2009 P RO B O N O A N D C O M M U N I T Y AC T I V I T I E S A N N UA L R E P O RT

FOR FISCAL YEAR FEBRUARY 1, 2008 – JANUARY 31, 2009 PREPARED BY THE PRO BONO COMMITTEE

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endering pro bono legal assistance to

needy individuals and organizations seeking access to the justice system is central to our

commitment to the community. – Larry Sonsini

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s attorneys and staff recognize their professional responsibility to pursue justice by helping those without means, or with only limited resources, gain access to our legal system. In fiscal year 2009,1 the firm’s attorneys and staff provided more than 35,000 hours of work pro bono. In addition, the Community Service Committee organizes numerous volunteer events in the communities where the firm has offices. The Green Team strives to reduce the environmental “footprint” of the firm. Finally, the Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation channels financial contributions to a broad array of community organizations. This report honors the efforts of WSGR attorneys and staff to make a meaningful contribution to our communities, in a wide variety of ways.

Pro Bono Committee Members

Pro Bono Awards

Peter LaBoskey (Co-chair) Mike Ladra (Co-chair) Michael Berta Harry Bremond Wendy Devine Kristen Dumont Jared Kopel Jose Macias Candida Malferrari Gail McFall Brad O’Brien Mark Parnes Brian Range Manja Sachet Jocelyn Starzak Jeff Ulin Sara Walsh

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The John Wilson Award honors those individuals who have consistently upheld the values of the founder of the firm to pursue excellence in the practice of law while at the same time serving the community. This award is presented to individual lawyers who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to our pro bono clients and handled significant responsibility on pro bono matters. This year the firm is proud to honor the following lawyers for their outstanding contributions to the community: Pam Glazner Freeda Lugo Richard Melnyk Nema Milaninia Raghu Seshadri Nicole Soluri Mark Warnick Caroline Wilson

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s fiscal year 2009 is February 1, 2008 to January 31, 2009.

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The men and women who work at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati deeply believe in supporting the communities where we live and work by providing pro bono legal representation, financial support, and volunteer services to individuals and organizations in need. In addition, firm personnel actively seek ways to make the firm more environmentally efficient in its operations throughout the country and abroad.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD The Community Service Award goes to attorneys and staff who have made outstanding contributions to the firm’s pro bono program over the last year. These individuals are key to the firm’s efforts to meet the legal needs of low-income individuals and numerous nonprofit organizations in the community. Recipients of the 2009 Community Service Award are: Partners: Harry Bremond, Charles Compton, Melissa Hollatz, Terry Johnson, Catherine Kirkman, Brad O’Brien, and Ann Yvonne Walker. Associates: Dominique Alepin, Daniel Amador, Jonna Anderson, Clark Asay, Andrew Braff, Kashana Cauley, Catalin Cosovanu, Ben Crosson, Lisa Davis, Wendy Devine, Alex Devkar, Darin Donovan, Samir Elamrani, Alicia Farquhar, Crystal Gaudette, Jason Gordon, T.J. Graham, Nicole Healy, Andrew Hoffman, Christopher Howald, Lawrence Kong, Elena Kouvabina, Riya Kuo, Matthew Kuykendall, David Lansky, Kimya Lashgari, David McCarthy, Stephanie McMahon, Laura Merritt, Elise Miller, Lee-Anne Mulholland, Michael Nader, David Nefouse, Jimmy Nguyen, Lisa Nguyen, Anavelys Ortiz-Suarez, Mark Parnes, Sheridan Pauker, Manja Sachet, Richard Schachtili, Michael Schlemmer, Jocelyn Starzak, Rebecca Stern, Rebecca Stuart, Jeff Ulin, Luiz von Paumgartten, Diane Walters, Aref Wardak, and Karen Wong. Summer Associates: Charles Ballew, Nicola Carah Menaldo, and Tzung-Ping Wei. Legal Staff: Beverly Federigi, Mariko Gjovig, Stacy Love, Angie Mah, Candida Malferrari, George Perez, Madhuri Roy, Moira Rueda, and Ty Tran.

Featured Articles WSGR lawyers are committed to helping individuals obtain justice in a wide variety of forums, including state and federal court, federal administrative proceedings, and state agencies. Here are a few stories from several of our national offices demonstrating how firm lawyers made a profound difference in the lives of their clients.

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HELPING A VETERAN OBTAIN BENEFITS By Erik Christensen, Seattle Earlier this year I was given the chance to assist Mr. Z.W., a former member of the United States Army and Washington State Army Reserve National Guard. In 2005, Mr. Z.W. retired from the National Guard after serving his country for over 15 years, including active duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Erik Christensen Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. At the time of his retirement, he suffered from several physical and mental disabilities that should have caused the Army to award substantial benefits to Mr. Z.W. and his family. Instead, he was discharged using the wrong Army procedure, and had to fight for several years just to win the right to an appeal hearing before the Army Physical Evaluation Board (PEB). At this stage, the National Veterans Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C. asked me to represent Mr. Z.W. before the PEB. I was contacted on Christmas Eve, and Mr. Z.W.’s hearing was initially scheduled for January 12th. With the help of Naomi Pierce, who provided tremendous assistance throughout the case, we moved quickly and requested an emergency extension, which the PEB granted “as an exception to policy.” Mr. Z.W. would probably not have obtained this relief without legal representation. With more time to prepare, I reviewed Mr. Z.W.’s medical records and obtained a sworn statement from a former Army supervisor who had noticed changes in Mr. Z.W.’s behavior after he witnessed a series of traumatic events in Iraq. Thankfully, Mr. Z.W. kept detailed records of his medical treatment. Most importantly, he had proof that he had sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while on active duty. His official Army file did not contain this record. We submitted a detailed letter setting out Mr. Z.W.’s entitlement to increased retirement benefits and attaching the new medical records. The PEB carefully reviewed Mr. Z.W.’s case, and was extremely helpful throughout the process. The technical issues under the applicable Army regulations were complex, but the president of the PEB carefully worked through the facts and agreed with our

HELPING AN HIV-INFECTED MAN OBTAIN MEDICAL TREATMENT By Matthew Bresnahan, San Diego In November 2008 a team from the firm’s San Diego office secured a decision from the State of California Department of Managed Health Care that overturned a health insurer’s denial of medical coverage for an HIVpositive pro bono client. The client has been on medications since 1992 to Matthew Bresnahan treat his illness and stop its progression to full-blown AIDS. As a result of the medication, he has suffered significant weakening of his facial soft tissue. He requested and was denied insurance coverage for facial-augmentation surgery, with the insurer indicating that the requested procedure is cosmetic and therefore not “medically necessary.” Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati filed an appeal brief with the State of California Department of Managed Health Care, arguing that the insurer was required to authorize the requested procedure because the condition was caused by the HIV medications prescribed to the client to treat his HIV condition. The WSGR team further posited that the requested surgery was being sought to create a normal appearance of human anatomy. Ultimately, the agency of the State of California overturned the health insurer’s denial of medical coverage, and instructed the insurer to authorize the medical procedure within five days. Our client has had the procedure and was extremely pleased with this result. The WSGR team that assisted me included partner Jeff Guise and legal assistant Sarah Rollins.

HELPING REFUGEES OBTAIN POLITICAL ASYLUM By Mark S. Warnick, Palo Alto Under several international treaties and laws in the Untied States, foreign individuals and their families may obtain asylum in the United States if they can demonstrate that in their home country they suffered a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of political beliefs, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or Mark Warnick, recipient of membership in a particular 2009 John Wilson Award social group. WSGR lawyers, collaborating with public interest organizations such as the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle, and the Bernardo Kohler Center in Austin, undertake the representation of asylum seekers. Let me describe three recent examples. Our client, G, fled El Salvador after members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang raped her and later issued death threats against her for reporting her attack to police. After traveling through Mexico by train and on foot, she was apprehended by authorities just inside the U.S. border. While awaiting deportation proceedings, she made her way to the Bay Area. She was penniless, had no family in the United States, and spoke no English. After an initial appearance in Immigration Court without representation, G was put in touch with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco, which referred her case to WSGR. In June 2008, following a hearing that stretched over six months, G was granted asylum by Immigration Judge Lawrence N. DiCostanzo in San Francisco. The judge found that G had a well-founded fear of persecution if she were forced to return to El Salvador due to her membership in a particular social group — women who report gang-based violence against them to the authorities. Prior to announcing his ruling, the judge cited G’s “truthful” testimony and noted that the Department of Homeland Security attorney who tried the case in behalf of the U.S. government “indicated he had no question [G] was truthful in her narration.”

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position, recognizing Mr. Z.W.’s clinically-diagnosed PTSD. The PEB awarded Mr. Z.W. benefits that will ensure excellent medical coverage for himself and his family, including his three daughters. The outcome was a complete success, and was very gratifying both personally and professionally. Assisting me on this matter was legal assistant Naomi Pierce.

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G, now 28 years old, was represented by a WSGR team that included me, associate Gwen Parker, and paralegals Stacy Love and Moira Rueda. The firm also secured asylum for another pro bono client from El Salvador. The client, I.R., is a young woman who endured repeated physical, sexual, and emotional abuse by her husband in her native country. She fled to the United States in 2003, and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention against Torture. On April 14, 2009, the immigration judge granted I.R.’s application for asylum. Although her application was filed after the one-year deadline, the immigration judge concluded that the delay in filing is excused due to Jared Kopel extraordinary circumstances, namely, her post-traumatic stress disorder. The immigration judge found I.R.’s testimony to be credible, and granted asylum based on her status as an abused woman. The WSGR team representing I.R. included partner Jared Kopel, associates Merav Magen and Evelina Manukyan; senior paralegal Mariko Gjovig; paralegals Beverly Federigi and George Perez; and legal secretaries Tammy Bell, Mary Ellen Evenson, and Laurie Kerska. In a third asylum case, on February 23, 2009, after seven years of legal wrangling, the Ninth Circuit granted WSGR pro bono client L.I. “withholding of removal,” meaning that he has the right to remain in the U.S. and work legally. L.I. is a native and citizen of Guatemala who suffered persecution on account of his ethnicity as a Kanjobal Mayan and his alleged support of guerrilla forces during the Guatemalan civil conflicts. L.I. previously had been denied withholding of removal by the asylum officer, immigration judge, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. On February 12, the Ninth Circuit Lucy Yen heard oral argument on L.I.’s petition for review. On behalf of L.I., the firm argued that the immigration judge and Board of Immigration Appeals had failed to introduce any individualized evidence to rebut L.I.’s

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testimony regarding his fear of future persecution, wrongly placed the burden on the petitioner to show individualized threat, and failed to consider L.I.’s contention that he remained on an army list and could be the subject of retribution if he were to return to Guatemala. Ultimately, the Ninth Circuit agreed, granting withholding of removal and remanding the case to the immigration judge for the granting of asylum. Since 2002, L.I. has been represented by WSGR associate Lucy Yen, who argued the case before the Ninth Hasani Caraway Circuit. Other members of the WSGR pro bono team include associate Hasani Caraway, senior paralegal Patricia Skinner, and legal secretary Kelli Shanahan.

WSGR SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATES IMMIGRATION LAWS FOR A YOUNG CLIENT By Brian Range, Austin Shortly after R.M. was born in Honduras in October 2000, a Honduran street gang murdered his father. R.M.’s mother fled to the United States and left R.M. in a great-uncle’s care. When R.M. was five years old, his uncle passed away and gangs threatened R.M. and his teenage cousins. Left with no other options, R.M. traveled to the United States with his Brian Range cousins. However, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement stopped R.M. at the border and initiated proceedings to deport him back to Honduras. In April 2006, WSGR began its representation of R.M. — then five years old — with the assistance of the Bernardo Kohler Center (BKC), an Austin, Texas-based immigrant advocacy organization. In the San Antonio Immigration Court, the firm first argued that the court should grant R.M. asylum based upon the gang threats directed at his family and the fact that R.M. would be persecuted as a homeless street child if deported to Honduras.

With an appropriate state court order in hand, WSGR submitted an I-360 residency petition to U.S. Customs and Immigrations Services (USCIS) in October 2007. Inexplicably, the agency did not process H.R.’s application according to its standard time frame. WSGR continued to press USCIS for action on the petition, and WSGR’s insistence led to an inperson meeting with the agency in San Antonio in May 2009. The meeting resulted in USCIS finally providing H.R. with notice that USCIS had granted his residency position. WSGR expects that the immigration court will finally adjust R.M.’s status as a permanent legal resident this October 2009 — just before H.R.’s ninth birthday and over four years after H.R.’s fight for legal residency in the United Scott Morris States began. In addition to me, R.M. was represented by a WSGR pro bono team that included associate Scott Morris, and paralegal Thomas Neumayr, along with the extraordinary assistance of David Walding at the Bernardo Kohler Center. WSGR’s Austin office has successfully partnered with the Bernardo Kohler Center on a number of other matters as well. In connection with the BKC, WSGR is currently pursuing special immigrant juvenile status for an 11-year-old girl from Guatemala and asylum status for a client who fled brutal persecution inflicted by the Maoists in Nepal.

WSGR LAWYERS ASSIST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By Freeda Lugo, Palo Alto WSGR collaborates with Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence and Bay Area Legal Aid to provide legal services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) allows an abused spouse, child, or parent of an abused child of a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident to selfFreeda Lugo, recipient of petition for lawful status in 2009 John Wilson Award the Untied States, which also provides them with employment authorization and access to health benefits. VAWA provides domestic violence survivors with the means that are essential to escaping violence and establishing safe, independent lives. Let me describe two recent examples. “Mary,” originally from Mexico, married a legal permanent resident after meeting him in the U.S. and falling in love. After they got married, he began putting her down and insulting her in front of his family members and began to isolate her from her family members. After she had her first child, he complained that the baby was “always crying” and that she was not a good mother. He also began to threaten her physically. His abuse escalated from insults to yelling, and then he began throwing objects near her and threatening her life. After her second child, Mary was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy and a mastectomy. The abuse continued to escalate during her illness. He repeatedly threatened that he would have her deported and that she would never see her children again. He began showing up at their children’s school and yelling at her and insulting her in front of everyone. Their children were exposed to his continuous violence and abuse and were deeply traumatized. One day, she gained the courage to leave him, assisted by family members. With the help of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, she was able to find legal counsel to apply for immigration relief under VAWA. Aside from me, members of the team included associate Jishnu Menon, partner Catherine Kirkman, and legal secretary Rosemarie Dean assisted her with filing her I-360 VAWA self-petition. Her VAWA petition was granted in March 2009. She is now eligible for employment

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While asylum arguments were pending before the court, immigration officials approached R.M.’s birth mother at R.M.’s home and questioned her immigration status. As a result of this questioning, the mother fled and again abandoned R.M. Subsequently, in 2007, the firm filed and successfully prosecuted a Texas state court action to terminate the mother’s parental rights, establish an uncle’s conservatorship status over R.M., and establish findings of fact that would entitle R.M. to legal residency as a Special Immigrant Juvenile under federal law. The action was one of the first of its kind in Travis County, Texas.

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authorization, public benefits, and can apply for adjustment of status to become a legal permanent resident.

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In another example, “Linda” was just 13 years old when her 42-year-old lawful-permanent-resident husband began courting her in Mexico. When Linda was 18 years old, her future husband drugged her and brought her to the United States. He sexually abused her, and she bore him three children. Linda’s husband threatened that he had the power to have her returned to Mexico, where she would never see her children again. Associate Pamela Glazner assisted Linda with filing her I-360 Self-Petition under VAWA, which was recently approved, allowing Linda to begin an independent life in the United States.

By Wendy Devine, San Diego

HELPING HOMELESS CLIENTS IN COURT PROCEEDINGS By Stephanie McMahon, San Francisco I, as well as other WSGR attorneys, have been working with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and their Homeless Rights Project. Through the Homeless Rights Project, these pro bono attorneys represent homeless clients in court, challenging citations that criminalize individuals for their homeless status, thereby removing a Stephanie McMahon key barrier to exiting homelessness. Each week, many citations are issued to San Francisco’s homeless residents who are found in public performing basic life activities, such as sleeping and sitting. These citations carry fines that homeless people are unable to pay, which means the tickets become active warrants that bar homeless people from accessing the services they need, such as disability benefits, mental health care, drug and alcohol treatment, and most importantly, permanent supportive housing. We represent these homeless residents of San Francisco in court, and resolve their tickets through either informal trials, formal trials, or in exchange for the homeless residents obtaining services with a goal of helping them get off the streets. I have been involved in several hearings and the program gives each lawyer courtroom experience, as well as the satisfaction of making the life of a homeless person at least a little bit better. Other attorneys who have assisted on these cases include Cindy Liou, Olga Mack, Anne Marie Nicpon, Weilyn Pa, and Marisa Reed.

