Hey Bay Area Filipino law students!  We want to meet you all (virtually) to discuss how FBANC can be a resource to law students and the plans that FBANC has in store for law students this year, including the annual Komunidad conference!

Please join us virtually this Thursday, 9/26 at 5:30pm. All PALS are welcome! 

Zoom Information

Meeting URL: https://shorturl.at/uYOKV

Meeting ID: 928 9124 1072

Passcode: 319056

- Idrian Mollaneda (idrianmollaneda@fbanc.org) & Riane Briones (rianebriones@fbanc.org), FBANC Mentorship Co-Directors (mentorship@fbanc.org)

The Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC) will hold its 44th Installation Gala on June 14, 2024, at The San Francisco Design Center Galleria.

The theme for FBANC 44 is Moving Forward, which celebrates our unyielding resilience and unified pursuit of progress.

Join AABA, VABANC, FBANC, KABANC, SABA-NC, APABA-SV at the Join Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Mixer. The Bay Area’s Asian American bar associations are getting together for happy hour to celebrate APAHM!

Location:
The Corner Cover of Spark Social
601 Mission Bay Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94158

Food & beverage tickets included for registered association members

To register, visit: https://www.aaba-bay.com/event-5690755

Join us for an exclusive evening celebrating the fusion of fashion and legal finesse. From sleek suits to power heels, we are back in the office, at bar association conferences, and all things business related 🖊️#AttorneyFashionShow #LegalStyle #CourtroomChic #SlayingTheBar #lawyersfashion #lifeofalawyer

Some of the All-Star models include: FBANC President Nelson Pineda Lam, FBANC Past Presidents Laurie Rose Lubiano and Mark Punzalan, and FBANC Social Co-Director Idrian Mollaneda.

To register: https://aaba-bay.com/event-5672370

The Filipino Bar Association or Northern California is thrilled to invite you to the 2024 FBANC Golf Tournament, an exciting event with proceeds benefiting the FBANC Foundation. After an exhilarating day on the course, join us for a post-tournament dinner and reception where you can mingle with fellow participants and supporters. Here are the event details:

Date: Monday, April 8, 2024
Location: Berkeley Country Club, 7901 Cutting Boulevard, El Cerrito, CA 94530 
Time: 1:00PM shotgun start
Format: Four Person 18-hole Scramble
Foursome: $1,000
Single: $300
Dinner Only: $75

To register for the tournament or explore sponsorship opportunities, please email jamesvillanueva@fbanc.org.

Please join us for the First Annual Liwanag Conference!  

This day-long meeting will empower attendees, especially new and aspiring Filipino American attorneys, through professional development seminars, skills-based workshops and inclusive networking sessions. Featured Keynote Speakers include the Hon. Christine J. Gonong and Dr. Rod Penalosa, Ph.D., LMFT.

When: April, 6, 2024, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration begins at 8:30 AM and happy hour begins at 5:00 PM

Where: UC Law San Francisco, 200 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102

To RSVP: Scan the QR Code in the flyer or use this LINK

For more information or questions, contact our Professional Development co-directors Mika Domingo (mikadomingo@fbanc.org) and Armbien Sabillo (armbiensabillo@fbanc.org).

You are invited to join FBANC for a special outing to watch Larry the Musical about Larry Itliong (Filipino Workers Rights Activist) at the Brava Theater in San Francisco!  FBANC members are going to the show on Saturday, March 30 at 2 PM.  

Tickets are selling very quickly, so if you are interested, we encourage you to buy yours soon. 

We hope you can join us of this rare opportunity to support Fil-Ams on the Broadway stage.  Please email President Nelson Pineda Lam (nelsonlam@fbanc.org) if you are planning to attend or if you have any questions.

• Karaoke! FBANC will provide food (Senor Sisig?) and pay for drinks until we run out of budget.

• We’ll have a private room at Pandora Karaoke & Bar in SF. Our room will be in the downstairs basement, look for a large space with Filipinos in it. Can hold up to 40 people.

