In This Issue

Blanc et Rouge

Two Embarcadero Center

Thursday, July 10, 2014

5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

 

Come out and have a glass of wine and meet both old and new friends at our fabulous happy hour! 

 

BASF and BALIF cordially invite you to their Summer Reception welcoming LGBTQ Summer Associates to the Bay Area.

 

Tuesday, July 15

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

 

Hosted by:

Arnold & Porter

Three Embarcadero Center

10th Floor

 

Register online at: http://www.sfbar.org/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?id=D147406/D117406

 

BALIF's Connections mentorship program is seeking mentors and mentees for 2014-2015. For more information, see the program guidelines and description on the BALIF website. If you are a law student, recent law school graduate, or newer attorney seeking a mentor, or if you are an experienced attorney interested in serving as a mentor, please contact Julie Wilensky, jwilensky@lewisfeinberg.com. Mentor/mentee pairs will be assigned on a rolling basis from July-September.

 

Lambda Legal's San Francisco Bay Leadership Committee invites you to join us for the: STATE OF THE LGBT UNION

Wednesday, July 2, 2014, Wine and cheese reception at 5:30, Program at 6 pm
Hosted by Seyfarth Shaw, 560 Mission Street, S.F.

Our speakers (Shedrick Davis, Esq., Western Regional Director, Los Angeles & Judi O'Kelley, Esq., Deputy Director, Seattle) will give an overview of the current status of national marriage equality work, will outline other cutting edge cases Lambda Legal is currently litigating across the country, and will preview the pressing issues facing the LGBT community as we look to our future. Question and answer session to follow.

RSVP to Jessica Maxwell at jmaxwell@lambdalegal.org or 213-382-7600 ext. 222 or  www.lambdalegal.org/unionsf  

ACBA - Judicial Mentoring Project:  Thinking about applying for a judicial appointment. Diverse applicants needed.  Rolling application process through July 2014.  Please consider applying.   For more information: https://www.acbanet.org/Committees/EastBayDiversityBarCoalition.aspx

 

BALIF's twitter feed is up and running.  Follow us to see BALIF news, event info, #ThrowbackThursday posts, and more.  Just click the Twitter button in the right hand column of the newsletter or here.

 

Request a ride with the push of a button! Uber is offering new users $20 off your first ride. Text BALIF to 827-222. You can also sign up at uber.com/go/BALIF and download the app for Android, Blackberry, or iPhone. Then sit back and enjoy the magic of Uber, everyone's private driver. (Valid for new users only, TAXI excluded).

 

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!

 

Meaghan Zore 

BALIF Membership Chair

 

All job postings can be found here!  

 

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

July 10- BALIF Happy Hour

July 15 - BASF/BALIF LGBTQ Partners & Associates Reception

August 17 - PLF Sunset Bay Cruise