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In June 2008 a team from the San Diego office volunteered to represent a San Diego foster mother of an HIV-infected child in her ongoing dispute with the California Department of Social Services. The child, who was born infected with HIV and has suffered from AIDS since infancy, has been in the care of the same foster parent since 1993, when he was six months old. In 2007 it came to the attention of the foster Wendy Devine mother that San Diego County had been underpaying the child’s foster care benefits for at least seven years. Upon discovering the underpayment, the foster mother requested an administrative hearing and subsequently received a favorable decision from an administrative law judge (ALJ). However, the ALJ’s decision was set aside by the California Department of Social Services, leaving the foster mother with no recourse other than to file for a writ of mandate ordering the state to comply with the findings of the ALJ. At this time, unable to retain legal counsel to defend the rights of her child on her own, the foster mother sought the assistance of the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, which referred the case to WSGR. The San Diego team filed a petition for writ of administrative mandate on behalf of the foster mother in October 2008. After seven months, a settlement granting payment of the full amount of unpaid benefits has been reached, making our client’s mother very happy. In addition to me, the pro bono client was assisted by partner Alex Mahaney; associates Kristin Havranek and Erik Matala; summer associates Melissa Kopacz and Scott Burkette; and legal staff Kirsten Blue and Kathryn Robinson.

WSGR attorneys provided the following nonprofit organizations pro bono legal assistance.

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AIDS Legal Referral Panel (San Francisco (ALRP). ALRP is the only institution in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is dedicated to providing free and low-cost legal assistance and education on virtually any civil matter to persons living with HIV/AIDS. www.alrp.org. Laurie-Ann Look. AIDS Services of Austin (ASA). The mission of ASA is to respond to the HIV needs of the Austin area by providing services that enhance the health and well-being of individuals and the community in the face of the evolving epidemic. www.asaustin.org. Laura Merritt and Jason Storck; electronic data analyst Lori Ramsey. American Jewish Committee. American Jewish Committee (AJC), established in 1906 by a small group of American Jews deeply concerned about pogroms aimed at Russian Jews, determined that the best way to protect Jewish populations in danger would be to work towards a world in which all peoples were accorded respect and dignity. www.ajc.org. Jonathan Axelrad and Carrie Kibler. Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The AntiDefamation League was founded in 1913 to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Now one of the nation’s premier civil rights/human relations agencies, ADL fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic Pam Glazner, recipient of ideals, and protects civil 2009 John Wilson Award rights for all. www.adl.org. Pamela Glazner, Olga Mack, and Tracy Rubin; summer associate Charles Ballew; reference librarian Paula Maher. Asian Law Caucus. The caucus is the nation’s first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian Americans. www.asianlawcaucus.org. Constance Choi, Bejan Fanibanda, Riya Kuo, Cindy Liou, David Nefouse, Lisa

Nguyen, Tracy Rubin, and Anne Wu; summer associate Riana Pfefferkorn; senior paralegal Pat Skinner; reference librarians Jana Cassel and Paula Maher. Asylum Access. Asylum Access envisions a world where refugees are seen as people with rights, not just people with needs. Through legal aid, strategic litigation, policy advocacy, and community education, we empower refugees in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to assert their human rights — creating effective, lasting solutions for refugees around the world. www.asylumaccess.org. Nema Milaninia and Lee-Anne Mulholland. Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF). BASF champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. www.sfbar.org. Catherine Kirkman, Alicia Farquhar, Jeff Ulin, Marvin Dunson III, and Michael Nader. Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal). BayLegal is committed to providing meaningful access to the civil justice system through quality legal assistance regardless of a client’s location, language, or disability, thus ensuring that Bay Area residents living in poverty understand and assert their rights to create stability for themselves and their families. www.baylegal.org. Ashwin Gokhale, T.J. Graham, Delia Hou, and Jessica Snorgrass; paralegal Moira Rueda. Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center. The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides a broad array of opportunities and programs that empower and support Silicon Valley’s LGBT community and their allies. www.defrank.org. Mark Harmon. California Habeas Project. The California Habeas Project is a collaboration that enhances justice for domestic violence survivors incarcerated for crimes related to their experiences of being abused. With the support of a network of volunteers throughout the state, the project seeks to free domestic violence survivors in prison who qualify for post-conviction habeas corpus relief under state law. www.habeasproject.org. Elizabeth Peterson and Jenny Dixon.

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Ongoing Pro Bono Matters

Early Neutral Evaluator (ENE) Program. The ENE program is one of the U.S. District Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures. Its purpose is to provide litigants with a broad range of court-sponsored ADR processes to provide quicker, less expensive, and potentially more satisfying alternatives to litigation — without impairing the quality of justice or the right to trial. An ENE

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evaluator has the following qualifications: admitted to practice law at least 15 years, has considerable experience in civil litigation in federal court, expertise in the substantive law of the case, and training by the court. Michael Barclay and Harry Bremond. East Palo Alto Community Law Project. Laurie-Ann Look and Richard Schachtili. Equal Justice Society (EJS). Using a three-prong strategy of law and public policy advocacy, cross-disciplinary convenings, and strategic public communications, EJS, a 501(c)(3) organization, seeks to restore race equity issues to the national consciousness, build effective progressive alliances, and advance the discourse on the positive role of government. www.equaljusticesociety.org. Pamela Glazner, Michelle Huff, Luke Liss, and Jeff Ulin. Fairfax Bar Association. This Virginia voluntary professional organization, with more than 2,000 attorneys, works to improve the legal profession, the community, and the administration of justice. www.fairfaxbar.org. Gerard Stegmaier. KCBA Housing Justice Project. A program of the King County (Washington) Bar Association, the project provides free legal assistance to King County residents, including legal advice for tenants having problems with their landlords, assistance in eviction paperwork, and representation of eligible tenants at eviction (show cause) hearings. www.kcba.org/legalhelp/HJP/clients.aspx. Jen Chiang and Michael Schneider. Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. The Law Foundation’s purpose is to provide multi-lingual advocacy, education, counseling, and free access to the legal system for those who are traditionally unrepresented. www.lawfoundation.org. Charles Compton, Alicia Farquhar, Elena Matsis, Brian Danitz, Marvin Dunson III, Renuka George, Jason Gordon, Kwang Kim, Lee-Anne Mulholland, Michael Nader, Jeanna Steele, and Bart Volkmer; summer associate Allysun Atwater; senior paralegal Candida Malferrari; reference librarian Jana Cassel. Law Offices of Public Advocates. The Law Offices of Public Advocates is a class-action law office dealing in impact litigation predominantly on discrimination, education, health, and consumer issues. Charles Compton, Dominique Alepin, Lisa Davis, and Stephanie McMahon; senior paralegal Mariko Gjovig; paralegal Beverly Federigi;

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reference librarians Penny Ortega, Caroline Overby, and Christopher Vargas. Lawyers in the Library. Lawyers in the Library offers free 20-minute legal consultation with a volunteer attorney provided by the Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. The sessions are designed to provide basic information on topics that can reasonably be covered in a single 20-minute session. www.probonoproject.org. Lila Bailey, Pamela Glazner, Christopher Golis, Jason Gordon, Riya Kuo, David Nefouse, Danielle Nelson, Weilyn Pa, Nina Poe, Rebecca Stuart, Myra Sutanto Shen, Jonathan Tanner, Amy Tay, and Amanda Vinson; summer associate Tzung-Ping Wei. Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD). LASSD offers legal clinics at set times and places for people in the San Diego area. Federal Poverty Income Guidelines determine eligibility for free legal services. www.lassd.org. Matthew Bresnahan and Uale Taotafa. Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County Caregiver Legal Assistance Network. Legal Aid is the safety net for those without a voice, helping families by securing protection for victims of abuse, helping children access needed medical care, insuring that families are able to keep their homes by avoiding foreclosure or eviction, protecting the elderly against fraud, and helping children gain access to specialeducation programs. www.legalaidsmc.org. Boris Feldman, Carole Bellis, Erin Doyle, Darin Donovan, Marvin Dunson III, Michelle Huff, Kwang Kim, Lawrence Kong, Elena Kouvabina, Chia-Chi Li, Cindy Liou, Marina Nelson, Mark Padilla, Analisa Pratt, and Michael Schlemmer; paralegals Danielle Shelbourne and Kazuko Shintani. Muslim Advocates. Muslim Advocates envisions a world in which equality, liberty, and justice are guaranteed for all, regardless of faith, and in which the Muslim American legal community is vital to promoting and protecting these values. In pursuit of this vision, Muslim Advocates’ mission is to promote equality, liberty, and justice for all by providing leadership through legal advocacy, policy engagement, and civic education, and by serving as a legal resource to promote the full and meaningful participation of Muslims in American public life. www.muslimadvocates.org. Syma Ahmad and Michael Schlemmer.

National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP). NVLSP is an independent, nonprofit, veterans service organization dedicated to ensuring that the U.S. government honors its commitment to our veterans by providing them the federal benefits they have earned through their service to our country. www.nvlsp.org. Erik Christensen. San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program (SDVLP). SDVLP, the oldest and largest pro bono legal services program in San Diego County, serves the most vulnerable members of the community: the homeless, abused children, domestic violence victims, elder abuse victims, veterans, immigrants, and HIV/AIDS sufferers. www.sdvlp.org. Alexandra Mahaney, Matthew Bresnahan, Wendy Devine, Kristin Havranek, Melissa Kopacz, Jason Lake, Clark Lin, Joshua Mack, Erik Matala, and Lori Westin; summer associate Scott Burkette; senior paralegal Kathryn Robinson; electronic data analyst Derek Lee; reference librarians Jana Cassel, Paula Maher, and Christopher Vargas. Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice (SVCCJ). SVCCJ is a human-relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry, and racism in the South Bay Area and Northern California by helping to build communities based on understanding and respect for diversity, and justice for all of us. www.svccj.org. David Lansky, Francine Hanson, Darin Donovan, and Christopher Howald; summer associate Renat Lumpau; senior paralegals Pamela Alford and Stacy Love; reference librarians Susan Pennypacker and Christopher Vargas.

Raghu Seshadri, recipient of 2009 John Wilson Award

Stanford Community Law Clinic (SCLC). SCLC is a direct-services clinic serving low-income people in and around East Palo Alto, California. With an emphasis on trial-level skills — including fact investigation,

legal research, client counseling, and negotiation — students represent clients in employment, housing, and criminal-record-clearance matters. www.law.stanford.edu/ program/clinics/ communitylaw. Aaron Hendelman, Ashley Chuang, Lauren Phillips, and Raghu Seshadri; reference librarian Christopher Vargas. Street Law. Street Law is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing practical, participatory education about law, democracy, and human rights. Through its philosophy and programs, people are empowered to transform democratic ideals into citizen action. www.streetlaw.org/en/index.aspx. Gary Greenstein, Thomas Krattenmaker, John Doyle, and Gerard Stegmaier; summer associate Kara Coen. Transgender Law Center (TLC). TLC is a civil-rights organization advocating for transgender communities by connecting transgender people and their families to technically sound and culturally competent legal services, increasing acceptance and enforcement of laws and policies that support California’s transgender communities, and working to change laws and systems that fail to incorporate the needs and experiences of transgender people. www.transgenderlawcenter.org. Marvin Dunson III and Amy Todd. UW School of Law Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. This program matches low-income small business owners and entrepreneurs with a team of law students and attorneys that have expertise in business law. www.law.washington.edu/Clinics/ Entrepreneurial. Aaron Hendelman, Jen Chiang, Matthew Kuykendall, and Dan Stevenson.

ANIMAL RIGHTS Animal Legal Defense Fund. Since 1979, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has led the fight to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. www.aldf.org. Claire Davis.

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National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation. The National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, an organization of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender legal organizations, encouraging the association’s charitable, scientific, and legal educational purposes. www.lgbtbar.org/aboutus.html. Amy Todd.

Another Chance Pet Adoption Service (ACPA). ACPA is a small nonprofit rescue with a 501(c)(3) registration that operates on donations only. The organization is a network of foster homes dedicated to helping the unfortunate homeless pet population. www.anotherchancepa.net. Claire Davis. Morris Animal Foundation (MAF). MAF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to funding humane health research studies to protect, treat, and cure companion

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animals and wildlife and disseminating information about those studies. www.morrisanimalfoundation.org. Vern Norviel and Kurt Carlson. Palo Alto Humane Society. The Palo Alto Humane Society is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization devoted to supporting the health and well-being of all animals in the Palo Alto community and beyond. www.paloaltohumane.org. Catherine Doxsee, Jennifer Knapp, Jennifer Martinez, and Michael Schlemmer.

ARTS & CULTURE Abilities United. Abilities United Productions is an independent motion picture and television production company that produces motion pictures and television products that feature a main character with a physical disability and utilize writers, directors, and actors with the same or similar disability in those roles. abilitiesunited.com. John Slafsky, Michael Nader, and Mary Russell; senior paralegal Jane Wilson. American Musical Theatre of San Jose (AMTSJ). AMTSJ brought high- quality musical theatre to the South Bay Area. Catherine Kirkman, Richard Schachtili, Jeff Ulin, and Todd Wheeler. Austin Music Foundation (AMF). AMF strengthens and connects the local music community with innovative programs that empower musicians and fuel Austin’s creative economy. www.austinmusicfoundation.org. Aaron Barker and Bryan Barksdale. Austin Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Austin Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts provides low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations access to volunteer lawyers in the central Texas area. austinvla.org. Paul Huggins and Jason Reddien; senior paralegal Margaret LaMore. Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project. The project is dedicated to gathering the oral life histories of Holocaust survivors, liberators, rescuers, and eyewitnesses. www.bahohp.org. Sean Butler; senior paralegal Amy Ellis. Ballet San Jose. Ballet San Jose’s mission is to provide the South Bay with theatrically produced ballet and professional dance education in a manner that honors the vision of the artists, meets the highest technical and artistic standards, contributes to the fulfillment of the cultural needs of the community, and is accessible to as wide an audience as possible. The Ballet School’s free Education Outreach programs are dedicated to serving young

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audiences and at-risk children in the region. www.balletsanjose.org. Kristen Dumont and Erin Doyle. California Lawyers for the Arts. The mission of California Lawyers for the Arts is to establish a bridge between the arts and the legal communities so that artists and art groups may gain greater competence in handling legal and business aspects of their creative activities; the legal profession may become more aware of, and involved in, issues affecting artists and the arts community; and the law may become more responsive to the needs and interests of the arts community. www.calawyersforthearts.org. Catherine Kirkman and Raghu Seshadri. California Museum for History, Women and the Arts. The California Museum, originally named the Golden State Museum, opened in June 1998 as a unique public/private partnership. Under the development of the Secretary of State’s office with state bond funding for the facility and the opening exhibits, the museum was to display contents of the vast and various state archives. www.californiamuseum.org. John Slafsky and Lila Bailey. Charity Cultural Services Center. The center aims to help children, youth, and adults prepare for a better future by offering support and opportunities through education, employment training, and other essential services that promote personal and economic self-sufficiency. www.ccschelpinghand.20m.com. Richard Melnyk and Richard Schachtili. Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Contemporary Ballet Theatre is an empowerment program and internship in dance and technical theater for ages three and up, including those challenged physically, emotionally, and mentally, culminating in a production. Aaron Hendelman and Matthew Kuykendall; paralegal Victoria Bocek. FlickTribe.com. FlickTribe is an online community allowing any user with a film or television concept to enter contests to develop a fan base, get input from their fans, and gain exposure. Winners receive production resources and final projects are distributed on the website and through other distribution channels. Sacha Ross; corporate assistant Reena Garg. Fremont Opera. The Fremont Opera seeks to promote the cultural and educational appreciation of opera and operarelated activities by producing public performances and providing educational resources, training, and other programs for the continuing growth of young singing adults. Ann Yvonne Walker.