• Location:
  Pandora Karaoke & Bar — 50 Mason St, San Francisco CA 94102
  Pandora is located one block from the Powell Street BART stop in SF.

• Price of Admission: $0! Your presence is a present. But please RSVP (using the button above) so we have a headcount :)

• Open to: FBANC members, as well as Fil-Am law students, attorneys, and judges who support FBANC and/or are considering joining FBANC.

• Do you need to be good at singing? Absolutely not. In fact, the event will be better the worse you are at singing.

• Questions? Reach out to FBANC Social Chairs Idrian Mollaneda (idrianmollaneda@fbanc.org) and Antonio Raimundo (antonioraimundo@fbanc.org)

FBANC practitioners will share their knowledge in important and practical legal areas on Thursday, March 21 @ 4 PM via Zoom.  Sign up and spread the word!

Each virtual breakout room will focus on one practice area and last approximately 1 hour. Volunteers in each practice area will collaborate to present a joint Know Your Rights presentation on basic, key information, for example statutes of limitations, basic claim types, and how to's.

Special thanks to our FBANC attorney volunteers:

• Estate Planning, Probate and Conservatorships

  • Mika Domingo, Alyssa Daatio, Nicole Ramos Takemoto

• Taxation

  • Leo Cristobal

• Personal Injury

  • Isabelle Tan

• Criminal Record Clean-Ups

  • Givelle Lamano

• Workers' Rights /SSI, SSDI, SSI, CAPI Benefits / Immigration

  • Jorgio Castro, Glicel Sumagaysay, R. Michael Flynn, Christina Le

The joint presentations will be recorded and posted to FBANC's YouTube page, so we can share with those even if they are unable to attend the presentations live.

Pinay Powerhouse’s Kamayan Feast

Join the FBANC Women’s Committee on March 7 for the Pinay Powerhouse’s Kamayan Feast where we will celebrate the launch of the book Root to Rise! Menu specially curated by Yana Gilbuena-Babu & all proceeds go to supporting the Pinay Powerhouse Conference Scholarship.

Komunidad is a conference for Pilipinx American Law Students.

This year’s conference, like previous iterations, is a joint collaboration between FBANC and Fil-Am student organizations at law schools in Northern California (Berkeley Law; UC College of the Law, San Francisco; Univ. of San Francisco; Golden Gate Univ.; Santa Clara Univ.; and UC Davis). Our keynote speaker is United Playaz Founder and Executive Director Rudy Corpuz. 2025 is the fifth year FBANC has hosted Komunidad, which aims to serve current and aspiring law students.

The holidays are upon us, so save the date! Celebrate the holidays with FBANC at the annual holiday party at Sentro Filipino (814 Mission St., San Francisco) on Sunday, December 10 from 11am-2:45pm! Food will be catered, but we welcome potluck items, including beverages, desserts, or sides.

Please RSVP and find more information at fbanc.org/holiday. Hope to see you then!

For questions, contact our Social Directors, Idrian Mollaneda (idrianmollaneda@fbanc.org) and Antonio Raimundo (antonioraimundo@fbanc.org).

Save the date! Come join us on November 16 at the UC Law San Francisco Sky Deck for a discussion on professional collaboration with our Fil-Am professionals! This is an excellent chance to expand your professional network and to build valuable relationships in the FBANC community and beyond. To RSVP, visit: forms.gle/dpKguiQeHRQbwSHQ7

For more information or questions, contact the FBANC Professional Development Directors, Armbien Sabillo (armbiensabillo@fbanc.org) and Mika Domingo (mikadomingo@fbanc.org).

FBANC invites you to participate in our fundraiser basketball game at Chase Center in partnership with SF AAU Prime Girls' Club, Uber, and the Golden State Warriors!

The fundraiser game will be played on Tuesday, November 14 before the Warriors vs. Twolves.

