck down on the sidewalk, and wreckage to city meters, store fronts, glass doorways and parked cars was reported.…

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