Hope Mohr Dance. Hope Mohr Dance creates rigorous, formal dances in a variety of contexts in order to connect emotionally with others through movement. www.hopemohr.org. Catherine Kirkman, Peter LaBoskey, Christina Hwang, Jeff Ulin, and Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Pamela Alford; paralegal Jamie Bruno. India Community Center (ICC). The ICC promotes Indian culture and values by providing social, cultural, recreational, and community programs, thereby uniting the Indian community and raising awareness about Indian culture. www.indiacc.org. Aaron Hendelman, Raj Judge, Ulrico Rosales, Elena Matsis, Clark Asay, Ashwin Gokhale, Matthew Kuykendall, Richard Melnyk, Marina Nelson, Gerard O’Shea, Michael Schlemmer, and Elizabeth Tippett; law clerk Surabhi Kumar; summer associates Richard Melnyk, recipient Alina Azizian and Nyrika of 2009 John Wilson Award Crishna. Jewish Fund for the Advancement of Culture and Education. The purpose of this nonprofit organization is to provide assistance to, and seek funds for, minorities in Iran to pursue educational opportunities abroad and to upgrade educational and cultural standards. Maya Blumenfeld, Catherine Doxsee, and Marina Nelson; corporate assistant Anna Spier. Musopen. Musopen is an online music library of copyrightfree (public domain) music. The organization wants to give the world access to music without the legal hassles so common today. It aims to record or obtain recordings that have no copyrights so that its visitors may listen, re-use, or in any way enjoy music. Put simply, its mission is to set music free. www.musopen.com. Sara Harrington, Aaron Hendelman, Clark Asay, Lila Bailey, Constance Choi, Alex Devkar, Darin Donovan, Gary Gansle, Matthew Kuykendall, Cindy Liou, Olga Mack, Brian Mendonca, Jishnu Menon, Marina Nelson, Brian Pascal, Mary Russell, Raghu Seshadri,

Jane Slater, Nicole Soluri, and Mark Warnick; summer associates Leah Belsky, Nicola Carah Menaldo, Riana Pfefferkorn, and Tzung-Ping Wei; senior paralegal Sharon Schor; paralegal Jun Ilas. Palo Alto History Museum. The museum is dedicated solely to the history of the city of Palo Alto. Peter LaBoskey. Pin Points Theatre Co. The theatre’s mission is to provide plays, publications, and workshops that educate, entertain, and inspire happy, healthy, and productive lives. www.pinpoints.org. John Doyle, Paul Chalmers, and Gary Greenstein. San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV). SFCV’s mission is to enrich and support the diverse classical-music community in the Bay Area by providing through their online magazine the highest-quality and most complete source of information about events, and to create an actively engaged online community of classical-music concertgoers, presenting organizations, artists, and funders. www.sfcv.org. Catherine Kirkman, Jeff Ulin, Marvin Dunson III, Jishnu Menon, Marina Nelson, Michael Nguyen, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, Raghu Seshadri, and Elizabeth Tippett. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art, the San Francisco Museum of Art opened in 1935. “Modern” was added to the museum’s title in 1975 to describe its purview more accurately. International in scope while reflecting the distinctive character of the San Francisco Bay Area, the museum explores compelling expressions of visual culture. www.sfmoma.org. Catherine Kirkman, John Slafsky, Gary Greenstein, Francine Hanson, Marisa Brutoco, John McGaraghan, Jishnu Menon, Jill Nissen, and Raghu Seshadri; senior paralegal Sharon Schor; trademark project assistant Robert Castellanos; reference librarians Jana Cassel and Susan Pennypacker. Smuin Ballet. The company adheres to the philosophy that ballet should be a living dance form that can continue to engage and delight modern audiences. www.smuinballet.org. David Berger, Lila Bailey, Hollis Hire, Catherine Moreno, Michael Nader, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, Lauren Phillips, and Jeanna Steele.

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Hiller Aviation Institute. The institute’s mission is to stimulate and engage our communities to discover the past, celebrate the present, and imagine the future of aviation, with a focus on unique technological innovations and innovators. www.hiller.org. Thomas Klein; senior paralegal Julie Meagher; legal secretary Judith Johnson.

Starting Arts. Starting Arts is a California-based nonprofit arts organization dedicated to promoting quality arts education in public schools. www.startingarts.com. Catherine Kirkman, Richard Schachtili, Michael Schlemmer, and Raghu Seshadri.

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The Barrow Group (TBG). TBG is a nonprofit theatre company that produces new and existing works pairing emerging and established artists. Additionally, TBG conducts artistic workshops in alternative high schools throughout New York City, which provides a means of teaching selfesteem and discipline to students who are at-risk adolescents most often living in the shelter and foster-care systems. barrowgroup.org/#/tbg-school/4533009774. Heather Conoboy. The Filoli Center. Filoli represents an excellent example of architecture and garden design from the first part of the 20th century and offers a diverse range of educational programming for adults and children on topics such as horticulture, art, botanical illustration, decorative arts, floral design, nature education, history, and preservation. www.filoli.org. Alicia Farquhar. The Glass Contraption. A theatre company, The Glass Contraption trains artists, creates new works, and develops communities through lovingly handcrafted clown theatre. www.glasscontraption.org. Sara Walsh. The San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). SJMA is the leading institution dedicated to visual culture in Silicon Valley. It is a community anchor, ensuring artistic excellence and access for an extraordinarily diverse populace. www.sjmusart.org. Jishnu Menon and Raghu Seshadri. Théâtre de la Baie du Sud. This group of theatre amateurs brings together French-speaking people in the Silicon Valley at least once a year in a theatre production. www.theatrebds.com. Dominique Alepin, Kierith Jones, and Rachel Proffitt; paralegal Natalie Evans.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS). The mission of ACS is to empower teens and their families to realize their emotional and social potential through counseling and preventive education. www.acs–teens.org. Catherine Kirkman, Donna Petkanics, T.J. Graham, Rachel Proffitt, Rebecca Stuart, and Amanda Vinson. All Stars Helping Kids. All Stars Helping Kids serves as a hub for coordinating various events, platforms, and grantmaking practices nationwide in order to advance programs and policies that promote a safe, healthy, and rigorous learning environment for disadvantaged children in low-income communities. www.allstarshelpingkids.org. Aaron Hendelman, Adit Khorana, Marisa Brutoco, Sean Croman, Alex Devkar, Andrew Hoffman, Michelle Huff, Michael Nader, Richard Schachtili, and Raghu Seshadri. Blue Skies for Children. This organization’s goal is to raise hope and self-esteem by sponsoring enrichment programs and providing clothing, school supplies, and other essentials to homeless, foster, and low-income children in Whatcom County, Washington. www.blueskiesforchildren.org. John Slafsky, Francine Hanson, and Hollis Hire; senior paralegal Ty Tran; reference librarian Christopher Vargas. Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula provides places where young people aged 6-18 are welcome and can belong after school and all day during the summer. www.bgcp.org. Michael Nader and Rebecca Stuart.

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum. The Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum’s mission is to provide educational experiences and programs that encourage the appreciation and understanding of sculpture. www.umlaufsculpture.org. Laura Merritt and Jason Pirruccello.

Child Advocates. This organization trains and supports court-Appointed special advocate (CASA) volunteers to work one-on-one with children, helping to ensure that each child will live in a safe and loving environment and has the resources needed to grow up healthy and strong. www.cadvocates.org. Marvin Dunson III, Elena Matsis, Michael Nader, Lauren Phillips, and Michael Schlemmer.

Women’s Expressive Theater (WET). WET develops, produces, and promotes innovative, female-generated work in theater, film, television, and education. www.wetweb.org. Aaron Hendelman, Tonia Klausner, John Slafsky, Jason Lake, Sammi Malek, James Metzger, and Christopher Nelson.

Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo (4Cs). Since 1972, 4Cs has been a trusted resource to help parents living and working in San Mateo County find and pay for child care and preschool and to grow as parents. www.sanmateo4cs.org/site/4cs. Michael Nader. Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. The purpose of Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is to serve the needs of children, families, and schools as a center for learning and discovery. For children, it is first and foremost a

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Community Network For Youth Development. The Community Network for Youth Development serves youth workers and youth-serving organizations in the Bay Area as an intermediary organization to improve the quality of programs for youth by supporting and strengthening the people and agencies who work with them. www.cnyd.org. Sriram Krishnamurthy; senior paralegal Cheryl Masters. East Palo Alto Boxing Club. The club provides afterschool recreational activities and delinquency prevention by giving boxing training to underprivileged, at-risk youth. Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Pam Alford. Estrella Family Services. Estrella Family Services is a nonprofit agency located in San Jose that offers child care and youth services, as well as a wide range of services for the entire family through its Parent Services Project. www.estrellafamilyservices.org. Wayne Chang and Rachel Proffitt. Family Resources Foundation in Palo Alto. The objective of the foundation is to support Palo Alto’s community-based Family Resources Program through fundraising and advocacy. The program is designed to respond to changing social conditions that leave families feeling isolated. familyresources.cityofpaloalto.org. Richard Schachtili. Friends of the Palo Alto Children’s Theater. The administrative, operational, and maintenance costs of the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre are provided by the City of Palo Alto. The Friends of the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, a 501(c)(3) organization, support the theatre in several other ways through providing volunteer support, raising funds for the Theatre, and advocacy. Douglas Clark, Nicole Healy, Frederick Saal, Jason Gordon, and Nema Milaninia; senior paralegal Mariko Gjovig;

paralegals Beverly Federigi, Joyce Hill, Mariana Koroman, George Perez, and Moira Rueda; case assistants Tamar Fraenkel and Vanessa Yaptangco; electronic data analyst Chris Lubawy. Heads Up. Heads Up’s mission is to provide children and youth from low-income neighborhoods in Washington, Nema Milaninia, recipient D.C. with the academic skills of 2009 John Wilson Award and learning opportunities they need to succeed and to give college students the chance to help address those needs in order to promote their development as effective social change leaders. www.headsup-dc.org. Aaron Hendelman, Richard Melnyk, Laura Merritt, and Jocelyn Starzak; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Jeremiah’s Promise. Jeremiah’s Promise is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most unique and high-achieving programs of its kind, offering transitional living services, educational opportunities, and comprehensive programming of up to two years to young men and women who have been “emancipated” from foster care. www.jeremiahspromise.org. Aaron Hendelman, Richard Blake, Erika Muhl, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Kidango. Kidango is a private, nonprofit agency providing a variety of services to children and families in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Francisco Counties by offering quality child care and child-development services from birth to 12 years of age. www.kidango.org/open. Laura Merritt. Legal Services for Children (LSC). LSC provides free legal and social-work services to children and youth in order to stabilize their lives and help them realize their full potential. After attending training on how to handle school discipline cases, attorneys are asked to handle individual discipline cases. www.lsc-sf.org. Bradley Holden.

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place to call their own, offering interactive exhibits and programs in a warm and inviting setting. Its educational mission encompasses the themes of connections, community, and creativity. In its unique environment, children actively make connections among ideas, people, and cultures. The museum’s programs also encourage children to define their role in and contribution to both local and global communities. Finally, as a center for creative play and expression, the museum provides opportunities for all of us to discover the world through the eyes of our children. www.cdm.org/info. Brad O’Brien, Susan Reinstra, and Kathleen Rothman.

Little Kids Rock. Little Kids Rock knows that music is a critical component of a first-rate education. The organization inspires children to express themselves through music, building the creativity, confidence, and self-esteem that is critical to success in school and beyond. www.littlekidsrock.org. Aaron Hendelman, Marisa Brutoco, Darin Donovan, Raghu Seshadri, and Mark Warnick.

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Nikkei Leadership Network of Silicon Valley. The mission of Nikkei Leadership Network is to empower and inspire youth of Japanese American descent to take an active part in leadership roles in their community by offering leadership training sessions in networking and career development. Yoichiro Taku and Riya Kuo; senior paralegal Hui Shih. Oakes Children’s Center. Oakes Children’s Center helps developmentally delayed and emotionally disturbed children develop the independence and self-awareness necessary to live and continue learning in the least restrictive setting possible within their local community. www.oakeschildrenscenter.org. Alicia Farquhar, Elena Matsis, Gary Gansle, Michael Schlemmer, Rebecca Stuart, and Stephen Taeusch. Palo Alto Children’sTheater. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre provides fun, high-quality interactive theatre classes that enliven imaginations, get kids working together, and instill a lifelong love of theatre. All classes are taught by professional teaching artists with a talent for teaching kids. www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/csd/activities_and_recreation /attractions/childrens_theatre.asp. Nema Milaninia. Project Happiness. Project Happiness is a 501(c)(3) educational organization. that believes that through experiential curriculum and digital media, young people are inspired and empowered to create a greater happiness within themselves. projecthappiness.com/tv/en/home.jsp. Melissa Hollatz, Catherine Kirkman, Julia Reigel, Jeff Ulin, Alison Johnson, and Kimya Lashgari. Ronald McDonald House. Built in 1979, Ronald McDonald House at Stanford was the fifth such house in the country. Ronald McDonald House at Stanford creates a home away from home and supportive community for families of children with life-threatening illnesses receiving specialized treatment at local hospitals, never refusing to accommodate any family due to inability to pay. www.ronaldhousestanford.org. Madeleine Boshart, Katharine Martin, Brad O’Brien, Alicia Farquhar, Jeffrey Cannon, Jason Flaherty, Gary Gansle, Brandon Gantus, James McCann, Cisco PalaoRicketts, Michael Schlemmer, Rebecca Stuart, and David S. Thomas; summer associates Allysun Atwater and Michael Wang; senior paralegal Cheryl Masters. San Andreas Youth Soccer Organization (SAYSO). The SAYSO, home of the Gryphons Soccer Academy, is a 501(c)(3) soccer academy located on the San Francisco peninsula providing club youth soccer teams for naturally

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competitive youth players aged 5-18. Michael Lousteau and Bryce Steeg. Santa Clara Youth Soccer League. This soccer league is a community organization in Santa Clara County providing, among other things, a soccer experience for children with special needs. www.scyouthsoccer.org. Thomas Klein and Sandra Knox. Silicon Valley Children’s Fund. The Silicon Valley Children’s Fund invests in the development and expansion of high-impact programs and practices that improve educational and life outcomes for foster youth in the Silicon Valley and beyond. The Children’s Fund collaborates with educational institutions, community-based organizations, and public agencies to build their institutional capacity and deliver services that transform our youth into successful and self-sustaining adults. www.svcf.org. Alicia Farquhar. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of San Mateo County. The mission of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition, a 501(c)(3) organization, is to provide sciencebased comprehensive educational programs to youth and adults to help teens make the healthy choices that will result in lower rates of teen pregnancy and STD/HIV in the community. www.teenpregnancycoalition.org. Michael Schlemmer. The Cleo Eulau Center. The mission of the center is to help children and adolescents develop their capacity to rebound from hardship and adversity and grow to become competent adults by helping teachers, mentors, and other professionals maximize their ability to have a positive influence on the lives of children. www.cleoeulaucenter.org. Wendy Devine, Scott Marmer, Richard Melnyk, Raghu Seshadri, Heather Srimal, Gerard Stegmaier, and Stephen Taeusch. Thrive Foundation for Youth. Thrive believes that all young people have the capacity to thrive. The foundation believes that it is more useful to focus on and support the development of the strengths, purpose, and capacities of youth rather than their deficits. www.thrivefoundation.org. Catherine Kirkman, Alicia Farquhar, Clark Asay, Marisa Brutoco, Michael Schlemmer, Raghu Seshadri, and Matthew Staples. Vanished Children’s Alliance (VCA). VCA is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting all children from disappearing. To ensure children’s safety, VCA educates the public and professionals about the serious issue of abducted and runaway children. VCA works to

Variety: The Children’s Charity of Northern California. Variety the Children’s Charity is dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world by providing programs of last resort that help families access medical care and related services that are not covered by insurance companies, hospitals, government agencies, or communitybased organizations. www.varietync.org. Madeleine Boshart. Wings Learning Center. The center’s mission is two-fold: to create a learning environment where children can learn academic, social, and interactive skills at a self-challenging pace, and to provide educational opportunities for professionals to obtain the necessary skills to promote effective inclusive environments for children with different learning abilities. www.wingslearningcenter.org. Catherine Kirkman, Elena Matsis, Marvin Dunson III, Kimya Lashgari, Jishnu Menon, Michael Schlemmer, Raghu Seshadri, Rebecca Stuart, and George Willman; summer associates Allysun Atwater and Michael Wang. YouthNOISE (YN). YN is a social-networking site for people under the age of 27 who like to connect and want to get engaged within a cause. www.youthnoise.com. Aaron Hendelman, Catherine Kirkman, Gary Greenstein, Darren Bilotto, Lauren Bocci, Calise Cheng, Matthew Kuykendall, Kimya Lashgari, Rachel Proffitt, Daniel Rodriguez, Richard Schachtili, Rebecca Stuart, and Suzanne White; law clerk Moritz Petrikowski; senior paralegal Jane Wilson; electronic data analyst Derek Lee.

