by BALIF Admin | Mar 14, 2024 | Scholarships
**APPLICATION SUBMISSION FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS NOW OPEN** The FBANC Foundation and the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Foundation (“BALIF Foundation”) are sponsoring the FBANC/BALIF “Pamilya” Joint Scholarship in the amount of $3,000 to a current law school...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 5, 2024 | Scholarships
**APPLICATION SUBMISSION FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS NOW OPEN** The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (“APABA Silicon Valley”) Charity Foundation and the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom Foundation (“BALIF Foundation”) are pleased to announce...
by BALIF Admin | Feb 16, 2024 | Scholarships
The BALIF Foundation is offering a Pride Fellowship in the amount of $5,000 for a law student currently working on legal issues impacting the LGBTQIA Community during the summer of 2024. An applicant must identify the proposed use of the fellowship funds, be...
by BALIF Admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Scholarships
BALIF has partnered with the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association (“CLA”) to present a scholarship for those who have demonstrated an intent to pursue a career in litigation, have shown commitment to serving the LGBTQAI+ community, and are planning...
by BALIF Admin | Feb 6, 2024 | Scholarships
The BALIF Foundation has teamed up with ChangeLawyers to offer a $5,000 bar stipend for a 3L. The bar stipend will be awarded to: Aspiring lawyers who identify as LGBTQ+; has a demonstrated commitment to the Bay Area (attendance at a Bay Area law school, an intent to...
by BALIF Admin | Jan 27, 2024 | Scholarships
BALIF Foundation invites all LGBTQI law student associations in the Bay Area to apply for BALIF Foundation’s annual “Law Student Association of the Year” award. Each year, the award is presented to a Bay Area law student group that has demonstrated a unique level of...
by BALIF Admin | Jan 27, 2024 | Scholarships
The Julius Turman Award will be granted by the BALIF Foundation to one law student each year who has shown outstanding commitment to advocacy for LGBTQI+ individuals. The recipient must be currently a member of BALIF, enrolled at a Bay Area Law School, identify...
by BALIF Admin | Apr 6, 2022 | News
We write on behalf of BALIF, as the nation’s oldest LGBTQIA+ bar association, to express our rage, grief, and condolences for the victims and their families affected by the shootings on March 16, 2021 in the Atlanta area at three massage parlors, the Gold Massage Spa,...
by BALIF Admin | Apr 6, 2022 | News
Dear BALIF Member, This fall, Californians will decide on whether to recall Governor Gavin Newsom from office. As members and allies of LGBTQI+, BIPOC, immigrant, and other marginalized communities and identities, we cannot sit out this important election. If more...
by BALIF Admin | Apr 6, 2022 | News
BALIF’s New Lawyers Committee is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Mentorship Program! BALIF’s New Lawyers Committee is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Mentorship Program! BALIF’s incredibly successful mentorship program is back and...
