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Message from the BALIF Board
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Greetings!
This Thursday, October 29th , is our Halloween Extravaganza benefitting El/La Para TransLatinas! El/La is a pillar in the transgender community. They provide a safe space in the Bay Area for transgender Latinas in a world that is not always so understanding. Please join us at the Lookout in the Castro starting at 6PM and have fun while contributing to a very worthy cause. Click here for more information and to make a tax-deductible donation. Costumes are welcomed but optional.
Daniel Faessler
BALIF Board Social Action Co-Chair
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BALIF Social Action Fundraiser
This THURSDAY!!
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Event Is This Week- Please Donate Today!
Event details:
What: Halloween Eve Fundraisers with drinks and hors d'oeuvres - Costume Optional
When:
Thursday, October 29th, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: The Lookout, 3600 16th St, Castro District, SF, CA
Donate Here:
BALIF (the Bay Area's LGBT Bar Association) is currently working to throw a Halloween Eve Fundraising Extravaganza for El/La Para Translatinas.
To continue its great work, El/La needs your help. Please consider donating and helping clients in the transgender community. We have many sponsorship levels with awesome benefits, or we welcome any amount you are able to give. Our goal this year is to raise $20,000 and every dollar you donate will go directly to El/La Para Translatinas. (BALIF is covering the cost of the event.)
El/La Para Translatinas is a San Francisco non-profit organization for transgender Latinas that seeks to promote survival and improve the quality of life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of the services the organization provides are: Health Education workshops, individual case management, HIV testing, mental health counseling referrals, and a Leadership Development Program. For more information about El/La, see: http://ellaparatranslatinas.yolasite.com/
DIAMOND: $1,500
(1) Peer-to-Peer Counseling Services for clients for a month;
(2) Five event tickets;
(3) Individual recognition during event program;
(4) Recognition in event materials and program;
(5) Recognition on BALIF website and newsletter;
(6) Five specialty drink tickets plus five drink tickets at door.
PLATINUM: $1,000
(1) Provides on-site HIV testing for a month and meals and snacks for El/La Clients;
(2) Four event tickets;
(3) Recognition in event materials and program;
(4) Recognition on BALIF website and newsletter;
(5) Four specialty drink tickets plus four drink tickets at door.
GOLD: $500
(1) Transportation for clients to service-providing organizations for a month;
(2) Three event tickets;
(3) Recognition in event materials and program;
(4) Three specialty drink tickets plus three drink tickets at door.
SILVER: $250
(1) Partial participant stipend for Leadership Development Program;
(2) Two event tickets;
(3) Recognition in event materials and program;
(4) Four drink tickets at door.
BRONZE: $100
(1) Materials for two Health and Rights Education workshops;
(2) Two event tickets;
(3) Recognition in event materials and program;
(4) Two drink tickets at door.
Individual Event Tickets:
Requested minimum donation of $20 in advance ($40 at the door) For a Tax Deductible donation: Make Check payable to "LYRIC" write in the memo line "El/La Para Translatinas Donation" If you would like to donate, please send a check to BALIF at P.O. Box 193383, San Francisco, CA 94119.
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BALIF Resume Review / Mock
Interview Event
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The law student committee is excited to be working on the speed interviewing and resume review event scheduled for
November 19, 2015 a t Seyfarth Shaw. So far 15 attorneys have generously donated their time to provide their experience and guidance to our law student members. If any other attorneys would like to participate in this event, please email lawstudentrep@balif.org.
The event will consist of 4 ten minute resume review rounds and 4 ten minute practice interview rounds, followed by a reception. BALIF previously held this event two years ago to wide acclaim, and we are looking forward to making it an annual event. If you are a law student who would like to participate, please email your name, class year, and resume to lawstudentrep@balif.org before November 5, 2015.
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BALIF November Happy Hour
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Join us for our November Happy Hour! We hope to see you there!
When: November 12, 2015
Where: Topsy's, 260 Kearny Street, San Francisco
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
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BALIF 2015 Holiday Party
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Join us for our annual holiday party and ring in some holiday cheer!!