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Nicole Soluri, recipient of 2009 John Wilson Award

Angels Camp. Angels Camp is a replicable, self-sustaining, and entrepreneurial system of homeless rehabilitation centers that addresses the root causes of homelessness by combining profitable business operations with treatment, housing, and training facilities. Angels Camp connects local business, spiritual, and academic groups

together to provide a unique program of support to build a ladder up out of homelessness. Bradley Kondracki and Nicole Soluri. Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR). AABR was established in 1989 to help Asian and other minority-owned businesses access federal procurement and expand their market base with the federal government as well as the commercial sector by providing accurate and timely information to enable them to make informed decisions beneficial to their companies. www.aabronline.org. Michele Lee, Valentina Rucker, and Yvonne Williams; summer associate John Mikulsky; senior paralegals Colleen Bunner and Patrick Caccamo; electronic data analysts Larry Wilson and Brent Winfield; legal secretary Jacqueline Proscia. Asian Pacific Fund. The fund’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of all Asian Americans in the Bay Area. www.asianpacificfund.org. Laurie-Ann Look. Cecilia Burciaga and Tony Burciaga Community/Development Awards. The Community/ Development Award, established to honor the memory of José Antonio Burciaga, is given to a graduating senior at Stanford University who best exemplifies the spirit of community shown by the Burciagas. Richard Schachtili. Center for Nonviolent Communication. The center is an international nonprofit training and peacekeeping organization that envisions a world where all people get their needs met and resolve conflicts peacefully. It promotes the use of nonviolent communication to create and participate in networks of worldwide systems in economics, education, justice, healthcare, and peace-keeping. www.cnvc.org. Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Sharon Schor. Churchill Club. The Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, is known for its smart, provocative, and often irreverent programs, and features panel discussions with invaluable information on technology, entrepreneurship, life sciences, business leadership, and innovation. www.churchillclub.org. Robert Latta.

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prevent, locate, and recover child victims and reunite them with their families in collaboration with law enforcement, other credible service agencies, and communities at large. vca.org. Mario Rosati, Rebecca DeGraw, Michelle Huff, and Michael Nader.

DC Bar Community Economic Development Project. The DC Bar Community Economic Development Project’s mission is to provide legal assistance to communitybased nonprofit organizations and small business entrepreneurs serving low-income communities or who are economically disadvantaged.www.dcbar.org/for_the_public/ programs_and_services/ced_project/index.cfm. Jocelyn Starzak.

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Entrepreneurs Foundation. The foundation is a not-forprofit organization that works with emerging companies to facilitate and enable the development and implementation of community-benefit and philanthropic programs. www.efbayarea.org. Aaron Hendelman and Ann Yvonne Walker; senior paralegal Ty Tran; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos. Hands On Bay Area (HOBA). HOBA creates opportunities for people to volunteer, learn, and lead in their communities. Its projects are designed to meet critical community needs, including education and literacy, HIV/AIDS, health and aging, homelessness, and the environment. www.handsonbayarea.org. Alison Johnson, Kimya Lashgari, Richard Melnyk, Michael Nader, Jill Nissen, Richard Schachtili, Raghu Seshadri, Matthew Staples, and Myra Sutanto Shen; senior paralegal Andrew Chew. Harvard Business School Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC). The HBSA/NC is one of the oldest and most active of all HBS alumni associations and with more than 1,400 active, dues-paying members, it is also one of the largest. The HBSA/NC allows members to stay in contact with fellow alumni, further their professional training, and participate in community partner programs. www.hbsanc.org. Thomas Klein. Hopelink. Hopelink is a nonprofit organization that provides services to the homeless, as well as providing services such as childcare to low-income individuals. www.hope-link.org. Aaron Hendelman and Nathan Ferguson.

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www.jfcs.org. Aaron Hendelman, Inessa Baram-Blackwell, Jennifer Fan, Ellen Kelly, Kira Kimhi, Manja Sachet, and Michael Schneider. Knowledge as Power (KAP). KAP’s mission is to give individuals the tools they need to become effective citizens in the legislative process. A non-partisan, nonprofit organization, KAP is able to provide a range of services that help busy individuals track legislative information, communicate with legislators, and access educational information on how the legislative process works. www.knowledgeaspower.org. Jen Chiang, Laura Merritt, Christopher Nelson, Manja Sachet, and Dan Stevenson. La Cocina. La Cocina was founded to serve as a platform for low-income entrepreneurs launching, formalizing, or expanding their food businesses. La Cocina provides affordable commercial kitchen space and industry-specific technical assistance to low-income entrepreneurs in order to quickly bring their businesses to a point of self-sufficiency. www.lacocinasf.org. Michael Nader and Jeanna Steele. Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition. The mission of MidPeninsula Housing Coalition is to provide safe, affordable shelter of high quality to those in need; to establish stability and opportunity in the lives of residents; and to foster communities that allow people from all ethnic, social, and economic backgrounds to live in dignity, harmony, and mutual respect. www.midpen-housing.org. Alicia Farquhar, Marvin Dunson III, Jennifer Martinez, Michael Schlemmer, and Rebecca Stuart. Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County Foundation. The Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County is a nonprofit charitable foundation that operates as a center for equestrian improvement and excellence, functions as a men’s social club, and is available for local emergency services as a self-contained disaster-relief center. www.mpsmc.org. Melissa Hollatz.

Individual Philanthropy Institute. The Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), a part of the Community Foundation Silicon Valley, is becoming its own separate entity under a new organization called “Individual Philanthropy Institute.” Its donor network leverages its financial, intellectual, and human capital to make a meaningful, measurable impact in Silicon Valley by strengthening the organizational capacity of its grantees and the philanthropic capacity of its partners. www.sv2.org. Alicia Farquhar, Michael Nguyen, Michael Schlemmer, Raghu Seshadri, and Jeffrey Sulman; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn.

Movesmart.org. MoveSmart.org fosters vibrant and diverse neighborhoods by empowering housing seekers to move to opportunity. www.movesmart.org. Marisa Brutoco, Mark Graffagnini, and Raghu Seshadri; summer associate Michael Stahl.

Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS). Since 1850, JFCS has provided comprehensive, caring social services to Bay Area residents of all ages and faiths. The organization helps people solve personal problems — cradle to rocking chair — in order to strengthen the individual, strengthen the family, and strengthen the community.

National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Founded in 1977, NACD is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the corporate governance needs of corporate boards and individual board members. NACD’s 10,000 members represent the boards of companies ranging from Fortune 100 to smaller public

Opportunity Fund Northern California. Opportunity Fund advances the economic well-being of working people by helping them earn, save, and invest in their future. www.opportunityfund.org/real-estate/community-partners. Andrew Hirsch, Kathleen Rothman, Douglas Krohn, Alexander Kolar, Morgan Hayes, Nisha Kanchanapoomi, Christine Li, James McCann, Jill Monnin, Rachel Proffitt, Richard Schachtili, Amanda Vinson, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegals Nancy Bouch and Diane Stadlen; paralegal Charis Duenas. Palo Alto Community Eruv. Ignacio Salceda and Merav Magen. Palo Alto Elite Volleyball Club. The club is a not-forprofit, competitive, community-based volleyball club with the purpose of providing kids in the Palo Alto community an opportunity to develop excellent volleyball skills, to compete locally, regionally, and nationally, and to assimilate the many great life lessons that sports and sportsmanship offer, not the least of which are fun and family bonding. www.paloaltoelite.com. Cheryl Foung, Weilyn Pa, Richard Schachtili, and Myra Sutanto Shen; paralegal Dustin Bierut. ParadigmHill Mountain View (PHMV). PHMV is a nonprofit, member-based network of individuals and community-focused organizations with the common goal of bringing the Mountain View community together through events and activities. www.paradigmhill.org. Jonna Anderson and Bradley Kondracki; paralegal Nancy Zhao. Raven Canoe Society. The Raven Canoe Society serves tribal groups and Native American individuals interested in Native American teachings and participating in canoe journeys. Andrew Bryant, Jennifer Fan, and Danielle Nelson; senior paralegal Barbara Mery. Rubicon Programs. Rubicon Programs’ mission is to create and deliver integrated solutions to profound social problems. Rubicon’s purpose is to make a positive and lasting impact on people living in poverty and on people living with disability, especially psychiatric disabilities. The organization empowers people to move out of poverty and improve their quality of life. www.rubiconprograms.org. Marc Gottschalk, Ivan Humphreys, John Slafsky, Francine Hanson, Kimberly McMorrow, Nathan Ferguson, Hollis Hire, Richard Melnyk, and Myra Sutanto Shen; senior paralegal Marcia Barr; paralegal Victoria Bocek.

Sanctuary for Families. Sanctuary for Families is the largest nonprofit in New York State dedicated exclusively to serving domestic-violence victims and their children. www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org. Summer associate Jackson Murley. Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN). SVCN champions the interests of nonprofits in Silicon Valley, and works to ensure the nonprofit sector’s voice is heard by government and that solutions are developed in ways in which everybody wins. www.svcn.org. Francine Hanson, Clark Asay, Catalin Cosovanu, Richard Melnyk, and Matthew Staples. Stanford Fair Use Project. The Stanford Center for Internet and Society’s Fair Use Project was founded in 2006 to provide legal support to a range of projects designed to clarify and extend the boundaries of “fair use” in order to enhance creative freedom. cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/3136. Catherine Kirkman, Jeff Ulin, Marisa Brutoco, Ashley Chuang, Catalin Cosovanu, Alyssa Knutson, Kimya Lashgari, Scott Marmer, Jishnu Menon, Jill Nissen, Julian Perrin, and Raghu Seshadri; summer associates Nicola Carah Menaldo and Tzung-Ping Wei; reference librarians Jana Cassel and Paula Maher. Tehyathon. Tehyathon, a nonprofit organization, was formed by Tehya Foussat, who was born with a severe form of spina bifida, and her teacher, Martin Reisert. It conducts a 24-hour, online “marathon” charity with its own mission — to serve the homeless through a program called Tenderness Totes by Tehya. Each month, a percentage of donations will also be given to a local San Diego “Charity of the Month” so their efforts can benefit from the additional support of Tehyathon. Laura Kuhlemann; paralegal Sheri Martin. Texas Invitational Wakeboard Tournament. This entity is designed to encourage wakeboarding and create an amateur tournament whose proceeds will go to charity. Proceeds from the initial Texas Invitational Wakeboard Tournament will benefit the Austin Children’s Shelter (ACS), a 501(c)(3) organization that provides emergency shelter and high-quality care to abandoned, abused, and neglected children in the Austin community. Paul Tobias and Aaron Barker; senior paralegal Margaret LaMore; paralegal Christopher Marsh.

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companies, private companies, and not-for-profit organizations. www.nacdonline.org/nacd. Richard Blake and Alison Johnson.

Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit online newspaper committed to providing public interest coverage of local and regional political, social, and cultural issues not adequately covered by current news sources. Evan Kastner.

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The Downtown Palo Alto Streets Program. The Palo Alto Downtown Streets Program is an organization that enables homeless people to re-enter the work force. Troy Valdez.

volunteer with exceptional organizations all over the world. www.universalgiving.org. Catalin Cosovanu and Brian Mendonca.

The Philanthropy Network. The charitable mission of the network’s “doGoodr” project is to strengthen the nonprofit community, increase public participation in charitable initiatives and philanthropic endeavors, maximize public benefits, and assist those most in need. To carry out its mission, the organization is developing Internetbased tools for the nonprofit community that will allow effective and efficient methods for those in need and those offering to assist to be matched in real time. www.thephilanthropynetwork.org. Aaron Hendelman, Anie Roche, John Slafsky, Whit Bissell, John McGaraghan, Richard Schachtili, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Jane Wilson; paralegal Denise Wu.

Vipani. Vipani aims to help farmers prosper. The organization envisions prosperous rural communities in developing countries where everyone has the opportunity to create wealth, stay healthy, and live self-reliantly in harmony with the environment. www.vipani.org. Aaron Hendelman, Melissa Hollatz, Michael Schlemmer, and Tyler Shewey; senior paralegals Andrew Chew and Ty Tran; paralegals Victoria Bocek and Reeta Sharma.

Transitioning Offenders Program (TOP). TOP is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals, families, and communities, one person at a time, by assisting inmates to plan for their future. TOP utilizes a database of over 7,000 resources to prearrange specific assistance that inmates will need upon release to facilitate a successful and permanent transition into their communities. www.transitioningoffendersprogram.org. Aaron Hendelman, Andrew Bryant, Jen Chiang, Elizabeth Kane, Matthew Kuykendall, Drew Markham, Kristina Ringland, Manja Sachet, Andrew Shawber, Matthew Staples, Dan Stevenson, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegals Sharon Schor and Jane Wilson.

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Washington Attorneys Assisting Community Organizations (WAACO). WAACO’s mission is to promote community development and organizational capacity-building in Washington State by assisting charitable and communitybased nonprofit corporations to obtain free legal assistance on business-related matters. waaco.org. Michael Schneider. Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. Since its founding in 1986, the legal clinic has become a principal force in protecting the rights of homeless and other lowincome people in the District of Columbia through a unique combination of direct representation, class action litigation, policy and budget advocacy, and community outreach and organizing. The goal is to bring an end to homelessness by improving the programs, benefits, resources, and opportunities available to people challenged by the effects of poverty. www.legalclinic.org. Thomas Krattenmaker, Melissa Mannino, Catherine Edmunds, Aaron Katz, Michael Labriola, and Jocelyn Starzak; paralegal Stacey Foltz.

TransparentDemocracy.org. This nonprofit, Web-based service’s goal is to transform electoral contests from battles of money into battles of ideas, make the social and environmental impacts of our economic activities more transparent and actionable, and enable individuals and organizations to collaborate more effectively to address the wide range of challenges voters face. Adit Khorana, Catherine Kirkman, Marisa Brutoco, Samir Elamrani, Jennifer Martinez, Brian Mendonca, Richard Schachtili, Michael Schlemmer, Raghu Seshadri, Matthew Staples, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green.

Westminster Free Clinic. The Westminster Free Clinic is a nonprofit organization that provides free medical, legal, and social services to the homeless and working poor. The clinic also sponsors educational programs for underprivileged youth to encourage them to pursue higher education and scientific and medical careers, and is dedicated to helping persons of limited means access the medical and legal systems. www.wfc-online.org. Charles Compton, Wendy Devine, Bradley Libuit, Gerard Stegmaier, and Amanda Vinson; law clerk Moritz Petrikowski; paralegals Charis Duenas and William Edwards.

UniversalGiving. UniversalGiving is a social entrepreneurship nonprofit whose vision is to create a world where giving and volunteerism are natural parts of daily life. A Web-based service, UniversalGiving helps people give and

ZeroDivide. ZeroDivide invests in community enterprises that leverage technology to benefit people in low-income and other underserved communities. www.zerodivide.org. Aaron Hendelman, Matthew Kuykendall, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Jane Wilson; paralegal Victoria Bocek.

Academy for Precision Learning (APL). APL is committed to the social and academic development of all children, regardless of their learning differences. They provide a structured learning environment in which children both with and without challenges can grow and learn. www.aplschool.org. Michael Moyer. Algal Biomass Organization (ABO). The ABO will be the leading national and potentially international educational voice on matters of creating liquid transportation fuel and electrical energy from algal-based feedstocks. Aaron Hendelman, John Pierce, Andrew Braff, Sean Croman, Nathan Ferguson, Stephen Fisher, Ellen Kelly, and David Wickwire; senior paralegals Cecilia Kahn, Kathleen Mullaney, and Sharon Schor; paralegals Victoria Bocek, Ahmad Corner, and Adam Fryer. American University of Afghanistan Foundation (AUAF). AUAF is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports higher education in the American tradition in the country of Afghanistan. AUAF raises awareness among the general public of the work being done by the university and raises funds to support specific university projects and other qualifying institutions of higher education within Afghanistan. Heather Conoboy and Kenisha Dilliard. Aspire Public Schools. Aspire Public Schools aims to provide all students with access to opportunities for success in all their future endeavors — in higher education, work, and citizenship. Aspire believes that through personalized learning experiences, students will master basic skills, develop productive life skills, and acquire the thinking skills needed for the rigorous work of the real world. www.aspirepublicschools.org. Kristen Dumont, Aaron Hendelman, John Slafsky, Koray Bulut, Sean Croman, Stephen Taeusch, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Jane Wilson; paralegal Victoria Bocek. Casner Christian Academy. Casner Christian Academy will provide a secure and nurturing environment in which children experience independence appropriate to his/her age, develop social skills, and form a positive self-image. casnerchristian.org. Paul Tobias, Dana Fallon, Aaron Barker, Bryan Barksdale, and Josh Holleman; summer associate John Stasny; paralegals Michelle Davis, Joanna Gonzalez, Janet Kircher, and Christopher Marsh. Castilleja School. Castilleja School educates women by fostering their intellectual, physical, creative, and emotional

growth through an exemplary college preparatory experience within a diverse and supportive community. By blending tradition with thoughtful innovation, the curriculum encourages both individual achievement and collaborative learning. Castilleja’s comprehensive program promotes the development of character, compassion, and curiosity, as well as the capacity for effective leadership. www.castilleja.org. David Thomas. Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA). CSMA, a 501(c)(3) organization, is a center for arts education where children and adults can learn and develop their artistic skills. CSMA also provides arts-in-the-schools programs to children throughout the surrounding Bay Area. www.arts4all.org. Jeanne Caruso, James McCann, Michael Nader, and Michelle Wallin; reference librarian Caroline Overby. Decision Education Foundation (DEF). DEF was founded by a group of professionals with many years of experience in teaching decision science and applying it in business, medicine, and engineering. This group of professionals has a keen interest in decision skills and is committed to bringing this important discipline to young people. www.decisioneducation.org. Chris Fennell, John Slafsky, Marc Ernaga, Hollis Hire, and Matthew Kuykendall. Downtown College Preparatory (DCP). DCP has a singular goal for every student: prepare graduates of DCP to matriculate at four-year colleges and be successful there. www.downtowncollegeprep.org. Aaron Hendelman; senior paralegal Ty Tran. Eastside College Preparatory School. Eastside is committed to opening new doors for students historically underrepresented in higher education. The school’s challenging and engaging curriculum enables students to discover their intellectual strengths, sharpen their academic skills, and embrace new opportunities in a culture of learning that supports the potential of every student to enter and succeed in a four-year college and beyond. www.eastside.org. Brad O’Brien, Rebecca Stuart, and Troy Valdez.

