The San Francisco Law Library maintains a comprehensive Law Practice Management Collection, with publications that detail all aspects of opening a practice—hanging your shingle, billing, marketing, finances, risk management, technology, and more. This post introduces the Law Library’s LPM resources…
CLE Compliance Countdown
The CLE compliance deadline for Group 3, N-Z is March 1, 2017! BASF has got you covered. Whether you need special or general CLE credits, take advantage of these upcoming seminars to get those last-minute credits you need to stay in…
Volunteering With the Justice & Diversity Center Gave Solo Attorney Her Start
The experience I gained while volunteering with the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) gave me a valuable start to my practice. Before attending law school, I was a commercial real estate appraiser. Although I could have done transactional work, I…
New Partnership Offers Retirement, Investment and Insurance Services
The Bar Association of San Francisco welcomes Frankie Ross and Will Chau as featured partners. Ross and Chau are Financial Representatives at the Principal Financial Group. They specialize in helping individuals, business owners, executives and their employees implement strategies de-signed…
Destined to Become Law? Sixty Resolutions are Approved at the Conference of California Bar Associations; Jim Brosnahan Honored
Approximately 30 BASF members participated in the BASF Delegation to the Conference of California Bar Associations, a collection of dozens of regional and specialty bar associations which meets once a year to debate and vote on proposed legislative reforms.…
Two Law Firms Join the Leader Circle
The Bar Association of San Francisco recently grew its distinguished roster of Leaders Circle law firms with the addition of McGuireWoods and Baker Botts. McGuireWoods is a leading U.S. law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys in 23 offices across…
Incubator Project Launches with Four Attorneys
Legal incubators have been increasing in recent years to address the negative consequences of two divergent realities: A widening legal justice gap for those of limited means and a shrinking network of full employment opportunities for newly minted lawyers…
Are You Applying the Right Strategy to Settle Your Case?
Whether you are an experienced or more junior lawyer, are you applying the right techniques for settling your client’s case? First and foremost, make sure you have a professional rapport with opposing counsel and parties that encourages communication. Without that,…
Are You Applying the Right Strategy to Settle Your Case?
Experienced lawyer or more junior, I ask the question: are you applying the right techniques for giving you the best chances for settling your client’s case? I am not saying that I have a magic formula, but after four…
Sanford Heisler Commitment to Justice Goes Beyond the Courtroom
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco received a $10,000 cy pres award thanks to Sanford Heisler, and its San Francisco Managing Partner and JDC Board Member Felicia Medina. Sanford Heisler shares JDC’s commitment…
Attorneys and Judges Volunteer at Local Juvenile Detention Center to Build Futures
On November 12, Jeff Bornstein of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld and BASF’s Julie Traun organized the fourth BASF sponsored trip to Log Cabin Ranch High School (LCR), a unique court-ordered school located 45 miles south of San Francisco in…
Former Scholarship Recipient Gives Back Through Sanford Heisler Public Interest Fellowship
The Justice & Diversity Center’s Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship Program was established in 1998 to reaffirm a commitment to diversity in legal education and the legal profession. Most scholarships involve a three-year commitment to qualified students at $10,000…