Please join us for Give 'em L!

 

June 4, 2015

 

6-6:30: Welcome and Meet and Greet

6:30-7:30 Talk Show style discussion and Q&A

7:30-8: Reception

 

Farella Braun + Martel LLP, 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104

 

Light food and drinks will be provided.

 

Linda Scaparotti - Moderator

 

Panelists:

Kelly Dermody, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Elizabeth (Beth) Deeley, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Amy Whelan, National Center for Lesbian Rights

 

 Click here to view the flyer! 

 

Space is limited. Please RSVP to GiveEmLevent@gmail.com

The National LGBT Bar Association is looking for a new Director of Development and Communications. They are currently accepting candidate applications. Learn more here. 

When: Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Where:  SomaR Bar, 1727 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (near the Fox Theater, and across the street from the 19th St. BART Station)

APEB is a community-based organization dedicated to preventing the spread of HIV and supporting individuals infected with the virus through medical and social support programs that serve some of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of the LGBT community in Alameda County.  SomaR will donate 15% of all drink sales between 6 and 8 p.m. to APEB.  BALIF member Keith Fong is on the APEB Board and will be DJ'ing the event.  So come mingle and drink while supporting APEB's work!  You can RSVP here or just come by.

 

Women Attorneys Joint Networking Mixer
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
6:00PM - 8:30PM

Location:
Wilson Sonsini
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA, 94304

Please join your fellow BALIF members and meet new friends at this first-ever joint event focusing on supporting the advancement and inclusion of women in the legal profession. All members are welcome, so please come and enjoy refreshments while you network with colleagues. Participating bar associations include: the South Asian Women Attorney Network (SAWAN), the Black Women Lawyers of Northern California (BWL-NC), the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA-SV), the Women Lawyers of Alameda County (WLAC), Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF), and the Queen's Bench.

 

The newly formed LGBT Caucus with the American Association for Justice has planned its first-ever CLE lineup for the American Association for Justice Annual Convention this summer in Montreal being held on July 11-15. Started less than two years ago, the LGBT caucus has gained in size and momentum and aims to have its huge coming out this summer at the convention.

 

The lineup will consist of three events. On the afternoon of July 11, the caucus will host a 1.5 hour CLE presentation focused on marriage equality, which will have just been argued before the Supreme Court.

 

The panel of speakers will include:

• Justice John Greaney (ret.) of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, who authored the powerful concurring opinion in the Goodridge case.
• Chuck Herring, Esq., of Texas, whose tireless efforts and creativity got a marriage license issued in Texas for the same-sex marriage of two of his clients.
• Professor Michael Kavey, of NYU School of Law, who has worked for Lambda Legal, clerked for Justice Sotomayor (while on the Second Circuit) and been named by the national LGBT Bar Association as one of the "Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40."
• Elizabeth Schwartz, Esq., of Miami, FL, who has worked tirelessly for marriage equality as counsel in a case challenging Florida's marriage ban.

 

The LGBT Caucus will also host a business meeting for its caucus members and a cocktail reception for its members to network and socialize.

 

For information on becoming a member of the American Association for Justice and the LGBT Caucus, or attending the convention, please contact the AAJ at membership@justice.org or (800) 424-2727, ext. 8611.

 

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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!  

 

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