October 5, 2022- Deadline to Join Mentorship Program

October 13, 2022- Mentor Mentee Happy Hour

October 28, 2022- BALIF's Halloween Party Benefiting Parivar

Thursday, October 13, 2022|

7pm -9pm

Spark SF, Yosemite Fire Pit

Friday, October 28, 2022|7pm -9pm

The Lookout, San Francisco

Learn more about Parivar here.

Please heed this call to join or renew your Annual Membership to BALIF! Last year, we ended our legacy auto-renewal payment program of annual dues to align everyone’s membership term with our fiscal year. Therefore, many past members may not realize that your dues were not auto-paid for the 2021-2022 membership year and our programs budget really needs your support.

LET’S RE-UP (and sign-up again for auto-renewal)! Email Jon Lucchese (jon.lucchese@roberthalf.com) and/or Katie Carlson (balif@balif.org) to confirm if you are an active member.

WHY DO BALIF? BALIF’S purpose is to network together and lead our LGBTQI+ legal community through advocacy, justice, community empowerment, and professional development. Northern California lawyers (of all income levels – affordable dues based on sliding scale), legal professionals, and law students committed to LGBTQI dignity and equality are encouraged to join us.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022| 12pm-1:15pm

Virtual Panel

Presented by the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Cannabis Law Section, on September 28, from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (PT), please make time for a discussion of Cannabis Social Equity in Northern California with:

San Francisco Office of Cannabis Associate Director of Enforcement, Tanisha Gooch, and I will co-moderate this panel discussion. Licensed California attorneys will receive 1 hour of MCLE credit in Recognition and Elimination of Bias, but everyone who cares about the legal, regulatory and policy landscapes shaping the cannabis social equity movement in Northern California will benefit from hearing from these cannabis regulators. You can register for the CLE panel discussion by clicking here, and please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, and look forward to seeing you on September 28 for this important conversation.

Thursday, September 29, 2022| 5:30pm

Virtual Event

To apply, print out, complete and return the Application Form. If you are interested in more than one Committee, please indicate your order of preference on the application. Applications will be accepted until all vacancies are filled. We look forward to hearing from you.

REPLY TO:

John Buelter

California Lawyers Association

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 650

Sacramento, CA 95814

The Business Law Section (“BLS”) serves its members and the public through its substantive Standing Committees (the “Committees”).

Membership on a Committee affords unique opportunities to participate in the creation of law in your practice area, to get to know and be known by other practitioners, to work with the recognized leaders in your field and to stay on the cutting edge of developments and practice techniques. It is a rewarding experience that keeps one ahead of and in touch with business law developments. Beyond a willingness to contribute, there are few eligibility requirements. All members of the BLS who have been in practice at least five years are eligible to be appointed to a Committee, and the requirement of five years of practice may be waived for members of the Editorial Board. The BLS strives to include members from solo and small practices as well as larger firms, geographical areas outside California’s major urban centers, women and members of ethnic and racial minority groups and other under-represented categories of the BLS’s diverse membership base.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022|