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GetMagic Corporation. MAGIC (More Active Girls In Computing) aims to be a mentorship program throughout the country. It believes that such programs need to start with middle school girls, and foster in them a positive attitude towards computing, since the high-school level might be too late. www.getmagic.org. Alison Johnson, Myra Sutanto Shen, and Daphne Tam; paralegal Reeta Sharma.

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Hand in Hand Parenting. Hand in Hand Parenting fosters healthy parent-child relationships that will last a lifetime using the “parenting-by-connection” approach. This approach is based on the principles of respect, listening, leadership development, and the importance of interpersonal connections. The organization also helps parents and professionals gain perspective on their work and give them tools to build stronger connections within their families, in their work, and in their communities. www.handinhandparenting.org. John Slafsky, Alicia Farquhar, and Francine Hanson; senior paralegal Ty Tran. Harker School. Harker School is a leading preparatory school — with students attending prestigious universities worldwide — whose mission is to create an environment that promotes academic excellence, inspires intellectual curiosity, expects personal accountability, and instills a genuine passion for learning. www.harker.org. Debra Summers. Hillsdale High School Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to educate, engage, and empower students by funding exemplary and innovative programs. Its vision is to unite and organize resource development and to funnel those resources to programs that specifically support staff and students, first and foremost supporting the on-going development of Smaller Learning Communities at Hillsdale High School. www.hillsdalehigh.com/news/ hhsfoundationinfo.html. Darin Donovan and Daniel Green; paralegals Rosanna Royal and Danielle Shelbourne. Homeschool Association of California. The association, a nonprofit, volunteer organization, holds to the belief that homeschooling families are the ones best able to make their own educational choices. www.hsc.org. Douglas Clark, Allison Thomas, Diane Walters, Ben Crosson, Crystal Gaudette, and David Nefouse; senior paralegal Shea Gersey; paralegals Virginia Guerrero, Joyce Hill, Mariana Koroman, Luis Samson, and Nooshin Sherkat; reference librarians Jana Cassel and Paula Maher. Impact Bay Area. Impact Bay Area is a nonprofit organization preventing violence and promoting healing by teaching Impact, a unique form of full-force self-defense for mind, body, and voice. www.impactbayarea.org. Jeanne Caruso, Heather Conoboy, Matthew Kuykendall, and James McCann. Innovation Q (iQ). iQ was founded as a nonprofit, philanthropic corporation by successful Cal Poly graduates and business leaders interested in giving back and enhancing

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innovation at the same time. These highly successful leaders fund current Cal Poly students engaged in a senior project and/or a master’s thesis or Cal Poly faculty leading student teams to develop and perfect innovative ideas leading to commercially viable products. www.innovationq.org. Richard Schachtili. Kings Mountain Associated Parents (KMAP). KMAP, an independent, nonprofit organization, provides the means for private investment and funding essential to offer a complete elementary education enhanced by above-average studentteacher ratios, broad enrichment programs, and diverse experiential learning opportunities in the community located in the redwood forests of San Mateo County. www.cabrillo.k12.ca.us/kingsmountain/kmef. Darin Donovan and Olga Mack. Momentum Tutoring. Momentum makes it possible, affordable, and convenient for students to work with knowledgeable educators in an accelerated learning environment. Momentum is dedicated to helping people reach their potential. www.momentumtutoring.com. Daniel Diamond, Laura Kuhlemann, and Elizabeth Tippett; paralegal Sheri Martin. Music for Minors. Music for Minors (MFM) was conceived as a stopgap solution to keep music programs from disappearing in local schools in the 1970s. Today, MFM serves thousands of children each year throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. For many of them, this is the only music education they will ever receive. www.mfm.org. Morgan Hayes, John McGaraghan, and Raghu Seshadri. National Child Research Center (NCRC). NCRC, an independent preschool serving Washington families for generations, believes that the early years are the most important for giving children a sense of self, building their confidence, and transforming them into lifelong learners. www.ncrcpreschool.org. Robert Sanchez, Elizabeth Crimer, Courtney Haseley, Morgan Hayes, Alexander Kolar, Michael Montfort, and Amy Todd; senior paralegal Patrick Caccamo. New Schools Venture Fund. Since its founding in 1998, the fund has worked to transform public education, particularly for low-income and minority children in historically underserved urban communities. To achieve this goal, it supports education entrepreneurs, helps them grow their organizations to scale, and helps connect their work to broader systems change. www.newschools.org. Richard Kline, Catalin Cosovanu, Ashwin Gokhale, Michael Goldman, James McCann, and Marni Penta; senior paralegal Jessie Couch.

Peninsula School. The Peninsula School was founded in 1925 by a group of parents (including the noted educator Josephine Duveneck) who sought an environment in which learning was joyful and exciting, where children were challenged to learn by doing, and where both independence and group cooperation were highly valued. Unable to find a school that met those criteria, they pooled their resources and started this cooperative, nonprofit organization. www.peninsulaschool.org. Darin Donovan. Plugged In: Learning through Technology. Established in 1992 as a volunteer grassroots effort, Plugged In connects individuals and cultivates minds by creating the opportunity to produce, express, and contribute using technology. Its vision is a community in which opportunities abound for people to contribute and innovate using the Internet and computer technology, the organization’s primary medium. www.pluggedin.org. Roger Stern and Cisco Palao-Ricketts.

post-secondary education. Todd Cleary and Darren Bilotto; paralegal Charis Duenas. Reading Partners. This organization’s vision is for all children in the nation to have the reading skills they need to reach their full potential. www.readingpartners.org. Peter LaBoskey, Alicia Farquhar, Francine Hanson, Marisa Brutoco, Kwang Kim, Cindy Liou, Richard Melnyk, Jill Nissen, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, Matthew Staples, Stephen Taeusch, Richard Schachtili, Jonathan Tanner, Jaqueline Tokuda, and Damien Weiss; senior paralegals Pamela Alford, Christine Marion, and Sharon Schor. Schools for Humanity. Schools for Humanity is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education and advancement of the world’s underprivileged children. The organization strives to foster individual development by providing innovative educational solutions to children who would otherwise have limited opportunities. www.schoolsforhumanity.org. Francine Hanson, John Turner, Maura Fleming, and Matthew Kuykendall; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; paralegal Victoria Bocek; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Selby Lane School Education Foundation. Selby Lane School Education Foundation is an independent, communitybased nonprofit organization run by a volunteer board of directors. The mission of the foundation is to improve Selby Lane School, which serves portions of Redwood City and approximately 25 percent of Atherton for preschool through 8th grade. www.selbyeducationfoundation.org. Andrew Hoffman; attorney recruiting director Carol Timm. Smart Schools. This organization is dedicated to providing a learning community that engenders respect for all and produces students ready to face the world as responsible, thinking members of a diverse society. Michael Nader.

Raising A Reader. The Raising A Reader mission is to foster healthy brain development, parent-child bonding, and the early literacy skills critical for school success by engaging parents in a routine of daily “book cuddling” with children from birth to age five. This program addresses a national need for effective early literacy programs. www.raisingareader.org. Aaron Hendelman; senior paralegal Sharon Schor.

Special Education Enrichment and Development Foundation of Lafayette (SEED). SEED is a foundation formed to assist special-needs kids, especially in connection with educational programs provided through the public school system in Lafayette, California. Robert Ishii, Heather Conoboy, Carrie Kibler, and Alexander Martinez; senior paralegal Kristine Strohm; corporate assistant Andrea Morales.

Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF). SVEF is an organization dedicated solely to improving pre-kindergartento-12th-grade public education in Silicon Valley, with a goal of bringing resources and expertise to the 34 separate school districts of Santa Clara County to benefit our schools. The goal of SVEF is to help all students achieve success in

Students Rising Above (SRA). SRA’s mission is to help extraordinary, low-income Bay Area high school students who are overcoming tremendous odds of poverty, homelessness, and neglect to fulfill their dream of a college education. SRA provides the mentoring support, financial assistance, and employment skills to be successful in school

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New Teacher Center (NTC). The NTC rests its foundation upon the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project (SCNTP), established in 1988 as a systematic, mentor-based teacherinduction model. In working with new teachers and, more recently, new principals, the NTC induction programs help novices not only survive their early years, but emerge as confident, skilled professionals. The NTC’s unique induction model helps novice educators maintain a strategic focus on student learning and classroom instruction with the guidance of highly trained and supported mentors. www.newteachercenter.org. Ian Edvalson, Aaron Hendelman, John Slafsky, Alicia Farquhar, Marisa Brutoco, Ashley Chuang, Sean Croman, Matthew Kuykendall, Cisco PalaoRicketts, Richard Schachtili, Jane Slater, Nicole Soluri, and Stephen Taeusch; senior paralegal Camille Klamecki; paralegal Victoria Bocek.

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and in life. www.studentsrisingabove.org. Catherine Kirkman, Marisa Brutoco, Matthew Staples, Gerard Stegmaier, Troy Valdez, and Mark Warnick; summer associate Michael Stahl. The Nueva School. The Nueva School utilizes a dynamic educational model to enable gifted students to make choices that will benefit the world by inspiring passion for lifelong learning, fostering social and emotional acuity, and developing the child’s imaginative mind. www.nuevaschool.org. Kwang Kim and Michael Schlemmer. The NYA Foundation. The New York Avenue Foundation is dedicated to improving the educational opportunities for inner-city residents of Washington, D.C. by assisting young people to complete schooling in the District of Columbia public schools and go on to additional education. www.nyapc.org/ministries/index.php. Sundance Banks, Calise Cheng, Darin Donovan, and Amanda Vinson. Wall Street Wizards Urban Financial Literacy Program. The Wall Street Wizards Urban Financial Literacy Program and the Wall Street West Financial Literacy Fund offer a mix of classroom education, hands-on “real” money management, and on-site career exposure to a group of students interested in finance. www.wallstreetwizards.org. Nathaniel Gallon and Aref Wardak. Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to encouraging the growth, development, and distribution of free, multilingual content, and to providing the full content of these wiki-based projects to the public free of charge. The Wikimedia Foundation operates some of the largest collaboratively edited reference projects in the world, including Wikipedia, the fourth-most-visited website in the world. wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home. Catherine Kirkman, Ulrico Rosales, John Slafsky, Jeff Ulin, and Nathan Ferguson. Woodland School. The Woodland School is firmly committed to developing the good student and good person in each child. This combination — a nurturing of both intellect and character — prepares each student to achieve lifelong success. The school does not have a religious affiliation, but places a strong emphasis on values and holds students to the highest standards of behavior. www.woodland-school.org. Cisco Palao-Ricketts.

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ENVIRONMENT Acterra. Acterra seeks to create local solutions for fostering a healthy natural environment. www.acterra.org. Aaron Hendelman, Ashley Chuang, Richard Melnyk, Sheridan Pauker, Mary Russell, Evan Stern, and Stephen Taeusch. American Solar Energy Society (ASES). ASES is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the use of solar energy, energy efficiency, and other sustainable technologies in the United States. www.ases.org. Aaron Hendelman, Nathan Ferguson, Ellen Kelly, Jason Keyes, Laura Merritt, and Kristina Ringland. As You Sow. As You Sow is dedicated to ensuring that corporations and other institutions act responsibly and in the long-term best interests of the environment and the human condition. www.asyousow.org. Madeleine Boshart, Sheridan Pauker, and Michael Schlemmer. Biotech Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur (BioE2E). BioE2E’s mission is to form an active community of life science entrepreneurs by creating a lively forum for the exchange of applicable, real-world entrepreneurial experiences. www.bioe2e.org. Karen Wong. Blue Planet Run Foundation. The foundation’s goal, which it hopes to realize by 2015, is to provide 200 million people with safe drinking water for the rest of their lives. www.blueplanetrun.org. Ian Edvalson, Catherine Kirkman, Francine Hanson, Lila Bailey, Marisa Brutoco, Samir Elamrani, Nathan Ferguson, Kwang Kim, Alyssa Knutson, Melissa McDonough, Jill Nissen, Richard Schachtili, Raghu Seshadri, and Rebecca Stuart; senior paralegals Ann Lygas and Ty Tran; senior foreign filing specialist Steven Elliott; foreign filing specialists Michael Miranda and Salisa Kanokpanont; paralegal Victoria Bocek; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos; docketing assistant Maya Chopra; patent project assistant Stephanie Hurst. California Clean Tech Open. Clean Tech Open is an organization dedicated to helping great ideas become viable businesses that will drive the new green economy. Driven by a network of sponsors, mentors, partners, judges, and over 360 volunteers, the Clean Tech Open has built resources to accelerate innovation. www.cacleantech.org. Gregory Broome, Ian Edvalson, Aaron Hendelman, Melissa Hollatz, John Pierce, Steven Bacsi, Darren Bilotto, White Bissell, Andrew Braff, Marisa Brutoco, Chandra Claycamp, Matthew Desharnais, Bart Dillashaw, Hollis Hire, Alice Hsieh, Laura

Canopy. Canopy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between human communities and natural environment, turning stewardship of local ecosystems into conventional practice, and curbing habitat loss and species extinctions globally. Senior paralegal Nancy Bouch. Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS). CSS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving fuel and reducing emissions from heavy-duty diesel engines. CSS operates in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California, with a primary focus on the Interstate 5 corridor. www.cascadesierrasolutions.org. Manja Sachet, Michael Schlemmer, and Matthew Staples. Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). CRS is a national nonprofit that brings forth expert responses to climatechange issues with the speed and effectiveness necessary to create real-time solutions. CRS provides leadership through collaboration and environmental innovation and builds policies and consumer-protection mechanisms in renewable energy, greenhouse gas reduction, and energy efficiency that foster healthy and sustained growth in national and international markets. www.resourcesolutions.org. Aaron Hendelman, Madeleine Boshart, Clark Asay, Alex Devkar, Nathan Ferguson, Hollis Hire, Matthew Kuykendall, Sheridan Pauker, Rebecca Stuart, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Sharon Schor; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Collective Roots Garden Project. This project develops young urban leaders who understand where their food comes from and how their actions impact human and environmental health. www.collectiveroots.org. Jonna Anderson, Justin Goetsch, Bradley Kondracki, James McCann, Kimberly McMorrow, Rachel Proffitt, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Jane Wilson; paralegal Nancy Zhao; corporate assistant Christina Zentmyer; reference librarian Jana Cassel. Cordell Marine Sanctuary Foundation. The Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, the nation’s sixth

National Marine Sanctuary, was established in 1989 to protect and preserve the extraordinary ecosystem, including marine birds, mammals, and other natural resources of Cordell Bank and its surrounding waters off the Northern California coast. cordellbank.noaa.gov. Senior paralegal Camille Klamecki. Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. Earthjustice is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. It aims to bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations, coalitions, and communities. www.earthjustice.org. Marisa Brutoco, Matthew Kuykendall, and Raghu Seshadri; paralegal Victoria Bocek. Electric Auto Association (EAA). The EAA’s mission is to act as a public source of information about developments in electric-vehicle technology, encourage experimentation in the building of electric vehicles, and organize public exhibits and events of electric vehicles to educate the public on the progress and benefits of electricvehicle technology. www.eaaev.org. Aaron Hendelman, Heather Conoboy, Matthew Kuykendall, Kalina Laleva, Sheridan Pauker, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; paralegal Victoria Bocek; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Energy Crossroads. This organization recognizes that we all have a stake in a cleaner, more secure, and more prosperous energy future. Its activities are designed to engage, educate, and empower students and community members to deliver clean energy solutions. www.energycrossroads.org. Marc Gottschalk, Jonathan Axelrad, Richard Schachtili, and Matt Sieving. Environmental Defense. Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy food, and flourishing ecosystems. www.environmentaldefense.org. Douglas Clark and Frederick Saal.

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Kuhlemann, Kimya Lashgari, Scott Marmer, Kimberly McMorrow, Richard Melnyk, Michael Moyer, Cecily O’Regan, David Pashman, Marni Penta, Mary Russell, Richard Schachtili, Matthew Staples, David Thomas, Robin Tucker, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Keith Uyeda; paralegal Victoria Bocek; corporate assistant Andrea Morales.

