BALIF and Jones Day welcome all summer associates, law students, attorneys, judges, staff, and friends from all around the Bay Area to their 5th Annual Pride Breakfast Celebration. Come and enjoy great food, drinks, and fun at this annual event before you head out to watch the Pride Parade.

Jones Day

555 California Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

 

"Being Out and In-House in 2013: Perspectives of LGBT In-House Counsel" A Panel Presentation & Reception

 

The panel will discuss LGBT-related diversity and inclusion issues within the legal department and the corporation. 

 

Panelists:

 

Adam Cohn, Director, Legal, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Chester Day, Managing Litigation Counsel, Google Inc.

Hilary Ware, Associate General Counsel, Netflix, Inc.

Derek J. Windham, Associate General Counsel, Del Monte Corporation

Erica Worthington, Patent Counsel, Strategic IP, Qualcomm, Inc.

 

Moderated by Bobbie Wilson, Perkins Coie LLP

 

Tuesday, June 11th (San Francisco)

5:30- 8:30 pm

 

Office of Perkins Coie LLP

Four Embarcadero Center

Suite 2400

San Francisco, California

 

Contact: David Tsai (415-344-7000) 

 

REGISTER NOW!

 

Admission for this event is FREE, but you must register online.

LGBT Law Student Organization members are also invited to attend FREE!!!

 

Come meet members of our sister minority bar organizations in a relaxed and informal setting. Appetizers will be provided!

 

June 12, 2013

5:30-8:30 pm

111 Minna Gallery

111 Minna Street (at 2nd Street)

San Francisco, CA

 

RSVP here! 

 

On Thursday, June 13, 2013, the National LGBT Bar Association will honor BALIF Board member Andrew Vu, Senior Associate General Counsel of Walmart Global eCommerce, at its Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Reception.

BALIF is a co-sponsor of this event.

 

Slide Lounge

430 Mason Street

San Francisco, CA

6:00-8:00 pm

 

The Out & Proud Corporate Counsel Award Receptions give LGBT legal professionals and their straight allies the opportunity to honor distinguished colleagues who have worked hard to increase LGBT diversity awareness in the corporate office and in the community. These receptions provide a business casual environment for corporate counsel of all levels to gather and network toward the betterment of diversity in the legal profession.

 

This is a ticketed event. All corporate counsel receive complimentary tickets courtesy of the LGBT Bar. To RSVP, please email Kelly@lgbtbar.org.

 

BayLegal invites law students beginning their third year and recent law school graduates to propose innovative fellowship projects for 2014 for submission to the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, Equal Justice Works, Soros Justice Fellowship Program and/or similar programs.  Project ideas should relate to one or more of BayLegal's substantive practice areas:

• Domestic Violence Prevention and Immigration Relief
• Housing Preservation
• Health Care Access
• Economic Security
• Consumer Assistance

BayLegal will consider fellowship proposals drafted by applicants, or assist candidates to design a project in one of our main practice areas based on the candidate's own interests and the needs of the community.

 

Factors that will be considered in evaluating candidates for sponsorship include:

• Demonstrated commitment to public interest law;
• Knowledge of or strong interest in the subject-matter of the proposed fellowship;
• Membership in a minority population served by BayLegal, including the LGBT community;
• Fluency in a non-English language spoken by many of BayLegal's clients;
• Excellence in oral, written and legal research skills;
• Anticipated or current California Bar membership.

Interested candidates should e-mail the following materials:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• One-page summary of fellowship proposal or statement concerning the priority area in which you would like to develop a project;
• List of three references
• Writing sample

Direct materials and inquiries to Jerel McCrary at fellows@baylegal.org  on or before June 15, 2013.

BayLegal will work closely with successful applicants to design the final project proposal.

More info here!

Charles Houston Bar Association Presents:

Handling Civil Cases in the State and Federal Courts

5:30 P.M.

