by BALIF Admin | Jul 30, 2025 | News
Last week, BALIF joined an emergency amicus brief submitted with the U.S. Supreme Court in NetChoice v. Fitch, urging the Court to vacate a Fifth Circuit decision that allowed a Mississippi law restricting minors’ access to social media to take effect while its...
by BALIF Admin | Jul 24, 2025 | Jobs
The California Office of the State Public Defender is asking for your help in reaching law students, recent graduates, and attorneys interested in public service careers. Public defense offices across California are hiring for both trial and appellate positions, with...
by BALIF Admin | Jun 18, 2025 | News
Dear BALIF Members, This morning, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in US v. Skrmetti, upholding the Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors. A link to the full opinion can be found here. U.S. v. Skrmetti is one of the most consequential cases involving...
by BALIF Admin | May 31, 2025 | 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 2025. An applicant must identify the proposed use of the fellowship funds, be...
by BALIF Admin | May 24, 2025 | News
Dear BALIF Members, On May 22nd, the House passed a bill that purports to cut all federal funding for gender affirming care for trans people of any age. It also reduces healthcare funding overall in ways that disproportionately impact the LGBTQ+ community, especially...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 19, 2025 | 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 | Mar 14, 2025 | News
BALIF opposes the recent revision to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Policy Manual which removes gender identity from its list of protected classes in DHS’ personnel’s intelligence gathering. Previously, the...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 5, 2025 | Jobs
Requisition Title: Mid-level EMT Associate Job ID: 3188 Department: Environmental & Mass Tort Litigation Office: Los Angeles – Century City Job Description: The Los Angeles – Downtown office of McGuireWoods seeks an Associate for the Environmental & Mass...
by BALIF Admin | Mar 4, 2025 | News
The Trump administration’s recent Executive Orders broadly targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts—and those specifically attacking the rights and dignity of transgender individuals—are an affront to the core values of BALIF, the Asian American Bar...
by BALIF Admin | Feb 28, 2025 | Jobs
Leonard Carder, LLP, located in Oakland, is looking for attorneys with experience or interest in union labor, employment and employee benefits law, and with a demonstrated commitment to the goals of workers’ rights and the labor movement. Ideal candidates should have...