Environmental Volunteers (EV). The EV is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that believes all children deserve to learn about the natural world through personal exploration, so they can become responsible stewards of the earth. The EV fulfills a large and ever-increasing need for school-

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based natural science education on the Peninsula and in the South Bay. www.evols.org. Brad O’Brien, John Slafsky, Debra Summers, and Matthew Kuykendall; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; docketing assistant Maya Chopra. International Wilderness Leadership [The Wild Foundation (WILD)]. WILD works to protect the planet’s last wild places and the wildlife and people who depend upon them, because wilderness areas provide essential social, spiritual, biological, and economic benefits. www.wild.org. Miranda Biven and Hollis Hire. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s purpose is to purchase, permanently protect, and restore lands to form a regional open space greenbelt. It also strives to preserve unspoiled wilderness, wildlife habitats, watersheds, viewsheds, and fragile ecosystems, as well as provide opportunities for low-intensity recreation and environmental education. www.openspace.org. Robin Tucker. Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST). POST strives to give permanent protection to the beauty, character, and diversity of the San Francisco Peninsula landscape, both for the people here now and for future generations. www.openspacetrust.org. Brad O’Brien, Marni Penta, and Heather Srimal. Planet Earth Foundation. The foundation’s purpose is to address community, national, and global needs through public service and cause-related media. www.planetearthfoundation.org. Cameron Smith. Preservation Partners. Preservation Partners was started by Andrew Young. Its mission is to preserve the tangible and intangible heritage of historical sites throughout the world. Darin Donovan and Marina Nelson. Redefining Progress. Redefining Progress works with a broad array of partners to shift the United States economy toward sustainable growth. The group’s partners include grassroots communities, labor unions, policymakers, academics, and businesses. www.rprogress.org. Alicia Farquhar, Whit Bissell, Koray Bulut, Melissa McDonough, Raghu Seshadri, Stephen Taeusch, and Mark Warnick. Sea Spray Research Foundation. Sea Spray Research Foundation is a recently formed, nonprofit charitable organization that evaluates potential solutions to global climate instability resulting from global warming. The research team and the scientific advisory board are made up of over 30 leading and respected investigators, including

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several Nobel laureates, from renowned universities and research institutes in North America and Europe. Linscott Watkinson. Seaflow. Seaflow is an educational nonprofit organization building an international movement dedicated to protecting whales, dolphins, and all marine life from active sonars and other lethal ocean noise pollution. www.seaflow.org. Alicia Farquhar, Lisa Davis, and Dominique Alepin; senior paralegal Stacy Love; electronic data analyst Larry Wilson. Seattle Urban Nature Project (SUN). SUN is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Puget Sound region by engaging communities to improve urban forests. www.seattleurbannature.org. David Wickwire. Sustainable Conservation. Sustainable Conservation advances the stewardship of natural resources using innovative, pragmatic strategies that actively engage businesses and private landowners in conservation. www.suscon.org. Marvin Dunson III, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Ty Tran. The CleanTX Foundation. The CleanTX Foundation provides a networking and educational environment for professionals interested in building the Texas clean technology community. cleantx.org. Derek Willis, Joseph Alcorta, Catherine Dalton, and Paul Huggins; senior paralegal Marcia Barr; paralegals Joanna Gonzalez and Christopher Marsh. The Food Empowerment Project. The Food Empowerment Project seeks to create a more just and sustainable world by recognizing the power of one’s food choices. It encourages healthy food choices that reflect a more compassionate society by spotlighting the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the unavailability of healthy foods in low-income areas. www.foodispower.org. Jennifer Knapp. Tides Center. Tides Center supports existing and emerging projects that share a vision of a just, healthy, and sustainable world. The services the center provides enable project staff to stay focused on their missions and fundraising without compromising on the expertise needed to run day-to-day operations. By providing back-office support to projects on the front lines of advancing social change, Tides Center is helping hundreds of progressive initiatives move forward. www.tidescenter.org. Stephen

Urban Agenda. Urban Agenda works for a truly sustainable New York City — thriving, green, and just. It advocates policies and programs grounded in actionoriented research and supported by strong coalitions of union, business, and community partners. urbanagenda.org. Kechi Anyadike and Stephen Cheng. US-China Green Energy Council (USGEC). The UCGEC was formed in 2008 by a group of leading business, technology, academia, and government policy groups in the U.S. and China. Its mission is to establish a collaborative platform to find ways to support each other in the urgent search for a global solution for combating global warming, energy security, and environment pollution. ucgef.org. Wei Zhou, Richard Schachtili, Karen Wong, and Yan Zhang; senior paralegal Rachel Liu. Utah Clean Energy Alliance. Utah Clean Energy is a nonprofit public interest organization partnering to build the new clean energy economy through policy, regulatory, and educational initiatives. Utah Clean Energy advances renewable energy, energy efficiency, and clean energy technologies in Utah and the West. utahcleanenergy.org. Jen Chiang and Dan Stevenson. Village Harvest Corporation. Village Harvest is a nonprofit volunteer organization in the San Francisco Bay Area that brings together neighbors and community organizations to provide food for the hungry, preserve heritage and skills, and promote the sustainable use of urban resources. villageharvest.org. Aaron Hendelman, Francine Hanson, and Matthew Kuykendall; paralegal Victoria Bocek; reference librarian Paula Maher. Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC). The WTC protects public health and the environment by eliminating toxic pollution. It promotes alternatives, advocates policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a healthy environment. www.watoxics.org. Drew Markham. WildAid. The organization’s mission is to decimate the illegal wildlife trade within our lifetimes, allowing threatened species to recover to safe levels. www.wildaid.org. Aaron Hendelman, Katharine Martin, John Slafsky, Francine Hanson, Hollis Hire, and Matthew Kuykendall; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; paralegal Charis Duenas.

HEALTH Americans for Cures Foundation. Americans for Cures Foundation supports fellow advocates in the fight for stem cell research and cures by providing information and tools to help them: (1) distribute factual information about stem cell research, (2) to communicate effectively, and (3) to encourage decision-makers to fund research and translate discoveries to cures. Herbert Fockler and Tiffany Hui; paralegal Jessica Harkins. California Adolescent Nutrition & Fitness (CANFit). For more than a decade, CANFit has been engaging communities and building their capacity to improve the nutrition and physical activity status of California’s lowincome, ethnic youth between the ages of 10 and14. www.canfit.org. Aaron Hendelman and Mark Warnick. California Antiviral Foundation. The foundation is a start-up charitable 501(c)(3) organization focused on developing novel diagnostics and drugs to treat HIV/AIDS. Herbert Fockler, Alice Hsieh, Riya Kuo, Melissa McDonough, and Rebecca Stuart; senior paralegal Keith Uyeda; paralegal Andrew Wang. Code Blue Now. Code Blue Now creates strong public will for change by engaging the public in designing, shaping, and promoting a template for a new healthcare system, with the goal of an economically sustainable healthcare system that supports the health of all people in the communities where they live. www.codebluenow.org. Aaron Hendelman; senior paralegal Sharon Schor; paralegal Victoria Bocek; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Danville d’Elegance. Danville d’Elegance is an organization that conducts auto shows to raise money for the Parkinson’s Institute. www.danville-delegance.org. Hasani Caraway, Jesse Chew, Darin Donovan, and Erika Kikuchi; paralegals Jessica Harkins and Andrew Wang. Eric’s Vision. The mission of Eric’s Vision is to (1) raise support for individuals battling ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and (2) fund ALS cure-driven research. Adit Khorana, Marisa Brutoco, Alex Devkar, Andrew Hoffman, and Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Nancy Bouch.

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Five Branches Institute. This professional school trains students in the five branches of Chinese medicine. www.fivebranches.edu. Peter LaBoskey, Koray Bulut, and Richard Schachtili.

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Generations Community Wellness Centers. Generations is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Its aim is to combat the phenomenal rise in preventable diseases such as obesity and Type II diabetes associated with inactivity and poor nutrition by providing fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs to underserved kids, families, and seniors. John Slafsky, Matthew Kuykendall, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegals Cecilia Kahn and Jane Wilson; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos. Herban Health. Herban Health provides holistic healthcare to low-income people, focusing on the homeless and people in recovery. Brandon Gantus and Aref Wardak. InSTEDD. InSTEDD is a humanitarian collaboration that, through technology innovation, looks carefully at the problems faced by those involved in disease tracking and disaster response, and moves forward in focused ways to help them. instedd.org. Suzanne Bell, Catherine Kirkman, Donna Petkanics, Jeff Ulin, Chandra Claycamp, Alex Devkar, Darin Donovan, T.J. Graham, and George Willman; corporate assistant Pia Victor. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. This organization is dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes. www.jdrf.org/greaterbay. Terry Johnson. Meridian Health Foundation. The Meridian Health Foundation promotes healing, in both the individual and the environment, through education, the delivery of preventative and supportive health services, and the arts. www.meridianfoundation.org. Richard Schachtili. Myelin Repair Foundation. The foundation’s vision is to accelerate the rate of medical research in order to more rapidly bring treatments to people with diseases for which there are no effective treatments or cures. www.myelinrepair.org. Peter LaBoskey, Ramin Akhavan, Kurt Carlson, Marvin Dunson III, Lawrence Kong, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Cisco Palao-Ricketts, Jane Slater, Rebecca Stuart, Elizabeth Tippett, and Karen Wong; summer associate Allysun Atwater; law clerk Jarrell Williamson; senior paralegal Abigail Cruz; senior foreign filing specialist Steven Elliott; foreign filing specialists Beth Berg, Tracie Crothers, and Salisa Kanokpanont; foreign filing assistant Dolores McKay; paralegals Susan Bacchi, Frank Chen, Jered Fahey, and Crystal Ipalook; temporary case assistants James Langston and Cathy Nguyen; legal secretary Annette Palladino; patent operations director Esther Kepplinger; IPPatent Legal Support Manager Queenie Ngo; patent agents Angie Mah, Sharmila Pandharipande, Heesuk Zang, and Angela Zhang; patent project assistants Jennifer Altman and

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Rose Ziegler; reference librarians Caroline Overby and Susan Pennypacker. NanoBioNexus Institute. NanoBioNexus is a nonprofit, volunteer-managed organization that showcases applications of nanotechnology in the life sciences. Its mission is to build awareness and understanding of nanotechnology. www.nanobionexus.com. Nathan Ferguson and Bryan Thistle; paralegal Sheri Martin. Niroga Institute (Center for Integral Health). The institute fosters health and well-being for individuals, families, and communities through the practice of yoga. The Sanskrit word “niroga” means “freedom from disease” or “health of body, mind, and spirit.” www.niroga.org. Rachel Proffitt; paralegal William Edwards. Public Library of Science. The library is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. www.plos.org. Catherine Kirkman, Clark Asay, Kristen Harrer, Cindy Liou, and Jishnu Menon; reference librarian Penny Ortega. Sunbeam Foundation. The foundation’s mission is to promote awareness and raise funds to advance the research and treatment of bone cancers that affect children and young adults. www.sunbeamfoundation.org. Peter LaBoskey. The Irvin Yalom Psychotherapy Institute. Carmen Chang, Aaron Hendelman, Sean Croman, Darin Donovan, An-Yen Hu, Brent Irvin, Yuji Sun, Myra Sutanto Shen, and Mark Warnick; paralegals Jennifer Huei-Ching Lo and Brian Youn. The Parkinson’s Institute. The mission of the Parkinson’s Institute is to find the causes and a cure for Parkinson’s disease, and provide the best possible treatment to those afflicted with the disease. www.thepi.org/site/parkinson. Roger Chin, Ian Edvalson, Vern Norviel, Anie Roche, Francine Hanson, John Storella, Ramin Akhavan, Christopher Byrd, Kurt Carlson, Chantal D’Apuzzo, Tung-On Kong, Anavelys Ortiz-Suarez and Karen Wong; senior paralegals Abigail Cruz, Fred Saulo, and Jane Wilson; paralegal Frank Chen; temporary case assistants James Langston and Cathy Nguyen; senior foreign filing specialist Steven Elliott; foreign filing specialists Beth Berg, Tracie Crothers, and Salisa Kanokpanont; foreign filing assistant Dolores McKay; IPPatent legal support manager Queenie Ngo; patent agents Heesuk Zang and Angela Zhang; patent project assistants Jennifer Altman and Rose Ziegler; scientific advisors Jonathan Loeb and Madhuri Roy; reference librarians Jana Cassel, Paula Maher, and Susan Pennypacker.

Until There’s A Cure Foundation. This organization is dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS by raising awareness and funds to combat this pandemic. www.utac.org. Aaron Hendelman, Catherine Kirkman, John Slafsky, Jonna Anderson, Marisa Brutoco, Sean Croman, Gary Gansle, Justin Goetsch, Kwang Kim, Bradley Kondracki, Kimya Lashgari, Rachel Proffitt, Rebecca Stuart, Mark Warnick, and Michael Yang; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; paralegals Jun Ilas and Yi-Chen Pao; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green; corporate assistants Joseph Miller and Christina Zentmyer; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos. Wisdom Healing Foundation. The Wisdom Healing Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to facilitating the integration of humanity in all dimensions by transmitting the wisdom practice of self-healing, called Wisdom Healing Qigong. The Wisdom Healing Foundation offers presentations, healing events, workshops, retreats, instructor training, and group/individual healing sessions to help people of all faiths achieve a deeper sense of well being, emotional stability, and balance. Francine Hanson, Marisa Reed, and Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Ty Tran.

INDIGENT REPRESENTATION Flor del Maria Soriano Arias. Laura Kidd. Asian Pacific Islander (API) Legal Outreach. Founded in 1975, this organization promotes culturally and linguistically appropriate services for the most marginalized segments of the API community. Its work is currently focused on the areas of domestic violence, violence against women, immigration and immigrant rights, senior law and elder abuse, human trafficking, public benefits, and social justice issues. www.apilegaloutreach.org. Jesse Chew, Riya Kuo, and Jimmy Nguyen; paralegal Frances Borromeo; reference librarian Penny Ortega. Chaiti Chatterjee. Michael Ladra and Christopher Golis; paralegals Erica Maier and Christina Ely; electronic data analyst Kathleen Alicea; reference librarian Susan Pennypacker. Nell R. Coles. Laurie-Ann Look. Ketteline Cyprien. Peter Mostow.

Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP). ELAP is a nonprofit organization providing civil legal assistance to lowincome residents of East and Northeast King County. Since opening its doors in 1990, ELAP has assisted more than 35,000 people. www.elap.org. Christopher Nelson. Irwin Eisenstein. Gideon Schor, Cheryl Foung, James Metzger, Adam Romney, Maulik Shah, and Lewis Zirogiannis; senior paralegal Rose Sepulveda; paralegal Michelle Drucker. Federal Pro Bono Program San Jose. Matthew Reed and Kwang Kim. Leslie Field. Peter Eng, Robert Latta, Andrew Braff, Kyle Chin, Darin Donovan, Andrew Hill, Joanna Jordan-Wu, Elaine Kim, Richard Melnyk, Phuong Phillips, Nicole Soluri, and Myra Sutanto Shen; summer associate Michele Lee; foreign filing specialists Beth Berg, Tracie Crothers, Salisa Kanokpanont, and Dolores McKay; legal secretary Lydia Vosburgh. Woodrow Flemming. Meredith Kotler and Kashana Cauley; senior paralegal Anthony Geritano. Gerardo Galvan. Laura Merritt and Jason Pirruccello. Jose Garcia. Jose Villarreal; law clerk Joel Boehm; senior paralegal Jonathan Rich. Mark Anthony Maynard. Jonathan Jacobson, Meredith Kotler, Kathryn Rubino, and Sara Walsh; senior paralegal Anthony Geritano. Arshad U. Muhammad. Joshua Holzer. Refugee Assistance Program of the City Bar Justice Center. The Refugee Assistance Program works with volunteer attorneys to provide free legal assistance to lowincome asylum-seekers, matching the needs of the client with the skills and interests of the volunteer. The program offers support and guidance to each volunteer by providing annual trainings, legal advice and research, model papers, and access to translators and country-condition experts. www.nycbar.org/citybarjusticecenter/projects/immigrantjustice/refugee-assistance-project/volunteer. Marra Guttenplan, Jeanna Steele, and Amy Todd; reference librarian Paula Maher.

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Tri-City Health Center (TCHC). TCHC is committed to delivering excellent health services in a caring, nurturing, and respectful atmosphere, to promote optimal heath, eliminate preventable diseases, and improve the quality of life for every individual and family in the community. tri-cityhealth.org. Paralegal Natalie Evans.

A.S. Michael Ladra and Julian Perrin. Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance (ALA). The Santa Clara County ALA is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides legal services to Asian/Pacific Islanders and low-income persons in Santa Clara County. www.asianlawalliance.org. Yoichiro Taku and Riya Kuo.

