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Scholarship Recipients Continue to See Success in Bay Area Legal Community

Check out these updates from two recent recipients of the Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship: 2013 recipient Angelo Villareal recently accepted a position with the Marin County Public Defender’s Office. Prior to accepting this position…

That Retainer, it’s Almost Certainly Refundable

As I progress through law school, I’m thinking about practicing and getting paid. The notion of a retainer payment is great because it mitigates the risk of getting stiffed or having to chase down money. However, sometimes business concludes before…

LawYaw Joins BASF Member Benefit Lineup

The Bar Association of San Francisco would like to welcome its newest member benefits partner – Lawyaw. Lawyaw is an easy to use cloud-based document automation platform built for attorneys and law firms. Lawyaw offers all California Judicial Council Forms…

Right to Civil Counsel Staff Attorney Defends Vulnerable Tenants Facing Eviction

Meet Ana Denmark, who has joined the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Right to Civil Counsel Program (RTCC). Through the RTCC Pilot Program, a partnership between JDC and the City of San Francisco, Denmark represents low-income tenants facing eviction. Since…

Congratulations to Covington & Burling For Federal Pro Bono Success

Congratulations to Covington & Burling for a remarkable result in a pro bono civil rights case for a prisoner. “Mr. P” is a JDC client who is wheelchair bound and was denied proper medical treatment while incarcerated. He filed a…

Federal Pro Bono Project Celebrates Ten Years

Twelve federal judges and more than sixty attorneys gathered at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse in January to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Federal Pro Bono Project. Chief Judge…

Will 50 Cent Lose Bitcoin Millions to Bankruptcy Creditors?

Recently, rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) found about 700 Bitcoins between his virtual couch cushions worth some $7.7 million as of January 24, 2018. These were some of the proceeds of his 2014 album, namely Animal Ambition. At the time,…

JDC and Kirkland & Ellis Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Free Legal Clinic for Local Nonprofits

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, nonprofits nationwide joined forces to support organizations serving homeless people. The Justice & Diversity Center was proud to participate with Kirkland & Ellis, holding a free legal clinic for two nonprofits working to end…

Today is Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day!

EITC Awareness Day is a nationwide effort to ensure that working American taxpayers know about the Earned Income Tax Credit, which reduces the amount of tax owed by low to moderate income workers. The Justice & Diversity Center, through its Low-Income…

Paralegal Corner: How Legal Nurse Consultants Benefit Your Practice

Last September, The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Paralegal Section hosted an engaging CLE workshop titled, “Utilizing Legal Nurse Consultant Expertise to Benefit Your Legal Practice”, presented by Mitzi Wortman, RN-BC, CCM, LNCC and Rita Kae Restrepo, RN, BS,…

Preparing for Negotiation

When preparing for a negotiation on behalf of a client, the first step is to set aside the adversarial mindset. The goal of a negotiation is not to win an argument or to convince the other party that your…

Mock Trial Volunteers Needed for February Tournament

The San Francisco Mock Trial Competition starts in February, and The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Mock Trial committee is looking for volunteers to serve as presiding judges and scorers for the tournament’s preliminary rounds. More than 150 high school students…

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