Moderator: Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte

Hon. Phyllis Hamilton

Hon. Wynne Carvill

Hon. Teri Jackson

Hon. Steven Austin

Hosted by:

Meyers Nave Law Firm

555 12th Street

Oakland, CA

Interested persons should RSVP to younglawyerschair@charleshoustonbar.org or 

 

EXPANDING HORIZONS

 

The Barristers Diversity Issues Committee presents:

 

Overcoming Barriers:

Advice From Local, Diverse Judges  

Top tips from the Bench on how to succeed in & out of the courtroom

 

Speakers:

Presiding Judge Cynthia Ming-mei Lee 

San Francisco Superior Court

 

Judge Evelio M. Grillo 

Alameda County Superior Court

 

Judge Erica R. Yew 

Santa Clara Superior Court

  

Moderator:

Quyen Ta 

Keker & Van Nest LLP

 

Tuesday June 25, 2013

MCLE Registration: 5:30-6:30 pm

Program: 6:00-7:30 pm

 

Arnold & Porter LLP 

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111

• Free for BASF Student Members 
• $25 Government, Nonprofit Attorneys and Barrister Section Members 
• $35 BASF Members 
• $50 Others

(BASF Members: Be sure to login in to get your discounts!)

MCLE: 1 Hour 

 

Event Code: B131250

Informal reception will follow the panel.

All attorneys who have their office in District 1 can vote. District 1 includes San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

I would appreciate your vote for the Board of Trustees. If elected, I will bring a well-rounded perspective to the position. I have been a civil trial attorney in San Francisco for 20 years. I represent plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of areas, such as personal injury, employment, medical malpractice, construction defect and business litigation. I have a strong commitment to community service. For three years I was an AIDS volunteer at California Pacific Medical Center where I visited patients with AIDS-related illnesses once a week. For seven years I was a volunteer at AIDS Health Project where I facilitated weekly support groups for HIV positive and negative men. I was a board member for four years and the co-chair for two years of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (the nation's oldest LGBT bar association.) I was the co-chair of the Minority Bar Coalition for two years. I am a past board member of the Bar Association of San Francisco. I am currently on the board of my law school, the University of San Francisco School of Law. For the past six years, I have been a Judge Pro Tem at San Francisco Superior Court (traffic and small claims.) I look forward to contributing my time, skills and passion to the State Bar as a member of the Board of Trustees.  Thank you for your consideration.   

 

 

Restraining Orders

• Tuesday, June 18, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Russell Goodrow, Esq., Law Offices of Russell Goodrow
• Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
• 1.5 General CLE Credits

Ellis Act Evictions

• Tuesday, June 25, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Raquel Fox, Esq., Tenderloin Housing Clinic
• Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA 94111
• 1.5 General CLE Credits

To RSVP:

Email:

 

trainingsvlsp@sfbar.org

 

Or Call

415-782-9000 ext. 8651

 

Click here for the ALRP Flyer!

The National LGBT Bar Association is pleased to present Reed Smith's 2013 Diverse Scholars Program. Reed Smith has a strong commitment to diversity which has resulted in a firm in which diversity and inclusion permeate the culture. Rewarding young future leaders for their efforts in the area of diversity and introducing them to the Reed Smith culture are two important goals of this program.

Click here for more details.

 

Have a job or need one? Civil procedure question? Need a

referral? Have something important to ask ... or news to tell? Want to get to our members quickly? Join our Listserv!

 

BALIF members should have received our invitation to join our newly-created Listserv. You must proactively respond to the request in order to be added to our Listserv. If you didn't get a request, please let us know by emailing technology@balif.org or balif@balif.org.

We all love that section in our alumni newsletters that talks about who's doing what.

 

Well, we're introducing the BALIFBuzz to show-off all the great things that our members are doing.  BALIFBuzz will be appearing in the weekly BALIF newsletter.   

 

New job?

New client?

Promotion?

Court victory?

Significant settlement?

Baby on the way?

Recently married or engaged?

Speaking engagement?

Award, recognition, certification, or degree?  

Or anything else you're excited about...

 

Keep it to one or two lines.  Please send to membership@balif.org.

 

Can't wait to hear your great news!

 

Lauri Bertolacci

BALIF Membership Chair

 

All job postings can be found here!  

 

BALIF membership is required to view the job postings. Simply log into the BALIF website with your membership ID and password, and select the JOBS from the menu on the left.

 June 11 - ACC Diversity Committee  Program Presentation & Reception

 June 12 - MBC Joint Bar Association Happy Hour Mixer

 June 13 - National LGBT Honors Andrew Vu

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