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The Bernardo Kohler Center. The center’s mission is to protect and support the immigrant population through the coordination of programs and services. www.orgsites.com/tx/bernardokohler. Anna Brandl, Scott Morris, Brian Range, Henning Schmidt, and Jeffrey Whiting; paralegal Thomas Neumayr. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. The committee is devoted to advancing the rights of people of color, poor people, and immigrants and refugees. www.lccr.com. Leo Cunningham, Steven Guggenheim, Jared Kopel, Bahram Seyedin-Noor, John Slafsky, Gary Greenstein, Alexander Kolar, Molly Arico, Alina Azizian, Monica Baig-Silva, Dale Bish, Robin Brewer, Jerry Chen, Jen Chiang, Erik Christensen, Ben Crosson, Chantal D’Apuzzo, John Doyle, Jordan Elias, Joseph Fiorino, Kevin Fox, Crystal Gaudette, Kirin Gill, Pamela Glazner, Daniel Gorback, Jason Gordon, Andrew Hill, Elizabeth Hill, Delia Hou, Christopher Howald, Ellen Kelly, Kelley Kinney, Alyssa Knutson, Matthew Kuykendall, Bret Ladine, Jayne Lady, Jennifer Lee, Michele Lee, Cindy Liou, Freeda Lugo, Olga Mack, Merav Magen, Evelina Manukyan, Elena Matsis, David McCarthy, Stephanie McMahon, Kimberly McMorrow, Nema Milaninia, Elise Miller, Lee-Anne Caroline Wilson, recipient Mulholland, David Nefouse, of 2009 John Wilson Award Marina Nelson, Jimmy Nguyen, Lisa Nguyen, Michael Nguyen, Anne Marie Nicpon, Jon Nygaard, Cecily O’Regan, Anavelys Ortiz-Suarez, Joni Ostler, Weilyn Pa, Chris Parry, Alexandra Pavlidakis, Nina Poe, Marisa Reed, Tracy Rubin, Manja Sachet, Michael Schneider, Melissa Schulz, Maulik Shah, Andrew Shawber, Shan Sivalingam, Matthew Staples, Jocelyn Starzak, Jeanna Steele, Rebecca Stern, Dan Stevenson, Rebecca Stuart, Sara Walsh, Liaoteng Wang, Aref Wardak, Mark Warnick, Caroline Wilson, Jacob Wolman, and Lucy Yen; summer associates Allysun Atwater, Alina Azizian, Michele Lee, Michael Wang, and Tzung-Ping Wei; senior paralegals Deborah Bellinger, Anthony DeNatale, Elena Garnica, Mariko Gjovig, Isabelle James, Stacy Love, Candida Malferrari, Pamela Sandillo, Fred Saulo, and Pat Skinner; paralegals Christopher Belmes, Beverly Federigi, Virginia Guerrero, Aaron Jorgensen, Christine Mutto, George Perez, Karen Rogers, Moira Rueda, Danielle Shelbourne, Nooshin

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Sherkat, and Kazuko Shintani; IP-Patent legal support manager Queenie Ngo; corporate assistant Nedda Salehi; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos; case assistants Tamar Fraenkel and Vanessa Yaptangco; patent project assistant Mai Pham; electronic data analyst Derek Lee; reference librarians Jana Cassel, Paula Maher, Caroline Overby, Susan Pennypacker, and Christopher Vargas. Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas. This group helps low-income clients access the civil justice system by providing volunteer attorneys who donate free legal advice and representation and by supporting and training those attorneys. www.vlsoct.org. Luiz von Paumgartten and Brandi Weaver; law clerk Abraham DeLaO; agency case assistant Timothy Horn. Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP). An awardwinning and nationally recognized program of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the VLSP is a nonprofit provider of free legal and social services to low-income individuals and families in the Bay Area. www.sfbar.org/ volunteer/index.aspx. Anne Marie Nicpon, Jeanna Steele, and Gregory Wallace. John Walker. Darin Donovan and Elena Kouvabina; paralegal Kazuko Shintani. Stacy Weekes. Laura Kidd. Donald Welchko. Gregory Watts and Nikki Stitt Sokol; senior paralegal Stacy Love; paralegal Aaron Jorgensen; reference librarians Penny Ortega and Christopher Vargas. Michael Ydigoras. Peter Munson and Joshua Mack.

INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS Amazon Partnerships Foundation. The Amazon Partnerships Foundation is a start-up non-governmental organization that will provide developmental grant funding to communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and in particular among indigenous Kichwa communities, to protect the environment and revive native culture. The organization is a referral from the Washington Attorneys Assisting Communities Organization (WAACO). Andrew Bryant, Jen Chiang, Christopher Henderson, and Ellen Kelly. Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD) reduces poverty, improves health, and protects the environment by building sustainable projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. www.ceihd.org. Scott Zimmermann.

Daniel Pearl Foundation. The world was shocked by the senseless loss of Daniel Pearl, a journalist who dedicated his life to bringing joy and understanding to the world. The foundation was formed to continue Danny’s mission and to address the root causes of this tragedy, in the spirit, style, and principles that shaped Danny’s work and character. These principles include uncompromised objectivity and integrity; insightful and unconventional perspective; tolerance and respect for people of all cultures; unshaken belief in the effectiveness of education and communication; and the love of music, humor, and friendship. www.danielpearl.org. Craig Sherman. Domingo Savio Institute. The purpose of the Domingo Savio Foundation will be to engage in charitable and educational endeavors, specifically to advance the welfare of at-risk children in Chile by providing them with afterschool education, art, music, sports programs, and other opportunities to enrich their lives. The foundation plans to work closely with the Chilean charitable foundation Mi Club Domingo Savio in Santiago, Chile. Richard Schachtili. Exchange Scholar Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to providing scholarships to students from lessdeveloped countries who hope to study in the United States. Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Pamela Alford. FL World Productions. FRONTLINE/World is a national public TV series that turns its lens on the global community, covering countries and cultures rarely seen on American television. www.flworld.org. Bradley Finkelstein, Rachel Proffitt, and Amanda Vinson. Global Peace Networks. Global Peace Networks, a sister organization to the international Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), encourages and facilitates business leaders from the YPO to work together on regional and international peace issues. Richard Schachtili; senior paralegal Pamela Alford. Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW is an independent, non-governmental organization supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide who are dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. www.hrw.org. Lee-Anne Mulholland; senior

paralegal Elena Garnica; reference librarians Penny Ortega and Christopher Vargas. International Accountability Project (IAP). The IAP was formed to improve citizen-based accountability at international financial institutions, and to promote the rights of people who are threatened with displacement by internationally financed development projects. www.accountabilityproject.org. Robin Tucker. KenyaHELP. KenyaHELP, a scholarship program designed to empower students in Meru, Kenya, is a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to making a difference in the lives of individual Kenyans. www.kenyahelp.net. Kenny Chao and Richard Schachtili; paralegal Yi-Chen Pao. Openstreetmap Foundation. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an international nonprofit organization. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development, and distribution of free geospatial data and to providing geospatial data for anybody to use and share. foundation.openstreetmap.org. Catherine Kirkman and Clark Asay. Relief International (RI). RI is a humanitarian nonprofit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, development assistance, and program services to vulnerable communities worldwide. RI is dedicated to reducing human suffering and is non-political and non-sectarian in its mission. www.ri.org. Arthur Schneiderman, Gary Gansle, Matthew Kuykendall, Elena Matsis, Elizabeth Tippett, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Sharon Schor. Stanford-India Biodesign. The goal of Stanford-India Biodesign is to train the next generation of medical technology innovators in India. This highly competitive program is directed towards Indian citizens who have an interest in the invention and early-stage development of new medical technologies. biodesign.stanford.edu/bdn/india. Shakti Narayan. The Share Fund. The fund was created to promote the understanding of indigenous cultures and support collaborative educational, cultural, and sustainable development projects in the indigenous communities of Ecuador, Kenya, and other countries. Richard Schachtili.

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Dalai Lama Foundation. The foundation’s mission is the development of our shared global capacity for ethics and peace, based on a non-dogmatic ethic of compassion. www.dalailamafoundation.org. Julia Reigel, Andrew Hill, Kimya Lashgari, and Christopher McCaskill.

TiE Foundation. The mission of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is to foster conscious entrepreneurship globally by educating, mentoring, and networking. www.tie.org. Raj Judge and Richard Schachtili; paralegal David Beall.

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Unitus. Unitus, an international nonprofit organization, fights global poverty by accelerating the growth of microfinance – the use of small loans and other financial tools for self-empowerment — where it is needed most. www.unitus.com. Aaron Hendelman, Nathan Ferguson, Manja Sachet, Dan Stevenson, and David Wickwire. Unnamed Colombian Human Rights Victims (International Human Rights Clinic at Berkeley). The International Human Rights Law Clinic at Berkeley allows students to design and implement creative solutions to advance the global struggle for the protection of human rights. www.law.berkeley.edu/ihrlc.htm. Leo Cunningham, Daniel Amador, Renuka George, Nema Milaninia, and LeeAnne Mulholland; senior paralegal Stacy Love; paralegal Aaron Jorgensen; reference librarians Caroline Overby and Susan Pennypacker.

SENIOR ISSUES Civic Ventures. Civic Ventures is reframing the debate about aging in America and redefining the second half of life as a source of social and individual renewal. Through programs and consulting, the group brings together older adults with a passion for service and helps stimulate opportunities for using their talents to advance the greater good. www.civicventures.org. James Clessuras, Aaron Hendelman, John Slafsky, Heather Aune, T.J. Graham, Richard Melnyk, Vinesh Rathore, Gerard Stegmaier, Stephen Taeusch, Troy Valdez, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegals Cecilia Kahn and Ty Tran; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green; docketing assistant Maya Chopra. Japanese American Services of the East Bay (JASEB). JASEB provides assistance and services for seniors and their families in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, by offering bilingual, culturally sensitive services for seniors. The organization’s continuum of services encourages healthy aging while providing resources and solutions for times when challenges to living independently arise. www.jaseb.org. Brandon Gantus, Kwang Kim, Cisco PalaoRicketts, Michael Schlemmer, and Rebecca Stuart; senior paralegals Cheryl Masters and Douglas Ota. National Senior Citizens Law Center. The center advocates before the courts, Congress, and federal agencies to promote the independence and well-being of low-income elderly and disabled Americans. www.nsclc.org. David Berger, Jared Kopel, Lisa Davis, and Jenny Dixon.

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Peninsula Volunteers. The purpose of Peninsula Volunteers is to help create — through high-quality, nurturing programs for the aging — a community in which seniors are engaged, cared for, and respected as vital members of the community. www.penvol.org. Alicia Farquhar.

SPIRITUAL Abraham’s House of Prayer. A bold vision of The San Francisco Center for Spiritual Community, this new entity will be a shared worship space in San Francisco for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Its goal is to create a space that promotes dialogue and understanding between the three Abrahamic faiths. Amanda Vinson; paralegal Charis Duenas. Teocalli Tlanezi Mexica. This is a Native American church that was established in Monterey County, California, around 1986 and was formally recognized as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in 1996. The church was organized for the preservation and practice of the traditional ceremonies of the indigenous nations of the Americas and to make available these sacred ceremonies to the Mexica Nation as practiced by their indigenous ancestors. teocallitlanezimexica.com/home. James Otteson.

TECHNOLOGY Creative Commons Corporation. A single goal unites Creative Commons’ current and future projects: to build a layer of reasonable, flexible copyright guidelines in the face of increasingly restrictive default rules. www.creativecommons.org. Glenn Colton, Aaron Hendelman, Andrew Hirsch, Catherine Kirkman, John Slafsky, Jeff Ulin, Catalin Cosovanu, Marvin Dunson III, Nathan Ferguson, Crystal Gaudette, Michael Gorback, Matthew Kuykendall, Kimya Lashgari, John McGaraghan, Brian Mendonca, Jishnu Menon, Richard Schachtili, Raghu Seshadri, Julie Shah, Jane Slater, Nicole Soluri, Mark Warnick, Matthew Wiltermuth, and Dsu-Wei Yuen; summer associates Nicola Carah Menaldo, Hilliary Creeley, Shane Hansen, and Yang Yang; senior paralegals Cecilia Kahn and Keith Uyeda; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green; trademark project assistant Roberto Castellanos; reference librarian Christopher Vargas. GNOME Foundation. The foundation strives to further the goal of the GNOME project: to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free

Girls to Women. The purpose of this organization is to provide youth development for girls between the ages of 6 and 16 in East Palo Alto and surrounding areas. Danielle Nelson; senior paralegal Lisa Carmody.

Joint Commission on Technology and Science. The commission was created by the 1997 Virginia General Assembly as a permanent legislative commission charged to study all aspects of technology and science and to promote the development of technology and science in the Commonwealth of Virginia through sound public policies. jcots.state.va.us. Gerard Stegmaier.

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Founded in 1976, ICRW has earned a reputation as the leading international institution on gender and development. ICRW tackles the complexities of the world’s most pressing problems — poverty, hunger, and disease — by demonstrating that a focus on women and gender is necessary for lasting social and economic change. www.icrw.org. Daniel Peale.

The MIT Club of Northern California (MITCNC). The MITCNC offers graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who are currently based in the Bay Area numerous resources in entrepreneurship, career development, and professional networking. www.mitcnc.org. Marisa Brutoco, Gavin McCraley, Chingwin Pei, and Raghu Seshadri. Software Development Forum (SDForum). SDForum is the leading Silicon Valley not-for-profit organization providing an unbiased source of information and insight to the technology community. For the past 23 years, SDForum has provided a venue for engineers, executives, researchers, technology leaders, and venture capitalists to exchange information on emerging technologies and best practices. www.sdforum.org. Derk Lupinek, James McCann, and Rachel Proffitt; senior paralegal Diane Stadlen; paralegal Natalie Evans. TinyOS Alliance. This group’s charter is to formulate a legal and organizational framework for an alliance to facilitate the continued advancement of the open embedded network ecosystem around TinyOS, and support the activities, interactions, and development of the worldwide academic and industrial TinyOS community. www.tinyos.net/ scoop/special/tinyos_alliance. Suzanne Bell.

WOMEN Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology (ABI). Since 1995, ABI has developed tools and programs designed to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women technology leaders. www.anitaborg.org. Aaron Hendelman, Catherine Kirkman, Allison Spinner, Marisa Brutoco, Sean Croman, Darin Donovan, Marvin Dunson III, Alicia Farquhar, Jason Flaherty, Joanna JordanWu, Matthew Kuykendall, Kimya Lashgari, Michael Nader, Raghu Seshadri, Arif Sikora, Nicole Soluri, David Thomas, Elizabeth Tippett, Michelle Wallin, and Mark Warnick.

International Museum of Women. The mission of the International Museum of Women is to value the lives of women around the world. www.imow.org. Catherine Kirkman, Aaron Hendelman, Alicia Farquhar, Clark Asay, Marisa Brutoco, Chandra Claycamp, Alex Devkar, Darin Donovan, Marvin Dunson III, Gary Gansle, Kwang Kim, Matthew Kuykendall, Kimya Lashgari, Jennifer Martinez, Michael Nader, Phuong Phillips, Raghu Seshadri, Julie Shah, Nicole Soluri, Gerard Stegmaier, Stephen Taeusch, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn; paralegal Victoria Bocek; docketing specialist Maya Chopra. Mothers’ Milk Bank. The mission of the Mothers’ Milk Bank at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is to meet an important national health need by collecting, processing, and distributing donor human milk. www.milkbanksj.org. Aaron Hendelman, Dylan Liddiard, Farah Gerdes, Myra Sutanto Shen, and Mark Warnick. MoxFox Women’s Center. The purpose of the center is to connect women and girls to other women and girls through access to resources and contacts. Mark Warnick; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green. Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence. This organization’s goal is ending domestic violence. www.nextdoor.org. Melissa Hollatz, Catherine Kirkman, Frederick Saal, Jesse Chew, Ben Crosson, Pamela Glazner, Michelle Huff, Tiffany Hui, Riya Kuo, Freeda Lugo, Olga Mack, Merav Magen, Evelina Manukyan, Stephanie McMahon, Jishnu Menon, Michael Nader, David Nefouse, Michael Schlemmer, Daphne Tam, Jonathan Tanner, Amy Tay, Mark Warnick, and Anne Wu; summer associate Charles Ballew; senior paralegals Andrew Chew and Candida Malferrari; paralegals George Perez and Moira Rueda; case assistant Rodolfo Muñoz; electronic data analyst Larry Wilson; reference librarians Jana Cassel, Penny Ortega, and Christopher Vargas.

