Join the ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter for our Eleventh Annual Gala and our first virtual gala event, as we address the transformative power of the nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd. This event will address how the collective power of protests can be channeled into creating concrete policies.

**Alicia Garza's book, "The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart," is still available for purchase at a discounted rate. If you would like to purchase the book at a discounted rate of $16, please select, “Public Sector/Public Interest/Students with Book Purchase” here. This link will close on October 20, the book’s official release date.

Welcoming Remarks

Russ Feingold, ACS President

Featuring:

Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Alicia Garza, Principal, Black Futures Lab; Strategy and Partnerships Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance; Co-Creator, #BlackLivesMatter and Black Lives Matter Global Network
Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network, New York University School of Law; Member, ACS National Board of Directors and Board of Academic Advisors

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support:

Patron: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Benefactor: Loren Kieve, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, and Durie Tangri
Donor: Horvitz & Levy LLP, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Altshuler Berzon LLP, and Zelle
Friend: Equal Justice Society, Law Office of Dan Roth, and Folger Levin LLP

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For sponsorship opportunities, please reach out to Peggy Li at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

This event has been approved for 1.0 hour of CA CLE Credit. For CLE Documentation, click here (Course Materials), here (Record of Attendance), here (Certificate of Attendance), and here (Evaluation Form).

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