2012 Events

• May 23 , 2012

    Emerging Leaders Compliance Program

    Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

    Emily Chan w/ Robyn Bramhall and Lisa Doran

• May 11 , 2012

    Organizing and Advising Nonprofits

    Continuing Education of the Bar / State Bar of California (BLS)

    Gene Takagi w/ Ingrid Mittermaier and Matthew Clausen, Adler & Colvin

• May 2 , 2012

    Legal & Policy Considerations for Social Media Use

    Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence 7th Annual Conference (Memphis)

    Emily Chan

• April 18 , 2012

    Nonprofit Advocacy: Lobbying and Election-Related Activities

    for 501(c)(3)s

    Nonprofit Webinars

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• March 30 , 2012

    Kony 2012 Complexities

    Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• February 23 , 2012

    Benefit & Flexible Purpose Corporations

    CompassPoint Briefing

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• February 16 , 2012

    Considerations in Selecting an Appropriate Legal Entity for

    a Social Enterprise

    Lawline

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• February 10, 2012

    Board Oversight Basics - Part Two

    Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• February 5 , 2012

    Nonprofit Organizations for Musicians

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music

     Gene Takagi

• February 1 , 2012

    Emerging Leaders Compliance Program

    Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

    Emily Chan w/ Robyn Bramhall and Lisa Doran

• January 20, 2012

    Board Oversight Basics - Part One

    Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

    Gene Takagi

• January 18 , 2012

    Earned Income 101 for Nonprofits

    Nonprofit Webinars

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

We regularly do targeted programs for nonprofit boards and organizations and management consulting groups. Contact us to have us speak to your group on nonprofit governance and other nonprofit law issues.

Past Events – 2011

• November 30, 2011

    Starting & Representing a Nonprofit - Pro Bono Issues

    Bar Association of San Francisco

    Gene Takagi & Stephanie Petit, Adler & Colvin

• October 29, 2011

    Social Enterprises

    Net Impact Annual Conference (Portland)

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• October 14, 2011

    Social Enterprises

    Santa Barbara County Bar Association

    Gene Takagi

• September 22, 2011

    Emerging Legal Questions in Today's Boardroom

    BoardSource Leadership Forum (Atlanta)

    Emily Chan

• September 19, 2011

    Adopting Earned Revenue Strategies to Bolster Revenue

    CompassPoint Nonprofit Day

    Emily Chan, Gene Takagi & Paula Smith Arrigoni

September 17, 2011

    Hybrid Social Enterprises

    Nonprofit Organizations Committee

    State Bar of California Annual Meeting

    Gene Takagi

• September 8, 14, 2011

    Is Your Nonprofit Up-to-date on Current Legal Issues?

    NEO Law Group

    Emily Chan

• August 17, 2011

    Legal Issues for Nonprofit Startups

    Foundation Center

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• July 7, 2011

    Understanding the L3C

    Bar Association of San Francisco

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• June 15, 2011

    Lobbying and Advocacy Activities of Exempt Organizations

    CalCPA, East Bay- Nonprofit Interest Group

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• June 13, 2011

   Fiscal Sponsorship for Arts Organizations

    ODC Theater

    Gene Takagi & Emily Chan w/ Melanie Beene, Ruth Williams, & others

• May 24, 2011

    Leadership Through Board Service

    YNPN

    Emily Chan w/ Ann Lehman, Bruce Marcus, John Power

• March 10, 2011

    Legal Risks for Nonprofit Boards

    American Bar Association, Bar Leadership Institute (Chicago)

    Gene Takagi

• February 24, 2011

    Nonprofit Law

    University of San Francisco, MNA Program

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

• February 23, 2011

    Duties and Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board

    Bar Association of San Francisco

     Gene Takagi w/ Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen LLP

• January 19, 2011

    Emerging Leaders Compliance Program

    Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

     Gene Takagi w/ Robyn Bramhall and Lisa Doran

• January 5, 2011

    Lobbying and Advocacy Activities of Exempt Organizations

    CalCPA, Peninsula - Nonprofit Interest Group

    Emily Chan & Gene Takagi

Past Events – 2010

• Advocacy Law

    Marin Community Foundation Social Change Grantees

    Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

     w/ Emily Chan

• Nonprofit Dissolutions, Mergers & Consolidations

     Volunteer Legal Services Program, BASF

     w/ Emily Chan

• Lobbying and Advocacy Activities of Exempt Organizations

     CalCPA - Silicon Valley Nonprofit Interest Group

• 501(c)(3) Compliance

     National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California Conference

• Legal Issues Affecting Nonprofits

    Emerging Leaders Program

    Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

    w/ Emily Chan

• ReVisioning Value Conference
  At the Intersection of Purpose & Profit
  Springboard Innovation
  

• Duties of Serving on the Board of a Nonprofit Corporation
  LawLine.com (Online Continuing Legal Education)

• Stanford University

     The Legal Foundation for Civil Society in American Law

• University of San Francisco

     MBA 6431, Nonprofit Management

• Alternatives to a Nonprofit: Choices and Conversions
  AAPIP - National Gender and Equity Campaign

• Duties & Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen LLP

• Alternatives to Starting a Nonprofit
  Foundation Center
  Live Q&A Session

Past Events – 2009

• Death or Rebirth? Community Forum on the Japanese American Press
  Japanese Community Cultural Center of Northern California
  Japanese American National Library
  National Japanese American Historical Society
  Nichi Bei Foundation

• Legal Panel on Fiscal Sponsorship
  National Network of Fiscal Sponsors Annual Gathering
  w/ Greg Colvin, Adler & Colvin
  Jill Dodd, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

• Responsibilities & Duties of Directors of Nonprofits:
  How to Limit Your Liability
  American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  Business Law Today Teleconference and Live Audio Webcast
  w/ Lisa Runquist, Runquist & Associates,
  Alice Anderson, Anderson Nonprofit Strategies
  

• Seizing the Moment: A multimedia journalism training conference
  The Renaissance Journalism Center and Zero Divide
  

• Serving on a Nonprofit Board: Legal Duties & Best Practices
  Stanislaus County Bar Association
  

• Duties & Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen LLP
  

• Social Enterprises
  Northern California Planned Giving Council
  w/ Sheila Warren, Esq.
  

Past Events – 2008

• Tax & Employment Issues Affecting Charitable Nonprofits
  Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Rebecca Benhuri, Jackson Lewis

• Duties & Responsibilities of Serving on a Nonprofit Board
  Bar Association of San Francisco
  w/ Cherie Evans, Evans & Rosen LLP

• 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 Annual Meeting
  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 LLP (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 LLP

• 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 LLP; 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