When:  

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Time:  12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Where: San Francisco City Club (155 Sansome, 10^th Floor)

What: Gourmet buffet lunch with other partners and firm owners

Cost: $40 payable by cash or check only

BALIF has created the BALIF Partner Exchange to bring together our members that are looking to network and exchange business and ideas.  This event is exclusively for BALIF members who are partners or owners of their firm with 7 years or more of experience. 

January's luncheon topic:  What are your business development resolutions for 2015? Plan to share at least one, with particular consideration on how the group can help you achieve it. What successes did you have in 2014 that you plan to build upon? What do you plan to do differently in 2015?

Space is limited so only the first 11 to RSVP to jdupree@fddcm.com may attend. 

RSVPs being accepted for January 14, 2015 only.  

Perkins Coie LLP, BALIF, and the AABA LGBT Committee proudly present:

A Fireside Chat and Reception with Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Cabeca.

Thursday, January 15, 2015, 6-8 pm

Perkins Coie LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400

San Francisco, CA 94111

Please join us for an evening networking reception and fireside chat with John Cabeca, the Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  John will talk openly about his life and experiences over his 25 year career at the USPTO.  He will also provide an overview of the community-focused services and educational programs that will be offered through the Silicon Valley regional office.

One (1) Elimination of Bias CLE Credit Offered.

Questions?  Please contact:  David Tsai: dtsai@perkinscoie.com

Free, but RSVP requested at dtsai@perkinscoie.com

Click here to view PDF flyer

When: Thursday, February 5, 2015

Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Where: Tribune Tavern, (401 13th Street), Oakland CA

What: An opportunity for you to mix with your fellow legal professionals and judges, and make a few new connections. There will be drinks and light appetizers provided. 

Join BALIF as we celebrate 35 years! Come celebrate the amazing progress our community has made over the past year. Better yet, be a sponsor! BALIF 2015 sponsors get complimentary tickets to the Gala as well as many other benefits.

Contact Mario Choi at gala@balif.org or go to the BALIF website at www.balif.org for sponsorship information or to buy tickets!

BALIF thanks this week's incoming 2015 BALIF Sponsors:

Advocate Level:

A.L. Nella & Co., CPA

Benefactor Level:

Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C

Lubin Olson & Niewiadomski LLP

Pritzker Levine LLP

Individual Sponsors:

Michael Colantuono, Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley, PC

Debra Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C.

Cheryl Sena, Sena Family Law

You are invited to attend this panel discussion by three powerhouse women attorneys (all Past Presidents of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California), who will share their experiences and tips on succeeding in the legal profession, including identifying, addressing, and overcoming biases as minority women in the legal profession. Afterwards, please join fellow attorneys and law students for networking mixer/reception.

Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Time: Registration at 5:30 p.m.; CLE from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.; and Networking mixer/cocktail hour/reception: 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Location: Reed Smith LLP, 101 Second Street, Suite 1800, San Francisco, CA 94105

CLE: Elimination of Bias Credit PENDING!

RSVP to Eunice Yang at eyang@minamitamaki.com by Jan. 16, 2015.

Ethical Issues in Representing Low-Income and Disabled Clients

• Thursday, January 22, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Tiela Chalmers, Esq. - Tiela Chalmers Consulting
• 1.5 Legal Ethics CLE Credits

The Nuts & Bolts of Removal Defense Procedures

• Thursday, February 12, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Cara Jobson, Esq. - Wiley & Jobson
• 1.5 General CLE Credits

Conservatorships

• Tuesday, February 17, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Amy Harrington, Esq. - Law Offices of Amy Harrington
• 1.5 General CLE Credits

Removal Defense Waivers and Prosecutorial Discretion: Getting the Results You Want in Immigration Court

• Wednesday, March 11, 5:30-7:00pm
• Presented by Gene Sverdlov, Esq. - Law Offices of Gene Sverdlov
• 1.5 General CLE Credits

Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment

• Thursday, March 26, 5:30-7:30pm
• Presented by David Mann - Northern California Consultant to The Other Bar
• 1.5 Substance Abuse CLE Credits

All Classes take place at:

Bar Association of San Francisco

301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room

San Francisco, CA 94111

To RSVP

Email:

mcle@alrp.org

Call: 415-701-1200 ext. 303 

It's the New Year. Take action. Edward Joy, Attorney at Law will provide a highly informative and interactive discussion around estate planning law, and how to protect you, your estate & your family, with a special focus on LGBT issues. Financial planning speaker to be announced. This seminar is free with no obligation.

Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Time: 6:30-7:30 PM

Where: North Beach Library, 850 Columbus Avenue

RSVP by emailing edward@edwardjoylaw.com or calling 415-608-6727

Register for Gay Ski Day online at:  http://bit.ly/1dPCCus 

Proceeds benefit legal services and advocacy for the LGBT community in the Bay Area and beyond!

Diversity in the Public Interest - Bar Exam Scholarship. This scholarship supports bar exam expenses for law students from diverse backgrounds who plan to pursue careers in the public interest sector. The California Bar Foundation is pleased to introduce the scholarship. "Diversity" includes a broad array of backgrounds and life experiences, including students from groups or with skills or attributes that are underrepresented in the legal profession, and specifically including students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Deadline: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 4:30pm

Link to application: http://www.tfaforms.com/357498

More info: http://www.calbarfoundation.org/public-interest-scholarship.html

You're invited to a special benefit for New Conservatory Theatre Center!

February 14th, 1:00-4:30pm

Delancey Street Foundation Screening Room

600 Embarcadero, San Francisco

Start your Valentine's Day celebrations with an exclusive screening of The Case Against 8, the acclaimed HBO Documentary about this pivotal event in the fight for marriage equality. Key participants in the case, including Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker, attorney Enrique Monagas, and plaintiffs Paul Katami & Jeff Zarrillo will come together for the first time in a panel discussion following the film.

Show your NCTC love and enjoy a champagne reception followed by a screening and panel discussion at the plush Delancy Street screening room, all in support of San Francisco's premier LGBT theatre.

Subscriber & Early bird (thru January 30th) Tickets: $65

Regular Tickets: $75

VIP (best seating - limited amount available) Tickets: $100

Purchase tickets here!

Our firm is committed to the growth and development of legal communities that more accurately reflect the rich diversity of our communities at large. Our diversity fellowships provide students with a $7,500 academic scholarship and a paid position as a 2015 summer associate in one of the following Perkins Coie offices: Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle or Washington, D.C.

Click here for more information and details.

The National LGBT Bar Association is pleased to announce a partnership with Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) and Genova Burns LLC (Genova Burns) to provide a fellowship opportunity to a highly-motivated law school student. Through this partnership, we will select a law school student to be the 2015 National LGBT Bar Association-Prudential Law Fellow.

The Fellow will be hired to the position of a 2L Summer Fellow at Genova Burns for the summer following the Fellow's second year of law school in 2015, and upon satisfactory completion of the summer program, will be expected to begin work at Genova Burns on a date to be determined by the firm.

Click here to read more about the Fellowship opportunity

The LGBT Bar Association is pleased to partner with Prudential Financial, Inc. to provide a meaningful summer internship opportunity for a highly-motivated first-year law student. Through this partnership, The LGBT Bar will select a student to join the 2015 summer law intern class at Prudential for a 10-week internship at Prudential's New Jersey/New York offices.

Click here to learn more about the Internship opportunity

Prudential and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce.

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.

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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.