Players from FBANC and Uber will tip off and play in a full NBA length game as part of the Play Where the Pros Play program. Proceeds from the event will support grass roots youth sports in the SF Bay Area as well as the FBANC Foundation. This is a unique opportunity for you to experience Warriors basketball firsthand!

Two FBANC player roster spots are left for the highest bidders (all proceeds will go to the FBANC Foundation)—so don't hesitate to reach out!  And 30+ fan tickets are available for $60/each (includes access to both the fundraiser & NBA game).

Highlights from FBANC's first fundraiser basketball game in January 2022 can be watched here: https://youtu.be/SjOCbuYh168

Interested? Please contact FBANC President Nelson Pineda Lam (nelsonlam@fbanc.org).

Pro Bono Opportunity | Legal Services for Entrepreneurs (LSE) Virtual Legal Clinic
LCCRSF-FBANC Pro Bono Legal Clinic for Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses

Limited scope opportunity for volunteer attorneys on Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 3:30pm - 6:30pm

The LCCRSF-FBANC pro bono clinic in November is part of a month-long series of legal offerings aimed at celebrating National Immigrants Day (Oct 28) by removing barriers to accessing legal services for undocumented individuals and other immigrants without permanent status who want to start or develop businesses.

LSE seeks to recruit attorneys who can offer immigrant-owned small businesses one-hour consultations in the following issue areas:

·         review and draft contracts, 

·         review commercial leases, 

·         entity formation,

·         tax law,

·         business immigration law,

·         employment law, and

·         intellectual property law. 

Pro bono attorneys are assigned one to two clients and provide one-hour consultations for the client's legal matter. The attorneys can provide the consultation alone or work in pairs. Attorneys receive their client assignments along with relevant information and documents pertaining to the client's legal matter a couple of days before the clinic date. Interpreters will be available for the client consultations. 

The LCCRSF-FBANC clinic will be on Thursday, November 2, 2023 from 3:30pm - 6:30pm. 

We would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this information to your contacts who may meet the above criteria, or if you would volunteer yourselves.  We are hoping to get about 7 or 8 volunteers.  

This is a great opportunity to help our immigrant community members in their businesses.  It's also a great opportunity for you and/or your colleagues to gain visibility as attorneys who practice these areas of law and who graciously donate their time to those in need. 

If you are interested, please contact Glicel (glicelsumagaysay@fbanc.org) or Will (williamwalraven@fbanc.org) at your earliest convenience, and within the next week if possible.  Please ask your colleagues to do the same.  

We hope we can count you in to help make an impact with these community members, their dream businesses, and livelihoods! 

Please join us for FBANC's Annual Picnic on Saturday 10/21 from 11am to 3pm!  Free Filipino food and free drinks on a Saturday at a lovely park in SF.  It's a great opportunity to meet Fil-Am attorneys and law students.  All are welcome, the price is $0. 

FBANC is catering the event!  Friend of FBANC Jeff Sacramento and Trustpoint.One are sponsoring a lechon.  And, Angel Sevilla (partner at Jackson Lewis P.C.) is providing halo halo!  So bring your appetite!  Guests are welcome to bring food to share, but no one is required to bring anything — we’ll have plenty of food. 

The picnic is at Mission Creek Park Pavilion (290 Channel St, San Francisco 94158).  More info and registration here:  https://fbanc.org/picnic.  

Questions?  Reach out to FBANC Social Chairs Idrian Mollaneda (idrianmollaneda@fbanc.org) and Antonio Raimundo (antonioraimundo@fbanc.org).  Thanks so much for your interest in FBANC!

Join FBANC's Women's Committee for the Annual Tea Party on October 15, 2023. It is the perfect way to network and get to know the Pinay Powerhouses in our community! 

Please RSVP to Mika Domingo (mikadomingo@fbanc.org) or Nicole Ramos Takemoto (nicoletakemoto@fbanc.org).