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| This month we spotlight Anagha Dandekar Clifford!
Lots of opportunities to network with each other this month, whether you are in the East Bay, the Peninsula, or in San Francisco. Check out our Events directly below.
And don't miss our Lawyering for Startups event! Please lend a hand by volunteering at our Pro-Bono Legal Clinics. It's a small committment with a big impact. Sign up today! |
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SABA-NC Events
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SABA-NC Monthly South Bay Lunch
Friday, May 8, 2015, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Turmeric, 141 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Please join us for the SABA- NC Monthly South Bay Lunch. This is a great opportunity to meet and catch-up with other attorneys in the South Bay Area. Please RSVP to [email protected]. If needed, the phone number for the restaurant is (408) 617-9100.
SABA-NC Joins the Minority Bar Coalition Mixer
Thursday, May 14, 2015, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Everett & Jones, 126 Broadway, Oakland, CA (near Jack London Square)
Join MBC organizations including co-sponsor SABA-NC for great barbeque, heavy appetizers, and drinks.
Free admission for SABA-NC members.
Catch up with your mentors, mentees, and meet members of the diverse Minority Bar Coalition organizations!
South Asian Women Attorney Network (SAWAN) Women Attorneys Joint Networking Mixer
Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Wilson Sonsini, 650 Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto, CA
Please join your fellow South Asian Women Attorney Network (SAWAN) members and meet new friends at this first-ever joint event organized by local bar associations having a special focus on supporting the advancement and inclusion of women in the legal profession. Come and enjoy refreshments while you network with colleagues. Participating bar associations include: 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), Korean American Bar Association of Northern California (KABA-NC) and the Queen's Bench.
Please RSVP to the mixer at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-area-women-attorneys-joint-networking-mixer-tickets-16758463014
Spaces are limited, so early and sincere RSVPs are encouraged.
SABA-NC "Last Thursdays"
Thursday, May 28, 2015, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Novela Bar, 662 Mission St., San Francisco, CA
Join SABA-NC at its monthly San Francisco networking event! Been looking for an excuse to connect with a new or old South Asian attorney friend? Here's your chance to reach out. And don't miss the chance to meet SABA's new board members and each other!
Lawyering for Startups
Thursday, June 11, 2015 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP,
1020 Marsh Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Save the date! Hear from our all-star panel of attorneys working with startups in various capacities about what it takes to work in the startup industry and the various hats that they wear in their roles. Food and beverages graciously provided by Procopio.
Please RSVP to [email protected]. Seats are limited!
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SABA-NC Legal Clinics
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The Pro Bono Committee seeks Attorney and Law School Volunteers for our monthly legal clinics in Milpitas and Sunnyvale. The time commitment is minimal - 2 hours - and the reward is helping out community members with limited resources and guiding them through the legal maze. The most common issues handled at the clinics are immigration, family law, wills/trusts/elder law, and civil litigation (although other topics do come up). We have all of the resources you need to assist the clientele!
RECENT GRADUATES: This is a GREAT opportunity to get some legal work under your belt with guidance from seasoned attorneys.
All clinics run from 10 am to 12 pm.
Indian Community Center (ICC) - 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
Please sign up for our ICC clinics here or e-mail [email protected].
Columbia Neighborhood Center - 785 Morse Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Visit our
website for more information. We greatly appreciate your support and dedication!
Client Referrals from SABA
If you are interested in possibly receiving client referrals from SABA, please visit our website and fill out our
referral registration form.
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Other Events
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Not in Our Town And San Francisco Police Department
How Can Our Community Work Together to Stop Hate?
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 2850 19th Ave., San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Police Department and Not In Our Town (NIOT) cordially invite you to a screening of two new half-hour documentaries, A Prosecutor's Stand and Waking in Oak Creek, at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in San Francisco on Thursday, May 7th, 2015.
A Prosecutor's Stand follows San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Victor Hwang as he brings hate crime charges against perpetrators who brutally attack a Mayan dishwasher, an African American homeless man, and a transgender woman. Waking in Oak Creek profiles a suburban community and local law enforcement working to heal after six worshipers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin are killed in a hate crime shooting.
Featured guests include San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr, NIOT Executive Producer Patrice O'Neill, San Francisco Police Commissioner Victor Hwang, and other Bay Area hate crime specialists.
Light refreshments will be served. Capacity is limited, so please RSVP in advance.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-in-our-townsfpd-film-screening-discussion-tickets-15702094387
The AIDS Legal Referral Panel MCLE Trainings
Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor, Board Room, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM- Introduction to Landlord/Tenant Law
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Benefits Under ERISA: Claims, Appeals, and Litigation
Thursday, May 14, 2015, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation
Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM - Better Suited to Serve: Making a Difference in Negotiation and Mediation Settings
Please visit http://www.alrp.org/events for training details and to sign up.
API Legal Outreach Mixer
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Somar Bar, 1727 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA
APILO is a non-profit organization that serves under-represented segments of the Asian Pacific Islander community including survivors of elder abuse, domestic violence, and human trafficking. We also work with youth on preventing dating violence, and individuals who are treated unjustly by the immigration process.
Please join APILO's staff, volunteers, and Board members for some appetizers and no-host bar, to learn more about APILO's advocacy work and the communities it serves.
We will be just blocks away from our new Oakland location! This is the perfect opportunity to learn about how you can get involved with APILO's pro bono cases, outreach projects, fundraising efforts, or advisory committees.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/api-legal-outreach-mixer-tickets-16685682325
UC Hastings Leadership Academy for Women
July 31, 2015 to August 1, 2015
The Leadership Academy is limited to a small group of women law firm partners and, for one full day of the program, senior women in-house counsel. The small size of the class ensures an intimate learning environment and the chance to interact closely with a distinguished faculty comprised of law firm leaders, law and business school professors, and general counsel.
Details about curriculum, faculty, and pricing at worklifelaw.org/LAW. For more information, call (415) 581-8814 or email [email protected]
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Spotlight
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SABA-NC congratulates Anagha Dandekar Clifford, Land Use Partner at Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP, on her inclusion in the San Francisco Business Times' "40 Under 40" class of 2015, which honors Bay Area rising business stars across all industries. Inductees were recognized at a special reception on March 19 at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
Clifford counsels private businesses and public agencies on complex land use issues involving applicable planning, zoning and environmental laws. Her experience includes preparing land use applications and obtaining project approvals, working frequently with state and local regulatory and permitting agencies. In her public agency practice, Clifford provides counsel and advocacy on permitting/public bidding and contract disputes, governance, election, transportation and regulatory matters. She currently represents a high-profile planning and development team in exploring how to create a transportation-oriented community development that retains the Raiders, the Warriors and/or the A's in Oakland. She also serves as legal counsel to several Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts and represents the Alameda County Transportation Commission on issues related to governance and policy.
Actively involved in her industry and community, Clifford is currently part of an effort to open a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) office in Oakland and sits on the organization's inaugural board. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the California Infill Federation, as land use chair of the Downtown Oakland Community Benefit District, on the steering committee of 2.Oakland and on the Board of Directors of the Marcus Foster Education Fund. Clifford also advises the East Bay Economic Development Alliance on general legal issues.
Clifford earned her J.D. from the University of California at Davis, King Hall School of Law (2004) and her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley (1998).
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Renew Your SABA-NC Membership Today!
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Renew Your SABA-NC Membership Today!
If you still haven't renewed your SABA-NC membership for 2015, get to it! SABA-NC membership comes with great benefits, such as access to our professional development programs, MCLEs, and networking opportunities. Most importantly, your membership dues support our many community activities, including our legal clinics, co-sponsorship of bar association events, civil rights advocacy, and contribution to the SABA-NC Foundation, which supports public interest fellowship for law students every summer. We need your support to keep these activities going. Our dues are tiered to be affordable to law students, public interest and government attorneys, and for those in between jobs. For those employed in private or in-house practice, ask if your employer will cover your dues.
So renew today!
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More About the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California
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The South Asian Bar Association - Northern California chapter ("SABA-NC") was the first South Asian bar association in North America.
Founded in 1993, SABA-NC provides a voice to Bay Area South Asian lawyers and seeks to ensure they are provided an avenue to develop professionally, network among peers, and volunteer within the South Asian community. SABA-NC also seeks to protect the rights of South Asians in the Bay Area and to educate the public on issues facing the South Asian community.
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