March 4, 2022- BALIF's 42nd Annual Virtual Gala

March 4, 2022- BALIF's 42nd Annual In-Person Afterparty

Gibbs Law Group LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Arnold & Porter LLP

Dolan Law Firm

Jones Day

Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Buckley

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP

Cooley LLP

Duane Morris LLP

Hanson Bridgett LLP

K & L Gates LLP

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Reed Smith LLP

Robert Half Legal

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Shea Labagh Dobberstein

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP

TM Financial Forensics

ADR Services, Inc.

Alston & Bird LLP

Callaway & Wolf

Cannata O'Toole Fickes & Olson LLP

Crowell & Moring LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Rosen Bein Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

San Francisco City Attorney's Office

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Sidley Austin LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Littler

Outten & Golden LLP

Perkins Coie

Pritzker Levine LLP

Squire Patton Boggs LLP

Swanson & McNamara LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP

Arent Fox LLP

Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley, PC

David Helbraun, Helbraun Law Firm

Frederick C. Hertz, Attorney at Law

Law Offices of John E. Hill P.C.

Kyle Montes de Oca, RH| Montes De Oca

Wilmer Hale

We encourage all of you to renew your existing membership or, if you are not a member, become a new member today at https://www.balif.org/membership!

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!

Application Due: Friday, April 1, 2022

In honor of Black History Month, the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association and Foundation is excited to announce the establishment of a need-based grant available to graduating transgender and/or nonbinary law graduates of color. The 2022 Trans/Nonbinary Law Graduates of Color Grant Fund will award three unrestricted $1,000 grants, to help offset the costs associated with the period of time between graduation and taking the Bar Exam/employment. Accepted grantees will also receive a 1-year free membership with the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association.

2022 U.S. Law School Graduate

Trans and/or Nonbinary

Person of Color

Registered to take a U.S. Bar exam in the summer of 2022 or first legal job does not start until September 1, 2022 or later.

How to apply:

Applications are now open online! Please submit a completed application by end of day, April 1, 2022. No extensions are possible. Accepted grantees will be announced by May 1, 2022. Funds will be distributed upon proof of law school graduation. If you have any questions or issues regarding this application form, please contact Patrick O'Brien at patrick@lgbtqbar.org.

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.

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!

Sign up today at https://www.turnout.org/qnlrp

Email Jack Beck at jack@turnout.org with any questions or concerns.