Weekly Newsletter | July 24, 2021
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August 19, 2021 - Yes, You Can Get There from Here: Toward a Broader Bench - Save the date!
October 28, 2021- BALIF's 2021 Halloween Fundraiser - Save the date!
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BALIF Happy Hour THIS Thursday! |
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Join us for our first in person happy hour in many, many months! We are excited and looking forward to seeing you this Thursday! We will have drinks, food and quarters for all those arcade games! |
Thursday, July 29, 2021
5:00pm- 7:00pm
The Detour SF
2200 A Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
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Free Legal Clinic
Hosted by BALIF & the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
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Saturday, August 14, 2021
11:00am- 4:00pm PDT
BALIF Pro Bono Legal Clinic
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BALIF, in conjunction with the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is providing a free legal clinic on August 14, 2021 from 11AM-4PM in the following areas:
* Family law
* Immigration law
* Employment law
* Health care
* Name/gender change
* Trusts & estates
* Military discharge upgrades & VA benefits
* Unemployment benefits
The clinic will be by telephone.
Please indicate if you can volunteer and disseminate this email to people who might benefit.
If you'd like to volunteer for all or only the morning or afternoon of the day, please email activism@balif.org. |
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Grab Your BALIF Pride Gear Today & Help Support BALIF!! |
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2021-2022 BALIF Membership
Renew your annual membership TODAY!!!
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Membership dues are collected annually on July 1 of each year (July 1- June 30).
Membership dues follow the fiscal year and are current until July 1 each year. Memberships will expire on June 30 of each year.
Please note that all members who were on auto-renew prior to June 2020 are no longer on auto-renew. This means that all existing members will need to affirmatively renew their membership before June 2021 to continue their membership beyond June 2021 and/or be placed back into auto-renewal. What better day to renew than today?
Having trouble renewing? Please contact our administrator Katie at balif@balif.org and she can help you make sure your membership is current and set up on auto-renew!
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THE 2021 LAVENDER LAW
CONFERENCE & CAREER FAIR
VIRTUAL EVENT
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July 28, 2021- July 30, 2021
Virtual CLE Conference
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- The Conference will take place virtually from Wednesday, July 28 through Friday, July 30, 2021.
- The Career Fair will be held on Friday, July 30, the last day of the Conference.
- There is no “single day” registration. Similarly, there is no “Career Fair only” registration.
- All registration sales are final and non-refundable.
- For questions, please email conference@lgbtbar.org.
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Queer Nonprofit Legal Referral Panel seeking volunteers! |
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The Queer Nonprofit Legal Referral Panel (QNLRP) is a joint project of TurnOut and BALIF. QNLRP seeks volunteer legal professionals to provide pro bono legal support to California LGBTQI-focused nonprofits and events. This is a great way to use your transactional legal skills and give back to the community!
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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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Mark Fickes
BALIF Board Co-Chair
Andrea Long
BALIF Board Co-Chair
Jeff Kosbie
Treasurer
Judiciary Co-Chair
Jane Migachyov
Community Activism Co-Chair
Daniel Galindo
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Co-Chair
Amicus Co-Chair
CCBA Co-Chair
Stephan Ferris
Programs Co-Chair
Kel O'Hara
Gala Co-Chair
Rafael Langer -Osuna
Community Activism Co-Chair
Programs Co-Chair
Sam Potts
Community Ambassador Co-Chair
Secretary
Monica Alcazar
Membership Co-Chair
Social Co-Chair
Nat Ochoa
Communications & Social Media Co-Chair
Amicus Co-Chair
Judiciary Co-Chair
Atticus Lee
Community Ambassador Co-Chair
Judiciary Co-Chair
Myell Mergaert
New Lawyers & Law Students Co-Chair
Social Co-Chair
Monica Valencia
New Lawyers & Law Students Co-Chair
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Co-Chair
Angela Clements
Amicus Co-Chair
Alyssa Aguilar
Law Student Representative
Communications & Social Media Co-Chair
Marjan Kris
Law Student Representative
Communications & Social Media Co-Chair
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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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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Cooley LLP
Duane Morris LLP
Facebook
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Jones Day
K & L Gates LLP
Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shea Labagh Dobberstein
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
White & Case LLP
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Alston & Bird LLP
AT&T
Bonora Rountree, Trial Consulting & Research
Callaway & Wolf
Cannata O'Toole Fickes & Olson LLP
Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Helbraun Law Firm
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Littler
Robert Half Legal
Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Sidley Austin LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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AILA Northern California Chapter
Arent Fox LLP
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Goodwin Procter LLP
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Outten & Golden LLP
Paul Hastings
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Swanson & McNamara LLP
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Alex Endo - AskAlex LLC
Peter Borkon - Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP
Michael Colantuono - Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC
Frederick C. Hertz, Attorney at Law
Ly Ly – Compass
JAMS
Aaron Minnis- Minnis & Smallets LLP
Teresa Renaker - Renaker Hasselman Scott LLP
Kyle Montes De Oca - RH | Montes De Oca
Julia Ferguson - Robin, Ferguson & Kempton, LLP
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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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