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BASF Welcomes Diana R. Passadori to the Bay Area Mediation Services Panel

Diana R. Passadori, Passadori Family Law & Mediation, is a trained mediator and has practiced family law exclusively for over 10 years. She successfully completed the 40-hour mediation training with the Center for Understanding in Conflict. Passadori’s passion for mediation stems…

Volunteer Coordinator Helps Connect Attorneys with JDC’s Pro Bono Projects

Attorneys looking to volunteer with the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) know that they can send an email to probono@sfbar.org, but may have wondered who is on the other end. Meet Tyla Jones, our new Volunteer and Clinics Coordinator, who…

Ethical Issues in Researching Prospective Jurors

When selecting a jury, attorneys seek as much information as possible about the prospective jurors. With limited time for voir dire, it is often fruitful to turn to online sources of information: entering prospective jurors’ names into a search engine…

Lawyers Needed Now To Help San Franciscans Facing Homelessness

Settlement Conference Clinic Training May 15, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Justice & Diversity Center’s Housing Negotiation Project (HNP) provides pro bono limited-scope representation for individuals and families facing eviction. Volunteer attorneys staff unlawful detainer settlement conference shifts and provide…

BASF and JDC Mourn the Passing of Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a tireless beacon of the federal bench, passed away last week. Appointed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1980, Judge Reinhardt authored many influential opinions on LGBT rights, immigration, and racial and gender discrimination, among…

Blue Collar Comedian Ron White’s White Collar Problems

Comedian Ron White, famous as a founding member of “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” along with Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy, has been trying to prove he was never married to his wife, singer-songwriter, Margo Rey, for…

Risk Management: Duties Of Partners In A Dissolving Firm

Nearly ten years after international law firm Heller Ehrman closed its doors, the California Supreme Court addressed whether the dissolved firm had any interest in the hourly-fee legal matters former partners continued to handle. In Heller Ehrman LLP v. Davis…

Attract Corporate Clients with Your Minority Certification

Is your firm minority-owned? Do you want more corporate clients? If so, you should consider the benefits of third-party certification. Corporations are placing a stronger emphasis on the diversity of their outside counsel and minority certification can play a key…

Wilson Sonsini and Dolby Join JDC to Support Bay Area Nonprofits

The Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Community Organization Representation Project (CORP) recently partnered with attorneys from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. to hold a free legal clinic for six Bay Area nonprofits. The clinic provided legal…

Legal Writing Tip: Don’t Misplace Your Modifiers or Let Them “Squint”

A misplaced modifier is one that is improperly separated from the word (or “element”) it is intended to describe, restrict, or alter. When the modifier within a sentence lacks a clear referent, the sentence often sounds ridiculous, or confusing. This…

The Kirk Kerkorian Estate Drama He ‘Tried’ to Prevent

Kirk Kerkorian, eighth-grade dropout, billionaire, casino and film dealmaker, died at age 98 in June 2015 with an estate plan that’s playing out like a movie script. Kerkorian married the young Una Davis a year before he died and, the…

Don’t be a “Blue Dot” Paralegal

Several years ago, I was visiting my friend who is a veterinarian. At the end of a patient visit, as the pet owner left the clinic, she told her receptionist in a low voice, “Blue dot.” “What’s a blue dot?”…

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