When: December 9, 2015 6:00 - 9:00 pm Where: Beaux 2344 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94114
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ALRP Free 2015 MCLE Trainings
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Asylum Law for LGBT and Gang-Based Claims
- Wednesday, November 4, 5:30-7:00pm
- Presented by Christine Lin, Esq. - UC Hastings Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
- 1.5 General CLE Credits
Wage & Hour Claims for People Living w/ HIV - Sponsored by the State Bar's Labor & Employment Law Section
All Classes take place at:
Bar Association of San Francisco
301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room
San Francisco, CA 94111
To RSVP
Email:
Call: 415-701-1200 ext. 303
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BALIF Partner Exchange Luncheon
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When: Tuesday, November 17, 2015; Tuesday, December 15, 2015; Thursday, January 21, 2016
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Where: San Francisco City Club (155 Sansome, 10th 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.
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LGBT Asian American / South Asian Attorney Networking Reception
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Thursday, Oct 29, 2015
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 | San Francisco, CA 94111
This networking reception celebrates the diversity within the LGBT and Asian American/ South Asian communities and also provides support to LGBT API attorneys in corporate, commercial, government, and public interest practice. Join us.
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Hastings Race &
Poverty Law Journal Symposium
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Our annual symposium entitled 21st Century Civil Rights: Community Empowerment in Police Reform is schedule for Friday, November 6, 2015 from 9:00am-4:00pm at UC Hastings College of the Law (200 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA. 94102).
This event is FREE and open to the public but all attendees must register by November 1, 2015 at: https://goo.gl/8hhZCh.
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Invitation to Judge International Mock Trial Program at NDCA (11/21 or 11/22)
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Right now, more than 250 talented high school students from across the world are diligently preparing a case to litigate at San Francisco federal court. On the weekend of November 21, 2015, they need you to serve as their mock judges (and jurors)! By volunteering just a few hours of your time, you can make a meaningful impact in these young people's lives.
- Features four preliminary rounds of competition, and you can judge as many or as few as you like-no litigation experience is required.
- Please feel free to invite a friend or colleague to judge with you at the program. We'll pair you together!
- Students hail from 5 countries (Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States) and 8 states.
- We'll serve complimentary food and beverages as a token of our appreciation.
- Registering takes less than a minute -- you can do so here.
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BALIF's Connections
Mentorship Program
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It's that time of the year again! BALIF's Connections mentorship program is seeking mentors and mentees for 2015-2016. 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 the Young Lawyers and Students Programs Committee, younglawyers@balif.org. Mentor/mentee pairs will be assigned on a rolling basis from July-September.
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Follow BALIF on Twitter!
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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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Join the BALIF Listserv!
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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.
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We Want Your BALIFBuzz
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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
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Job Postings Now on BALIF Website
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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.
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Partner Level
Counsel Level
     
Advocate Level
A.L. Nella & Company, CPAs
AT&T
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morgen Lewis & Bockius LLP
MUFG Union Bank
O'Melveny & Meyers LLP
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Pacific Gas & Electric
Perkins Coie LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Sanford Heisler Kimpel, LLP
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Benefactor Level
Callaway & Wolf
Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP
Clarence, Dyer & Cohen LLP / Swanson & McNamara LLP
Cooley LLP
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Golden Gate University, School of Law
Jackson Lewis LLP
JAMS
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee & Jackson, P.C.
Littler Mendelson P.C.
Lubin Olson & Niewiadomski LLP
Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Pritzker Levine LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Roeca Hass Hager LLP
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
San Francisco District Attorney's Office
Schiff Hardin LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Individual Sponsors
Dave Arellano, Altep, Inc.
Michael Colantuono, Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley, PC
David Fermino, Sideman & Bancroft LLP
David M. Helbraun, Helbraun Law Firm
Frederick Hertz, Law and Mediation Office of Frederick Hertz
John Hill, Law Offices of John E. Hill, P.C.
Hon. Stuart Hing & Rhoda Hing, Alameda County Superior Court
James Kealohi, Pathways Personnel
David Monroe, Able & Monroe P.C.
Todd Norris, Bullivant Houser Bailey
Debra R. Schoenberg, Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C.
Cheryl Sena, Sena Family Law
Hon. James L. Warren (Ret.), JAMS
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Jessica Bogo & John Robert Unruh
Jamie Dupree Dmitri Pikman
Joseph Deignan, Alex Lemberg & Sam Potts
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