Put all your Black Friday and Cyber Monday savings to good use and support our #GivingTuesday campaign to increase diversity in our legal community. It’s easy: Make a donation today to the Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship program. Tell us…
San Francisco Immigration Court to Be Helped by LRIS Coordinator
The Bar Association of San Francisco’s Lawyer Referral and Information Service has hired Adina Hemley-Bronstein as its new Immigration Case Coordinator to help manage the activity from the “expedited dockets” at the San Francisco Immigration Court. For more than 25…
Homeless Advocacy Project Partners With Lutheran Volunteer Corps to Provide Holistic Services
Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) connects full-time stipended volunteers nationwide with nonprofit organizations to work for peace and justice. This month, the Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to spotlight Hannah Flanery and Mallory Waytashek, who work at JDC’s Homeless…
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday: Pay it Forward with our Scholarship Program
Tomorrow, on #GivingTuesday, help make a difference in the lives of diverse Bay Area law students. The burden of law student debt limits diversity in the legal profession. The Bay Area Minority Law School Scholarship Program makes a difference.…
Discharging Student Loans
A recent opinion, namely In re Hedlund, 718 F.3d 848 (9th Cir. 2013), may make it easier to discharge student loans. In Hedlund, the debtor borrowed approximately $85,000 for college and law school. He failed the bar examination three times…