Weekly Newsletter | August 4, 2020
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Know Your Rights: A Discussion with Deputy Public Defender Kwixuan Maloof & Deputy District Attorney Nichelle Holmes |
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | 4pm-5:30pm
Virtual Event
Presented by The Barristers Club Racial Justice Initiative and the Charles Houston Bar Association.
Speakers:
• Nichelle Holmes, Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County
• Kwixuan Maloof, Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco Public Defender's Office
This Know Your Rights forum features two prominent criminal law attorneys who will educate you about racial inequalities in the criminal justice system, address what you should do if you are stopped by law enforcement, and answer your questions about the criminal justice system. This program is for lawyers and non-lawyers alike! Whether you are a civil practitioner wanting to brush up on your Crim Law 101, a community organizer, or a citizen concerned about what to do when witnessing police brutality, please join us for this very important program.
Cost: Free for BASF Members, $15 for Non-members. Charles Houston members contact cle@sfbar.org to receive your discount.
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Trans & Queer Liberation: How lawyers & activists can show up in 2020 |
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | 12pm-1pm
Virtual Event
This event is presented by California ChangeLawyers. This event seeks to answer the question: In the age of #BlackTransLivesMatter, how can lawyers and activists show up for trans and queer folks? 2020 has been a year of wins for the trans and queer community, but also a year of pain and tragedy. At least 22 transgender or gender noncomforming people have been murdered, and most of them have been trans Black women and women of color. The fight for liberation is far from over. Alexander Chen and Dale Melchert, two activist lawyers, are here to offer their insight on the upcoming fights for trans and queer liberation. This event is Free and no CLE credit will be provided.
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August 12-14 - 2020 Annual Lavender Law Virtual Conference & Career Fair
August 13 - Recognizing & Dismantling Bias in Law Firms and Companies
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Queen's Bench/ IANGEL 2020 Gala |
August 13, 2020 | 5pm-6pm
Virtual Gala
BALIF is proud to be a community sponsor of the International Action Network for Gender Equity & Law (IANGEL) annual benefit gala on August 13. IANGEL (www.iangel.org) was founded by Queen's Bench Past President Nancy Newman seven years ago, and is the only nonprofit dedicated to building a pro bono legal network to work for women's rights globally. As part of its virtual gala, IANGEL will present its 2020 Rights and Leadership Award to Joan Haratani, and will feature USF Law Professor Connie de la Vega as keynote speaker.
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2020 Annual Lavender Law
Virtual Conference & Career Fair
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August 12 - 14, 2020 | Virtual Conference
We're proud to be a part of the National LGBT Bar. Join us at our annual Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair this year virtually August 12 - 14. With live and on-demand programming from over 60 programs and over 250 speakers, you won't want to miss this. Register now for the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ legal professionals!
This year, the Conference is free for law student members of the National LGBT Bar. If you are a law student member of BALIF and the National LGBT Bar, BALIF will reimburse the cost of membership in both organizations up to the date of Lavender Law®. Please email your receipts for membership fees to balif@balif.org for reimbursement.
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Recognizing & Dismantling Bias in Law Firms and Companies |
Thursday, August 13, 2020 | 9:30am-10:45am
Virtual Event
Presented by BASF and BALIF.
Speakers:
• Ernest Hammond III, Senior Product Counsel, Twilio
• Prerna Lal, Lal Legal
• Liên Payne
• Basil Williams, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice
Moderator: Lindsey Mignano, Smith Shapourian Mignano
Join us for this informative webinar regarding the current state of the legal industry and corporate America with regard to racial diversity. We will explore a variety of topics, including the very relevant topic of how to ensure that diverse candidates not only get hired, but are also retained in positions of power. MCLE: 1 Hour in Elimination of Bias
Topics:
• What are the existing problems law firms and private employers face regarding diversity, generally?
• Does the size of the employer matter in terms of retention and promotion of diverse candidates?
• How law firms and private employers recognize and dismantle barriers to minority representation at the most senior levels
• What kind of policies, procedures, and/or rules should law firms and private employers put in place to raise consciousness regarding race, gender, sexual orientation, intersectionality, etc.?
Cost:
Free BASF Law Student
$35 BASF Member/BALIF Member
$50 Nonmember
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Social Justice Summer - August Edition |
Thursday, August 27, 2020 | 6pm-8pm
Virtual Zoom Event
Join us for the second installation of our Social Justice Summer series, raising awareness, support, and funds for social justice causes in the Bay Area. This evening we will hear from advocates who work with LGBQAI incarcerated populations: TGIJP, Flying Over Walls, and ABO Comix. Join us for an evening of zine art, card-writing, and learning!
Please join us and make sure to register to receive the Zoom link!
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DRI Program Has Awarded $300,000 in Scholarships Since Inception
DRI announces its 15th annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship Competition in which two $10,000 scholarships will be awarded. The program is open to students who will be in their second or third year of law school in the 2020-21 academic year. Eligible are African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, LGBT and multi-racial students. Also eligible are female law students, regardless of race or ethnicity and law students who come from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity, regardless of race or gender.
