Title: BALIF First Thursday August Happy Hour
Location: HOME Restaurant in the Castro
Description: BALIF First Thursday August Happy Hour: Thursday, August 5, 2010: 6pm-8:30pm at HOME Restaurant in the Castro.

Please come out and support our fellow LGBT attorneys from around the United States here in SF for the ABA Annual Meeting as BALIF, the National LGBT Bar Association, and the ABA Section of Litigation LGBT Litigator Committee, co-sponsor this special Happy Hour on Thursday, August 5, 2010 from 6pm-8:30pm.

Come out and enjoy great wine, food, and fun times with legal professionals from across the Bay and beyond.

Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Time: 6pm-8:30pm
Location: HOME Restaurant, 2100 Market Street (corner of Church and Market)

***Complimentary Appetizers & Happy Hour Drink Specials***
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-08-05

Title: Picnic in the Park
Location: Dolores Park
Description: Come join the Barristers Club Diversity Committee as we hold a joint
potluck picnic in collaboration with the Minority Bar Coalition, BALIF(Bay
Area Lawyers For Individual Freedom) and CMCP(California Minority Counsel
Program).

This family friendly event will take place on Saturday, August 14,
2010 from 11am – 4pm at Dolores Park in San Francisco ! Bring the kids,
friends, and family, for a fun day of food, fun, and sun! We kindly
request attendees to bring a small dish to share. Please contact Josiah
Larkin (jlarkin@cmcp.org) for any questions
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2010-08-14

Title: BALIF Interviewing and Resume Workshop
Location: Sedgwick (located at One Market Plaza next to Embarcadero BART station)
Description: BALIF Interviewing and Resume Workshop

BALIF’s Law Student and Young Lawyers Committees, in conjunction with Sedgwick, are sponsoring an interviewing and resume panel presentation on Saturday, August 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Sedgwick (located at One Market Plaza next to Embarcadero BART station). A reception with appetizers and cocktails will follow from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The focus of this event is to provide tips and strategies for law students and newer lawyers as they navigate the challenges of a continuing rough legal market, including the unique challenges facing LGBT students and lawyers. Both LGBT and straight attendees are welcome, as excellent advice will be had for everyone from this high-caliber panel, regardless of your career goals or level of experience. Panelists include:

Delia Swan from Swan Legal Recruiting;
Eric J. Stern, Esq. from the Career Development Office at Boalt;
Sabrina Lonegran, the Recruitment Director at Sedgwick; and
Dominic Campodonico, Esq. LGBT hiring partner at Gordon & Rees

Please RSVP by August 13 to Dennis Raglin at dennis.raglin@sdma.com as space may become limited.

Start Time: 16:00
Date: 2010-08-21

Title: Santa Clara County Minority Bars and BAMSCP Summer Associates Mixer
Location: Fenwick & West LLP – Mountain View ,CA
Description: Santa Clara County Minority Bars and BAMSCP Summer Associates Mixer

The Diversity Committee of the Santa Clara County Bar Association is hosting a special summer associate mixer with co-sponsors The Rainbow Committee of the SCCBA, The Women Lawyers Committee of the SCCBA, Asian Pacific Bar Association of the Silicon Valley, Black Lawyers Association California Minority Council Program, La Raza Lawyers of Santa Clara County, South Asian Bar Association of Northern California, and the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California.

The event will take place on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 from
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at:

Fenwick & West LLP
801 California Street
Mountain View ,CA

This mixer is a social event designed for attorneys to meet and greet minority attorneys working on the Peninsula . The event also serves to welcome the 2010-11 Bay Area Minority Summer Clerkship Employers, Minority Summer Associates, and introduce them to the Santa Clara County Bar Association. Register here for this free event.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-08-04

Join the BALIF Amicus Committee!

The BALIF Amicus Committee monitors cases that raise issues of concern to the LGBT community and our allies and joins in writing amicus briefs related to those issues.  The Amicus Committee seeks members from a wide variety of legal fields who can assist in monitoring cases in their areas of practice, have contacts in organizations that champion issues of concern, or have contacts in firms that would be interested in writing briefs.  If you are interested in joining the Amicus Committee or have questions, please contact Julia Adams at amicus@balif.org.

Join BALIF’s “Connections” Mentoring Program!
In case you haven’t responded to recent e-mails inviting you to become part of BALIF’s exciting new mentoring program, “Connections,” the time to sign up is now!  We are in the roll-out process and will be completing the initial pairings of mentors and mentees by mid-August.  Law students and lawyers can participate.  Young and established lawyers can be mentors to students, and students and newer lawyers can be mentees.  If you’d like to be part of connections, please advise Dennis Raglin, the Young Lawyers & Students Committee Chair, at dennis.raglin@sdma.com as soon as you can with whether you’d like to be a mentor or a mentee and whether you have a specialty and gender preference for your pairing.  You can also e-mail him with any questions about the program.  AND SAVE THE DATE of September 23 at 6:30 p.m. for the first mentoring get together where we will discuss goals for the program and for making the most of LGBT mentoring!

AIDS Walk

Title: Join ALRP’s AIDS Walk Team
Location: San Francisco
Description: We need you to join the ALRP Legal Eagles Team #2024 for AIDS Walk San Francisco and walk with us on Sunday, July 18, 2010!

Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $74 million for San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other HIV/AIDS organizations in the six Bay Area counties. Your support will help ALRP provide free legal services and the SF AIDS Foundation prevent new HIV infections and promote health among those living with HIV.

Register for our team today! Encourage your family members and friends to register online to walk with our team-the more the better!
ONLINE: Visit aidswalk.net/sanfran and click “Register to Walk” and “Join a Team,” then select our team name ALRP Legal Eagles from the drop-down menu.

PHONE: Call the AIDS Walk office at (415) 615-WALK (9255). Be sure to provide our team name ALRP Legal Eagles Team #2024 when registering.

Thank you for supporting AIDS Walk San Francisco and for helping us put an end to this epidemic.

Questions, please contact David Tsai (davetsai@gmail.com).
Date: 2010-07-18

Title: BALIF July Happy Hour
Date: 2010-07-01

BALIF July Happy Hour at Bisou

Come celebrate the midway point of the summer with this fabulous Happy Hour in the Heart of the Castro!

Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010
Time: 6 – 8pm
Location: Bisou, 2367 Market Street (between Noe and Castro, beneath the Cafe Bar)

Complimentary Appetizers!

Title: South Bay LGBT Happy Hour Mixer/Summer Associate Welcome
Location: The Fire House Grill, East Palo Alto
Description: South Bay LGBT Happy Hour Mixer/Summer Associate Welcome

Please join BALIF and The Rainbow Committee of the SCCBA for the South Bay Summer Happy Hour and LGBT Summer Associate Welcome Mixer.
As the end of the summer approaches please join us as the Bay Area LGBT Bar Associations join forces to host this fun and exciting event in the heart of Silicon Valley .
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Time: 6pm – 8:30pm
Location: The Fire House Grill, 1765 E. Bayshore Rd Ste. A, East Palo Alto , CA 94306
Cost: Free- Complimentary Appetizers and Drink Specials
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-07-20

Title: BALIF/Jones Day Pride Breakfast
Location: Offices of Jones Day
Description: BALIF and Jones Day welcome all summer associates, law students,
attorneys, judges, staff, and friends from all around the Bay Area to their 2nd annual Pride Breakfast celebration. Come and enjoy great food, drinks, and fun at this annual event before you head out to watch the Pride Parade.

Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Time: 8:30am – 10:30am

Location:
Offices of Jones Day
555 California Street , 26th Floor
San Francisco , CA

Please RSVP to Patricia Alcala with total number of guest at
pbalcala@jonesday.com or (415) 875-5756.
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2010-06-27