Unemployed Or Underemployed Recent Law School Grad? BASF Wants To Help

Learn about the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Mind the Gap Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to provide recent law school graduates who are unemployed or underemployed with training, work experience, mentorship and debt reduction information.

This initiative will consist of five key components.

1. TRAINING: Valuable practical/lawyering skills training, as well as training and information regarding starting your own practice
2. EXPERIENCE: Hands on experience with BASF's Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) case work
3. MENTORING: Mentoring from VLSP staff attorneys and other volunteers, including alumni networks
4. CONNECTIONS: Assist participants with networking and connecting with firms for potential contract or other legal positions
5. DEBT REDUCTION: Provide debt reduction information and seminars

Send an email to mindthegap@sfbar.org if you are an unemployed/underemployed attorney and would like to take advantage of this resource.