2018 Minority Bar Coalition Unity Awards

Please note this event is only open to attorneys and professionals in the legal industry and the awardees' families. All attendees are required to sign in with building security before entering. Parts of the event and interviews will also be filmed.
This year's Unity Awards reception will be held at 198 McAllister Street at U.C. Hastings Law School, on November 13, 2018, in the Louis B. Mayer room on the ground floor. We will be honoring members who have shown dedication to working in a unified manner to advance the cause of diversity in the legal profession. For more information on how your organization can sponsor and nominate one of its members, please contact MBC Co-chairs at [email protected].
Program:
5:30pm Registration, Food, and Networking
6:00pm Ceremony Starts
7:30pm Ceremony Ends, Interviews, and Open Networking
Below is the awardees list from last year 2017 (2018 will be updated soon):
Commissioner Toni Mims-CochranAlameda County Bar Association (ACBA)
Palak B. ShethAmerican Constitution Society, Bay Area Lawyer Chapter (ACS BALC)
Hung ChangAsian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)
Kasie W. LeeAsian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association (AACTLA)
Mark PunzalanAsian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA-SV)
Richard Zitrin Bar Association of San Francisco – Justice & Diversity Center (BASF JDC)
Jennifer OrthweinBay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF)
Megan M. LawsonBlack Women Lawyers of Northern California (BWLNC)
Shanae BuffingtonCalifornia Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)
Deborah Moss-WestCharles Houston Bar Association (CHBA)
Carol LeungChinese American Lawyers of the Bay Area (CALOBA)
Micha Star LibertyConsumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) Diversity Committee
Araceli Martínez-OlguínEast Bay La Raza Lawyers Association (EBLRLA)
Christine Mari Palma StartFilipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC)
Elica VafaieIranian American Bar Association (IABA)
Cody S. HarrisJewish Bar Association of San Francisco (JBASF)
Matthew AhnKorean American Bar Association of Northern California (KABANC)
A. Jeanne GroveMarin County Bar Association (MCBA)
Lois PrenticeMarin County Women Lawyers (MCWL)
Hon. Barbara O'HearnQueen's Bench Bar Association
Madhuri NemaliSouth Asian Bar Association of Northern California (SABA-NC)
Diane LuongVietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California (VABANC)
Barbara DickinsonWomen Lawyers of Alameda County (WLAC)
Parking:
UC Hastings is located near the Civic Center Bart station. If you need to drive, we suggest parking in the UC Hastings Parking Garage that is one block away on 376 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102.
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