Support the Equal Justice Society by becoming a Monthly Sustainer

Guest post from Bill Kennedy, Regional Counsel, Legal Services of Northern California. Bill is an EJS monthly sustainer. I am not by nature a religious man, but I tithe. A tithe is what we pay for that fragile glue that binds us one to another. It connotes a tangible connection between people who follow aContinueContinue reading “Support the Equal Justice Society by becoming a Monthly Sustainer”

EJS Joins Bay Area Lawyer Die-in for Racial Justice

Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson spoke at a “die-in” demonstration today with attorneys, law students, professors, and allies in San Francisco to protest police violence and racial profiling of communities of color. https://twitter.com/tigerbeat/status/556137369955749889 https://twitter.com/aaaj_alc/status/556138761117908993 https://twitter.com/rebecca_f/status/556136604784287746 The symbolic “die-in” took place on the steps of the California Supreme Court in San Francisco. The protest highlightedContinueContinue reading “EJS Joins Bay Area Lawyer Die-in for Racial Justice”

Chris Bridges Begins Fellowship with New Leaders Council Institute, Oakland

Our Butler Koshland Fellow, Christopher Bridges, this month joined in the inaugural class of Fellows in the New Leadership Council Oakland’s Leadership Institute. The institute is a selective political entrepreneurship training program that builds local teams of outstanding young professionals in 20 cities across the nation. New Leaders Council Oakland launched in 2014 and isContinueContinue reading “Chris Bridges Begins Fellowship with New Leaders Council Institute, Oakland”