Upcoming Events

June 26, 2008

Duties & Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board
Bar Association of San Francisco

  301 Battery St., 3rd Floor

  San Francisco

  w/ Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen

Past Events – 2008

• Legal Seminars for Minority Leaders Group 3

   Law Office of Gene Takagi

• Effective Representation of Pro Bono Clients
  Legal Services for Entrepreneurs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
  

   

Past Events – 2007

• Legal Seminars for Minority Leaders Group 2
  Law Office of Gene Takagi

• Legal Seminars for Minority Leaders Group 1
  Law Office of Gene Takagi

• A Solid Foundation:  Best Practices in Governance
  Western Museums Association Annual Meeting
  w/ Linda Deck, Bradbury Science Museum; and Carola Enriquez, Kern County Museum

• Not Shaken or Stirred: Legal Issues in Accounting

    Western Museums Association

    w/ Leslie Richardson & Carolyn Hojaboom, Moss Adams

• Legal Issues Affecting Nonprofits

    AAPIP Post-911 Civic Engagement Fund - Silicon Valley Community Foundation

• Nonprofits & Earned Income

    Foundation Center

• Basics, Best Practices and Trends in Nonprofit Corporate Governance

    American Bar Association Annual Meeting

    w/ Andras Kosaras, Council on Foundations; Stephen Scharz, UC Hastings

    College of Law; Barbara Rosen, Evans & Rosen (mod)

• Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Barrister Club, Bar Association of San Francisco

• Effective Representation of Pro Bono Clients
  Legal Services for Entrepreneurs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Menlo Park

• Do Your Fundraising Activities Comply With the Law?
  CompassPoint

• Do’s and Don’ts of Earned Income
  CBO Center – Walnut Creek

• Effective Representation of Pro Bono Clients
  Legal Services for Entrepreneurs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – San Francisco

• Generating Earned Income
  CBO Center – Oakland
  

   

Past Events – 2006

• Insurance and Risk Management
  Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
  w/ Melanie Herman, Nonprofit Risk Management Center

• Starting a Nonprofit: Legal Issues for Start-up Nonprofits
  New Progressive Coalition

• Nonprofit Joint Ventures
  Law.com
  w/ Cherie Evans & Barbara Rosen, Evans & Rosen

• Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Barristers Club, Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Sheila Warren, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass

• Effective Representation of Pro Bono Clients
  Legal Services for Entrepreneurs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – Palo Alto

• Tax-Exempt Organizations in California
  Lorman Education Services
  w/ Cherie Evans & Barbara Rosen, Evans & Rosen; and Terry Miller

• Legal Issues for Start-up Nonprofits
  Foundation Center

• Starting Your Own Nonprofit
  Young Nonprofit Professionals Network

• Keeping Up With the Law
  California Association of Nonprofits
  w/ David Levitt, Silk, Adler & Colvin; and Mark Krausse, California Fair Political Practices Commission

• Public Charities in California
  Lorman Education Services
  w/ Patrick Boyle, Bernstein Global Wealth Management; Michael Gowe and Michael Ward, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley; Ward Pynn, Blanding, Boyer & Rockwell; and Margaret Zywicz, Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland

• Effective Representation of Pro Bono Clients
  Legal Services for Entrepreneurs, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights – San Francisco

 



  Past Events – 2005

• What Every Trusts and Estates Attorney Needs to Know About Nonprofits
  Barristers Club, Bar Association of San Francisco

• Business Law Basics
  Asian, Inc.

• Duties and Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Barristers Club, Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Stephanie Petit, Silk, Adler & Colvin

• New Developments for Nonprofits’ Fundraising and Financial Management
  Internet Securities

• Business Law Basics
  U.S. Small Business Administration

PRESS RELEASES

Attorney For Nonprofits Offers Free Legal Seminars to Minority Leaders

Responding to a surprising lack of diversity in the leadership of nonprofit organizations, an attorney strives to make a difference

SAN FRANCISCO, California - November 15, 2007 - Gene Takagi, an attorney for nonprofits, is providing free legal classes to minority leaders and emerging leaders of charitable organizations.  After reading a recent article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy reporting that 82 percent of chief executives of nonprofit organizations and 86 percent of board members are white, Takagi decided to take action. " The nonprofit sector needs to be a better example when it comes to diversity and inclusion,” said Takagi.  “Teaching minority leaders was the best way I could help."

Takagi, who serves on the Pro Bono Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, is a popular speaker on legal issues affecting nonprofits.  He is launching a four-session program starting on Tuesday, November 28, and plans to continue running the program for new attendees indefinitely.  The sessions will cover areas including nonprofit corporate governance, fundraising, earned income strategies, lobbying, reporting requirements, employment, and intellectual property law.  “Giving minority leaders a basic understanding of these laws will provide them with an edge in their professional development and hopefully open more doors,” explains Takagi.  “I would love to see more organizations implement diversity initiatives so that the nonprofit sector can live up to the ideals it espouses."

GROUP 1 MEETING DATES & TIMES:

Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. - 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, and 12/18

GROUP 2 MEETING DATES & TIMES

Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - 11/27, 11/29, 12/6, and 12/13

*** If you are a minority leader or emerging leader currently working for a public charity and are interested in participating, send me an e-mail with a short biography including details of your current position.