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The VLSP StoryUpcoming CORP WorkshopsIf you are interested in attending one or more of these free workshops, email corp@sfbar.org.
Creating a Culture of Accountability: Critical Issues in Workforce Management Co-hosted by Pfizer and DLA Piper When: Tuesday, February 15 Where: San Francisco Presenters: Regina Hopkins, Assistant Director, D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program; Barbara Adolf, President, Barbara Adolf Consulting, Inc.; Judith Moldover, Sr. Staff Attorney, Lawyers Alliance for New York Peter Pantaleo, Partner and Chair, US Labor and Employment Group, DLA Piper LLP (US) RSVP: registersandiego@dlapiper.com As an employer, you want to create a workplace where employees are held accountable for their performance. You also want employees to treat each other with respect and bring issues of concern to management without fear of retaliation. Creating a culture of accountability can pose challenges for an employer. How do you balance the need to provide a supportive work environment with the need to hold employees to certain performance standards? How do you ensure that employee complaints are dealt with appropriately while still being fair to the employee against whom the complaint is made? This seminar will help answer some of these questions. This program is designed for executive directors, chief administrative officers, directors of human resources and other human resource staff.
Intellectual Property for Nonprofits and For-Profit Businesses Co-hosted by LCCR’s Legal Services for Entrepreneurs (LSE) When: Tuesday, March 1, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Where: San Francisco Presenters: Nate Garhardt, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP and Stephanie Wang, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Intellectual property means patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. It is relevant to all organizations, including nonprofits. This workshop will cover the basics of intellectual property law with a focus on the most common issues faced by nonprofits and for-profit businesses. These include how to select and protect a “brand” name for goods or services offered; how to protect publications, videos, educational and training materials, or software; and an overview of relevant patent issues.
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP: What’s it all about? When: Thursday, March 24, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Where: San Francisco Presenters: Melanie Beene & Prudy Kohler of Community Initiatives Nonprofit projects that benefit the community often need a place to incubate their ideas before becoming independent nonprofit organizations with the IRS’s 501(c)(3) designation. Fiscal sponsorship meets this challenge by providing both tax exemption and a variety of services with economies of scale. In this workshop, taught by a leading local fiscal sponsor, you will learn the pros and cons of fiscal sponsorship and information to help you evaluate whether fiscal sponsorship is the right choice for you. Whether you are interested in becoming a fiscally sponsored project, or in providing fiscal sponsorship to other nonprofit activities, you will deepen your understanding of the current best practice standards in the field of fiscal sponsorship. CORP volunteer attorneys will detail the legal and tax reporting requirements of different types of fiscal sponsorship.
Questions?For more information or to sign up for the CORP monthly e-newsletter, send an email to corp@sfbar.org. Last year, VLSP staff and over 1,800 VLSP volunteers assisted nearly 8,000 clients at an approximate value of $13 million. Our award-winning program changes lives by using a holistic approach that offers social services as well as legal assistance. 3 Things You Can Do to Help CORP Advance Its Work: 1. Donate to VLSP: For every dollar VLSP spends, seven dollars worth of services are donated. 2. Volunteer: Join over 1,100 attorneys that work to enhance the lives of low-income individuals and the organizations that serve them. 3. Spread the Word: Tell your friends that work for nonprofits about CORP -- a project that provides free legal services to organizations in Northern California. Email corp@sfbar.org for more information. |