legal aid society. i have an empty glass but you all should have a little wine in your glasses. it s a good excuse to have some wine this afternoon. and help me toast to the 6 years of putting justice 96 years of putting justice to work. so to the legal aid society. thank you. during this past year, the society s attorneys, staff and volunteers have served literally thousands of clients and families throughout the bay area and their achievements have been numerous and really quite inspiring, as i m sure most of you know. i d like to share one achievement in particular in a title ix lawsuit filed on behalf of four low income high school girls denied equal treatment and benefits in their high school s athletic program, particularly the girl s softball team. you may not know the legal aid society is focusing on title ix work which is really exciting. after a 10-day trial in federal district court, the judge down in southern california held that the high school had violated t
good afternoon, i m lisa van krekin and chair of the board of directors for the legal aid society here in san francisco. and i m so pleased that you are all here to be a part of today s celebration, and i also thank you all for sustaining this fantastic institution and for making the critical work that we do possible. today, as you heard, we re recognizing and celebrating the 96th consecutive year of the legal aid society, providing free legal services for poor people. so first, please join me and raise your glass to toast the legal aid society. i have an empty glass but you all should have a little wine in your glasses. it s a good excuse to have some wine this afternoon. and help me toast to the 6 years of putting justice 96 years of putting justice to work. so to the legal aid society. thank you. during this past year, the society s attorneys, staff and volunteers have served literally thousands of clients and families throughout the bay area and their achievements h
good afternoon, i m lisa van krekin and chair of the board of directors for the legal aid society here in san francisco. and i m so pleased that you are all here to be a part of today s celebration, and i also thank you all for sustaining this fantastic institution and for making the critical work that we do possible. today, as you heard, we re recognizing and celebrating the 96th consecutive year of the legal aid society, providing free legal services for poor people. so first, please join me and raise your glass to toast the legal aid society. i have an empty glass but you all should have a little wine in your glasses. it s a good excuse to have some wine this afternoon. and help me toast to the 6 years of putting justice 96 years of putting justice to work. so to the legal aid society. thank you. during this past year, the society s attorneys, staff and volunteers have served literally thousands of clients and families throughout the bay area and their achieve
company and shea lure. you should have bottled of that on your table right now. we re also grateful to mark richardson and merrill corporation who contributed the printing of our luncheon program and menu, and i want to personally thank our friends at the recorder and the daily journal for their pro bono support in leading us up to today. i also want to thank the committee that worked on this and the honorary committee, all those people contributed to is. and now the only reason you really want to hear about from me is that i m the guy that gets to give away presents. for the first time this year, we have compliments of our former chair, ken gurnsey, a silicon valley jawbone jam box. i don t know what it is. but i ve been told by people who do that it s really wonderful. so what i m going to do is draw hopefully you can put your name in here. i m going to draw a name with the person whose name i draw simply stand up and raise your runners come out and present you with you
good afternoon, i m lisa van krekin and chair of the board of directors for the legal aid society here in san francisco. and i m so pleased that you are all here to be a part of today s celebration, and i also thank you all for sustaining this fantastic institution and for making the critical work that we do possible. today, as you heard, we re recognizing and celebrating the 96th consecutive year of the legal aid society, providing free legal services for poor people. so first, please join me and raise your glass to toast the legal aid society. i have an empty glass but you all should have a little wine in your glasses. it s a good excuse to have some wine this afternoon. and help me toast to the 6 years of putting justice 96 years of putting justice to work. so to the legal aid society. thank you. during this past year, the society s attorneys, staff and volunteers have served literally thousands of clients and families throughout the bay area and their achieve