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Northwest Women’s Law Center (NWLC). The NWLC is a 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to advancing the legal rights of women. NWLC has fought to strengthen the law for victims of domestic violence; pursued marriage and relationship recognition rights for lesbians and gays; battled discrimination in the workplace; advanced access to healthcare and choice; and worked to protect women and their families. www.nwwlc.org. Inessa Baram-Blackwell. Open Arms Perinatal Services. Open Arms embraces a world that cherishes birthing women, their babies, families, and communities. Its mission is to provide services that support, educate, respect, honor, and empower women in need and their families throughout the childbearing year. www.openarmsps.org. Laura Merritt and David Wickwire. Virginia Women Attorneys Association (VWAA). The mission of the VWAA is to assist women attorneys in developing their professional practice and in achieving their potential, to bring about changes in the law and to affect public policy for the benefit of the women of the Commonwealth of Virginia. vwaa.org. Gerard Stegmaier. Women of Washington (WOW). WOW is a women’s education organization that has grown from a community group to an organization that hosts events with nationally recognized speakers. Andrew Bryant, Sean Croman, Jennifer Fan, Manja Sachet, and Andrew Shawber; senior paralegal Barbara Mery.

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Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES). The mission of WAGES is to promote the social and economic empowerment of low-income women through cooperative business ownership. www.wagescooperatives.org. Francine Hanson, Douglas Krohn, Michael Nader, and Marni Penta; senior paralegal Cecilia Kahn. Women’s Funding Network. A worldwide partnership of women’s funds, donors, and allies committed to social justice, the Women’s Funding Network seeks to ensure that women’s funds are recognized as the “investment of choice” for people who value the full participation of women and girls as key to strong, equitable, and sustainable communities and societies. www.wfnet.org. Aaron Hendelman, Matthew Kuykendall, Jayne Lady, and Mark Warnick; senior paralegals Sharon Schor and Ty Tran; reference librarian Susan Pennypacker. Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP). WLP is an international, non-governmental organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations dedicated to women’s leadership and empowerment through building networks. WLP works with 18 autonomous and independent partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies, to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies. www.learningpartnership.org. Aaron Hendelman and Matthew Kuykendall; senior paralegal Sharon Schor; agency paralegal Patricia Picou Green.

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Community Service Committee was established to enhance the firm’s community involvement by organizing numerous charity and community events throughout the year for the firm’s employees. The members of the committee are Kim Armstrong, Kelly Barker, Christina Brondos, Natalie Burigin, Rosanna Colonna, Claire Davis, Anthony DeNatale, Nancy Farestveit, Erik Franks, T.J. Graham, Patty Heiman, Kimberly Hessler, Jennifer Knapp, Florence Lambert, Ann Lygas, Joyce Maguire, Candida Malferrari, Gail McFall (chair), Je Myung, Kristen Olson, Jo Ann Schiro, Annie Schroyer, Ali Schwartz, Anna Spier, Janice Weekes, and Karen Weiland. To contact the Community Service Committee, please send an email to [email protected]. ACTIVITIES: Many Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati attorneys and staff participated in firm-wide community events in fiscal year 2009.

LOCAL FOOD BANKS Throughout the year, several of the firm’s offices partnered with local food banks to help serve those in need in the community.

SAN DIEGO Angel’s Depot Food Drive. San Diego employees participated in a food drive and food sort, coordinated by Sarah Martin, to benefit Angel’s Depot in March 2008.

Employees collected two large bins of non-perishable foods and more than $300 in monetary donations, which were used to purchase additional food items for seniors in need in the community. The WSGR Foundation also made a $500 donation to Angel’s Depot. Angel’s Depot, a nonprofit organization, provides free and nutritious “Senior-Food-for-aWeek” boxes to more than 650 seniors a month who live below the poverty line in San Diego County. To learn more about Angel’s Depot, please visit their website: www.theangelsdepot.org.

PALO ALTO Second Harvest Food Drive and Food Sort Projects. The firm’s Palo Alto office participated in the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties’ Share Your Lunch Campaign to Feed Children. In June 2008, the Palo Alto office collected more than $23,000 in employee monetary donations, as well as $10,000 from the WSGR Foundation, to provide more than 66,000 meals to children at risk of hunger in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. On top of that, Palo Alto employees donated 419 pounds of bulk food for Second Harvest to distribute to those in need in the community. In addition, Palo Alto employees participated in three food-sort projects for Second Harvest in June, November, and December, through which teams of approximately 25 volunteers (plus additional Second Harvest volunteers) sorted and boxed more than 60,000 pounds of food at Second Harvest’s San Carlos and San Jose facilities. The food was distributed to low-income families and seniors. In connection with the holiday food-sort projects, Palo Alto employees made additional monetary donations to Second Harvest, bringing the 2008 contribution total to $35,842 . The firm received the Blue Diamond Award from Second Harvest Food Bank for its annual donations. Second Harvest collects and distributes food to low-income people in the community, serving an average of 176,000 individuals each month. To learn more about Second Harvest, please visit their website at www.2ndharvest.net.

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Firm volunteers for the fundraising and food sort projects included Suzanne Bell, Lauren Bocci, Dan Carrier, Pat Civiletti, Inga Coleman, Joanna Delaney (co-team captain), Alyson Dinsmore, Jacque Draeger, Catherine Dunwoodie, Natalie Evans, Alicia Farquhar, Terri Foland, Lalitta Ghandikota, Elizabeth Gordon, Sharon Halverson, Monica Huettl, Crystal Ipalook, Patricia King, Gail McFall (co-team captain), Joy Mesa, Jack Miller, Nancy Munroe (co-team captain), Josie Nguyen, Jon Nygaard, Sarah Osterhaus, Doug Ota, Nisha Pandit, Mary Anne Pedroni, Christina Poulsen, Lindi Reagan, Christine Ricks, Rico Rosales, Katie Schwartz, Anna Spier, Cristina Suarez, Winnie Tang, Rachel Taylor, Carol Timm, Barbara Vold, Mark Warnick, Cathie Wilcox, and Doris Zimmerman.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Capital Area Food Drive. In November 2008, employees in the Washington, D.C. office collected three boxes of canned goods for the Capital Area Food Bank. This volunteer effort was coordinated by Gwen Wilson. The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest public nonprofit hunger and nutritioneducation resource in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and distributes 20 million pounds of food through 700 member agencies each year. To learn more about the Capital Area Food Bank, please visit their website: www.capitalareafoodbank.org.

Morris, Christopher Ozburn, Jason Smith, Christine SpeightRoberts, and Rob Suffoletta, law clerk Abraham DeLao, and summer associates Joel Boehm, Eric Green, and John Stasny. To learn more about Austin Habitat for Humanity, please visit their website: www.austinhabitat.org.

NEW YORK Also in July 2008, a team of summer associates and other attorneys from the firm’s New York office worked on a 41home/family condominium project at Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn for New York City Habitat for Humanity (Habitat-NYC). The team cut and hung sheet rock as part of Habitat-NYC’s first large-scale building project, which includes units in three four-story buildings that are being constructed with environmentally friendly materials. Volunteers included Tonia Klausner, Ken Murray, and Gideon Schor, and summer associates Nyrika Crishna, Vinay Ganti, James Marshall III, Jason Mollick, Jackson Murley, and Federico Valdes. To learn more about Habitat-NYC, please visit their website: www. habitatnyc.org.

PALO ALTO On two work days in July 2008, Palo Alto employees and summer associates worked on an eight-townhouse project

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AUSTIN In July 2008, a team of volunteers from the Austin office volunteered their time at ReStore, a buildingmaterials recycling and retail center, for Austin Habitat for Humanity (AHFH). Despite the heat, the Austin team spent a rewarding day re-shelving hardware supplies, breaking down and installing new shelving, restocking supplies, and providing customer service. Volunteers included Kelly Barker, Grace Herrera, Scott

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on Lincoln Avenue in Redwood City for Peninsula Habitat for Humanity (now known as Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco). Projects included taping/mudding dry wall, painting, hanging siding, and installing a roof, framing and wall construction, thermal-insulation installation, and concrete-reinforcement preparation and placement. Each Habitat home will employ green building practices and integrate solar electric panels on the roof to generate renewable electric energy. Volunteers included Lori Avila,

WASHINGTON, D.C. In August 2008, a team from the Washington, D.C. office worked on a 53-home development in Northeast Washington — the largest ever for D.C. Habitat for Humanity. The team worked on measuring, cutting, and hanging dry wall for this project. Volunteers included Kim Hessler, Alton Huff, and Nakita Peterson, along with summer associates Mark Bass, Kenisha Dilliard, Ama Karikari, Jen Lyle, John Mikulsky, and Kenji Price. To learn more about D.C. Habitat for Humanity, please visit their website: www.dchabitat.org.

Goodrich & Rosati has raised nearly $92,000 to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. To learn more about Light the Night, visit their website at www.lightthenight.org. Volunteers from different offices who walked and/or raised funds for this worthy cause were: Carole Bellis (Palo Alto co-team captain), Don Bradley, Marianne Stark-Bradley, Michelle Carty, Gary Cennerazzo, Pat Civiletti, Cynthia Colker, Rosanna Colonna (New York team captain), Lynda Cunningham, Jacque Draeger, Catherine Dunwoodie, Nicole Eisenberg, Louise Farcich, Chris Fennell, Terri Foland (Palo Alto co-team captain), Cari Galloway, Gina Gencarelli, Dianna Gurrola, Amy Halverson (Palo Alto co-team captain), Lynne Harrison, Kim Hessler, Crystal Ipalook, Craig Kenesky, Mike Ladra (LLS of Silicon Valley board member), Gail McFall, Sherri Mills, Je Myung (Seattle team captain), Kristen Olson (Austin team captain), Nakita Peterson, Maritza Quinones, Sandra Robinson, Maria Sanchez, Jose Santos, Michelle Savey, JoAnn Schiro, Annie Schroyer (Washington, D.C. team captain), Ali Schwartz, Vivian Shreve, Anna Spier, Cristina Suarez, Paula Weaver, and Janice Weekes.

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY On various dates between September and October 2008, employees from the Austin, New York, Palo Alto, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. offices walked two miles to promote awareness of blood cancers and to raise funds for their cures in support of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS’s) Light the Night (LTN) Walks. The firm’s Austin and Seattle offices held fundraising events throughout the year, prior to the walk events. In addition to its fundraising efforts and the walk event, the Palo Alto office also held a blood and bone marrow registry drive. WSGR employees nationwide raised more than $25,000 for the cause. The WSGR Foundation donated $7,500 to the LLS in connection with the LTN walks, bringing the firm’s overall total for 2008 to nearly $33,000. Since 2006, Wilson Sonsini

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Joanna Delaney, Catherine Dunwoodie, Terri Foland, Jerrod Foster, Taylor Margot, Gail McFall, Brainer Ngirngesechei, Nedda Salehi, Deidra Schwab, Cristina Suarez, Rachel Taylor, and Stacy Trzesniewski, and summer associates Ali Alemozafar, Chas Ballew, Lauren Bocci, Nicola Carah Menaldo, Hilliary Creely, Mathew Easterday, Lilly Ewing, Bejan Fanibanda, Seth Helfgott, Savith Iyengar, Alyssa Knutson, Jayne Lady, Kalina Laleva, Brad Libuit, Devin McDonell, Randal Miller, Michael Nguyen, Brian Pascal, Alex Pavlidakis, Riana Pfefferkorn, Nina Poe, Tracy Rubin, Jared Schuettenhelm, Melissa Schulz, Arif Sikora, Ping Wei, Corina Wilson, and Matt Wiltermutt. To learn more about Habitat-GSF, please visit their website: www. habitatgsf.org.

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in their local communities. Employees engaged in such efforts as food and fundraising drives, food-sort projects, and a coat drive, and set new participation records in the firm’s annual adopt-a-family program, as well as an adopt-a-senior program.

Austin: Christmas Bureau of Austin and Travis County. www.cbofaustin.org. New York: Sanctuary for Families. www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org. Palo Alto: Bill Wilson Center. www.billwilsoncenter.org. Santa to a Senior, Home Instead Senior Care. www.beasantatoasenior.com/what_is_bastas.asp. San Diego: Social Advocates for Youth San Diego. www.saysandiego.org. Seattle: Seafair Pirates Charity Foundation. www.seafairpirates.org. Washington, D.C.:

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YWCA-National Capital Area. www.ywcanca.org.

Overall, more than 557 individuals participated in the adopta-family holiday program, with 35 groups adopting more than 127 families with over 250 children. Through the program, which was sponsored by a different worthy organization in each location, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati employees generously provided monetary contributions and items designated on the holiday wish lists of children and families in need. In addition, 23 senior citizens were adopted through an adopt-a-senior program.

In connection with the adopt-a-family holiday program, the following seven nonprofit organizations received donations from The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation, enabling them to serve additional children and families in need.

The WSGR Foundation also supported this program, making an overall donation of $12,025 to seven different non-profit organizations nationwide, in support of each participating firm group. Including the additional donations made by the WSGR Foundation, more than 430 children nationwide were supported this past holiday season Donations were made to the Bill Wilson Center in Silicon Valley, Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, Center for Child Protection in Austin, Sanctuary for Families in New York, Social Advocates for Youth San Diego, and the YWCANational Capital Area in Washington, D.C. WSGR partnered with the following charitable organization for the adopt-a-family programs:

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Austin: Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. www.austinfoodbank.org. Center for Child Protection. www.centerforchildprotection.org. New York: Sanctuary for Families. www.sanctuaryforfamilies.org. Palo Alto: Bill Wilson Center. www.billwilsoncenter.org. San Diego: Social Advocates for Youth San Diego. www.saysandiego.org. Seattle: Seafair Pirates Charity Foundation. www.seafairpirates.org.

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Volunteers: Patricia Masiello, Gerard O’Shea, Chul Pak, and Amy Todd.

Austin: Patty Heiman and Kristen Olson; New York: Rosanna Colonna and Ali Schwartz; San Diego: Terry Hooper; Seattle: Amy Ellis and Barbara Mery; Palo Alto: Cora Agtane-Reyes, Kim Armstrong, Kristin Ashby, Lisette Bell, Debbie Bellinger, Danielle Black, Jessica Bliss, Raya Clor, Gail Coatney, Joanna Delaney, Jacque Draeger, Rhonda Galvan, Crystal Gaudette, Lynda Gill, Debbie Grubbs, Jennifer Gu, Dianna Gurrola Roberta Harris, Alison Johnson, Ginny Kennedy, Denise Leonardini, Erika Marquez, Sherri Mills, Tanya Miramontes, Eriko Morio, Nancy Munroe, Lisset Nevarez, Brenda Perez, Robin Pezzimenti, Lori Reynoso, Kelli Shanahan, Hoy Shih, Vivian Shreve, Cristina Suarez, Myra Sutanto Shen, Rachel Taylor, Catherine Tenner, Ty Tran, Nam Vu, Mary-Jo Waldschmidt, Patricia Whelan, and Martha Wilson; and Washington, D.C.: Kim Hessler, Florence Lambert, Jacki Proscia, and Annie Schroyer. The overall program was coordinated by Gail McFall.

Animal Care & Control of New York City (AC&C). Operating in New York City’s five boroughs, AC&C is responsible for the city’s municipal shelter system, rescuing, caring for, and locating homes for homeless and abandoned animals in New York City. www.nycacc.org. New York Cares (14th Annual Hands On New York Day). One of the city’s leading volunteer organizations, New York Cares’ Hands On New York Day revitalized 100 local parks, gardens, playgrounds, community centers, homeless shelters, and schools across New York City’s five boroughs. www.nycares.org.

In addition to the firm-wide events, employees from the national offices also contributed their time and provided supplies to various nonprofit organizations in the communities where they live.

AUSTIN Volunteers: Rachelle Chery, Kristen Olsen, and Michael Vaughn. Meals on Wheels. Provides hot, nutritious meals and other services that enable homebound people in Austin and Travis County to remain independent. A team of Austin employees delivers meals once a week throughout the year. www.mealsonwheelsandmore.org. Texas Hearing & Service Dogs (10th Annual Texas Might Dog Walk). Trains hearing and service dogs to assist people with disabilities. www.servicedogs.org.

PALO ALTO Volunteers: Grace Arenas, Kim Armstrong, Laura Bennert, Sergio Chavez, Davy Chea, Pat Civiletti, Ashley Chuang, Yvonne Corbin, Joanna Delaney, Melinda Douglass, Natalie Evans, Jo Farrell, Chris Fennel, Brad Finkelstein, Margaret Foster, Tamar Fraenkel, Erik Franks, DiAndra Fry, Rhonda Galvan, Crystal Gaudette, Shea Gersey, T.J. Graham, Pam Gremore, Deborah Grubbs, Sharon Halverson, Francine Hanson, Elizabeth Hill, An-Yen Hu, Rhonda Hudson, Norilyn Ingram, Tim Ingram, Joanna Jordan-Wu, Asaf Kharal, Joyce Maguire, