In the final section of your brief, don’t forget to remind the court why your side should win. All too often, having run out of time, space, and energy, you finally get to the end of the brief you’ve been…
Fifth Annual Solo & Small Firm Conference: Larger Than Coronavirus
The Solo and Small Firm Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco will host its fifth annual Solo and Small Firm Conference on January 28, 2021. The conference is planned as a virtual event in light of the various…
December Members in the News
Daily Journal Honors Top 100 Women Lawyers in California The following BASF members were included in the Top Women Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal: Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Lexi J. Hazam, Lieff Cabraser Heimann &…
Giving 2020: Legal Community Persists in Making Holidays Brighter for Head Start Kids
On behalf of the Justice and Diversity Center’s Diversity and Pipeline Programs, we thank all firms that have stepped up to participate in this year’s Head Start Holiday Gift program. Every year, law firms in San Francisco sign up to…
Barristers Club Diversity Awards: Interviews with 2020 Recipients, Kevin Benedicto and Liên Payne
This year marks the twelfth anniversary of the Barristers Club’s Diversity Reception. Each year, two individuals are honored for their outstanding efforts to increase awareness of diversity issues in the Bay Area legal community. Below are excerpts from interviews with…
Working From Home During the Pandemic: Top Tips and Considerations from a Solo and Small Firm Attorney
In March 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a statewide shelter-in-place order in California. On March 25, 2020, I, alongside Diane Camacho of DLS Consulting Services and Brittny Bottorff of the Law Office of Brittny Bottorff, presented a panel entitled “Change…
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2020 BAUDL Champions of Diversity Fundraiser!
The Bay Area Urban Debate League (BAUDL) works with Bay Area public school districts to make competitive policy debate available to every public high school student. BAUDL believes that debate increases student academic performance, enriches and expands their college and…
Practical Tips for Pursuing a Judicial Appointment
Editor’s note: In the short period since press time, Justice Martin Jenkins has been nominated by Governor Gavin Newsom to serve on the California Supreme Court. Congratulations, Justice Jenkins! A survey by the Bar Association of San Francisco shows a…
Path to 19th Amendment Offers Lessons for Today
The Nineteenth Amendment federally guaranteed women the right to vote on August 26, 1920: 100 years ago. On this occasion, celebration is warranted; but it is not enough. The Nineteenth Amendment’s adoption followed over seven decades of continuous advocacy. The…
BASF Task Force Facilitates Police Reform
Editor’s note: Since press time, San Francisco’s Police Commission passed new body-worn camera measures that had been stalled in negotiations for more than two years. After the death of George Floyd reignited national conversations about police violence against Black people,…
2020: A Time for Change and Action
I remember being very excited for 2020. The even numbers. The symmetry. The start of a new decade. I had made New Year’s resolutions – basically the same as the ones last year, but this year I promised myself I…
Liberty of Movement and Assembly
When everyone is potentially lethal to others, without any individual choice on anyone’s part Restrictions on freedom of movement and assembly in a time of epidemic are massive restraints on liberty. They would normally be intolerable. But I think that…