This month we are profiling Diversity Pipeline Programs Advisory Committee member Na’il Benjamin. He will be returning to the private sector after almost three years at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office and prior to that he was at Orrick,…
Law School Debt Limits Diversity in the Legal Profession
$119,000, $141,000, $144,000, $147,000. What do these numbers represent? According to U.S. News & World Report, this is the average debt of 2013 graduates from four different Bay Area law schools. In California, more than half of the state’s population…
Nossaman Hosts Reception for Diverse Women on Leaning In and Out
BASF Leader Circle Firm Nossaman LLP recently sponsored a reception in its San Francisco office for the Boalt Women of Color Attorney Network. The event was moderated by Nossaman Partner Clothilde Hewlett and included a panel of diverse women attorneys discussing…
Bay Area General Counsel Meet Up at First-of-its-Kind BASF Dinner
BASF held its first ever General Counsel Dinner on March 19. The event was held at Lark Creek Steakhouse and was attended by numerous General Counsel from Bay Area companies. The dinner brought together the chief lawyers from a wide…
Judicial Candidates Forum – April 29
Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg Secure Cy Pres Award for JDC Consumer Project
Attorneys Nancy Barron and Bryan Kemnitzer of Kemnitzer, Barron & Krieg, directed a $110,000 cy pres award to the Justice & Diversity Center’s (JDC) Consumer Project in March. The award stems from a class action lawsuit brought under California’s Rees-Levering…
Lawyer Referral and Information Service Panel Attorneys Win $2M Settlement for Injured Pedestrian
In the Fall of 2012 an accident involving a City of Oakland utility truck made the evening news. Pedestrians had been struck down on the sidewalk, and wreckage to city meters, store fronts, glass doorways and parked cars was reported.…
BASF and JDC Staff Appointed to Two State Bar Task Forces
The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) and the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) have staff members serving on two task forces recently formed by The State Bar of California. Justice Gap The Civil Justice Strategies Task Force was recently…
Jones Day Joins Right to Civil Counsel Movement, Helps Stabilize Children’s Lives
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) welcomes Jones Day as the most recent firm to join the Right to Civil Counsel movement in San Francisco. Jones Day has partnered with JDC on pro bono work for several years, but recently…
KTVU Interviews BASF Board Member for Segment on Google Glass and Privacy Law
Yesterday, KTVU interviewed BASF board member Ann Nguyen, Phan Nguyen & Associates LLP, for a segment on Google Glass and concerns about its effects on privacy and privacy law. The segment aired yesterday evening. Watch it here: Google Glass likely…
Breaking the Large Firm Herd Mentality in Law School
Destination Law School recently launched its second video series entitled Overcoming Challenges in Law School. We asked three diverse law students to discuss one challenge they faced in law school, how they overcame that challenge and what advice they have…
BASF’s No Glass Ceiling Initiative Teams Up with Close the Gap CA for Stop the Slide Tour
For Women’s History month, BASF’s No Glass Ceiling Initiative (NGC) partnered with close the gap CA to host a dynamic panel presentation on the necessity for more women to run for legislative offices. The Stop the Slide Tour was developed by close…