The goal of these scholarships is to provide financial assistance to two worthy law students from ABA-accredited law schools to promote, in a tangible way, the DRI Diversity Statement of Principle.
To qualify for this scholarship, a candidate must be a full-time student. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant's law school.
Two scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to applicants who best meet the following criteria:
- Demonstrated academic excellence
- Service to the profession
- Service to the community
- Service to the cause of diversity
Click here to access the scholarship application and information or go to www.dri.org. Applications must be received by DRI no later than, August 31, 2020.
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San Francisco Queer Nightlife Fund (www.sfqueernightlifefund.org). We are organizing a direct relief mutual-aid fund for LGBTQ nightlife workers-i.e. DJs, servers, artists, bartenders. Our goal is to raise 200K to provide enough relief to 200 LMI workers for lifeline expenses (e.g. food, shelter, basic telecom, medical necessities).
We need support from members of the LGBTQ community who still have livelihoods and savings during this time of crisis, to help those who work paycheck-to-paycheck and do not have savings to weather unemployment and the COVID-19 economic downturn. We have only raised 36.5% of our 200K goal, and have already received over $235,053 in minimum funding requests from 201 applicants.
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Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
Cooley LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Goodwin & Procter LLP
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Severson & Werson P.C.
Shea Labagh Dobberstein
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
White & Case LLP
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AT&T
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Bonora Rountree, Trial Consulting & Research
Callaway & Wolf
Cannata O'Toole Fickes & Olson LLP
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Helbraun Law Firm
Jackson Lewis P.C.
JAMS
Littler
Pritzker Levine LLP
Robert Half Legal
Roeca Haas Montes De Oca LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
San Francisco City Attorney's Office
Santa Clara County Prosecuters
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Vanguard
Venable
Wilmer Hale
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
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ACLUNC
Alston & Bird LLP
Arent Fox LLP
Danko Meredith
Facebook
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Sideman & Bancroft LLP
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Swanson & McNamara LLP
The Liu Law Firm, P.C.
Thomson Reuters
Winston & Strawn LLP
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
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Peter Borkon - Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP
Michael Colantuono - Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC
Ryan Derry - Paul Hastings
Haapala, Thompson & Abern LLP
Frederick Hertz - Law Offices of Frederick Hertz
John E. Hill - Law Offices of John E. Hill P.C.
Outten & Golden LLP
Teresa Renaker - Renaker Hasselman Scott LLP
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Jeff Kosbie
Amanda Hamilton
Mandy Chan
Ari Jones
Prerna Lal
Daniel Galindo
Michael Nguyen
Stephan Ferris
Jane Aceituno
Angela Lim
Kel O'Hara
Mark Fickes
Rafael Langer -Osuna
Basil Williams
Serena Lau
Allen William
Chris Vu
Katie Carlson Cartwright
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BALIF Foundation
Board of Directors
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Jamie Dupree, Chair
Shay Aaron Gilmore
Chelsea HaleyNelson, Secretary
Jeff Kosbie, Treasurer
Nina Paul
Linda Scaparotti
Alex Touma
John Unruh
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In celebration of Pride and BALIF's New Year (which starts on July 1, 2020), and in recognition of the current financial crisis caused by COVID-19, we are automatically extending all existing BALIF memberships through the end of our 2020-2021 fiscal year - June 30, 2021 - for free! We are also offering free memberships to all members of the LGBTQ+ legal community who have recently graduated from law school (Class of 2020) and/or that are currently unemployed. Please help spread the word and help us grow our BALIF community. Folks who would like to take advantage of this special offer should email balif@balif.org.
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Let's Keep In Touch!
Out of Work During COVID?
Remember, BALIF offers deeply discounted memberships for unemployed attorneys. During this time, we think community is especially important, and we intend to continue offering the networking opportunities that our members depend upon.
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Giving to the BALIF Foundation
Please consider making a tax deductible donation to The BALIF Foundation. The Foundation supports scholarships, stipends and fellowships for law students and attorneys working in the LGBTQI community. You can donate here to support the Foundation's work, which is increasingly needed to protect our community.
For more information about The BALIF Foundation or how to get involved, contact Jamie Dupree and Shay Gilmore.
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BALIF & The BALIF Foundation
BALIF, which is the Bay Area's LGBTQI Bar Association, is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization, which means it can engage in political activity. BALIF's Board members are elected by the BALIF membership, and these BALIF Board members chair various committees of the BALIF Bar Association.
The BALIF Foundation is BALIF's charitable arm, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It is dedicated to supporting the BALIF Bar Association through educational programming, supporting LGBTQI community organizations, and providing scholarships, summer stipends, and fellowships for LGBTQI law students and attorneys seeking to help the LGBTQI community through legal work. Among other projects, the BALIF Foundation has sponsored summer fellowships every year since 2017.
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Job Postings Now on BALIF Website |
Looking for a job or a law school internship? As a BALIF member you get access to all job postings. Click here to see the opportunities, or log into the BALIF website with your membership ID and password, and select JOBS on the menu on the left. |
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Katie Carlson Cartwright
Administrative Director
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P.O. Box 193383
San Francisco, CA 94119
415.874.3045 [T]
415.520.0708 [F]
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