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Life Planning for Life Savers: BASF and JDC Lead Pro Bono Initiative for COVID-19 Frontline Medical Workers

While much of the world shelters in place, our medical frontline workers—the nurses, EMTs, and custodial staff maintaining our hospitals—are putting their lives in danger every day as they go about taking care of our communities and saving lives. To…

Volunteer Interpreters Needed in Immigration Cases

Are you fluent in Spanish or other languages and interested in gaining valuable interpretation experience in an immigration law setting? The Justice & Diversity Center invites you to get involved with the longstanding Attorney of the Day Program as a…

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…

JDC Volunteer Helps Pro Bono Clients Navigate Complex Tax Laws

Jason Galek is the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC)’s Volunteer of the Month for his service to low-income people facing tax issues. Through JDC’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC), Galek represents clients in their cases with the IRS, and also…

From Volunteer to Staff Member, Meet JDC’s New Pro Bono Manager

Meet Jay Lee, JDC’s new Pro Bono Manager and Supervising Attorney for the Community Organization Representation Project (CORP). As Pro Bono Manager, Lee supports and connects attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other volunteers with pro bono opportunities at JDC’s…

Volunteers Needed for Three-Hour Shifts at Mock Trial Tourney in February

The San Francisco Mock Trial Competition starts in February, and BASF’s Mock Trial Committee is looking for volunteers to serve as presiding judges and scorers for the preliminary rounds. What is Mock Trial? The students perform a mock trial addressing…

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Legal Community Exceeds Goals in Annual Drive for San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

The Bar Association of San Francisco and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank celebrated a record-breaking annual Food From the Bar Campaign at an awards ceremony at One Market Restaurant on July 21. Food from the Bar is the legal community’s annual fundraising drive to benefit the San Francisco…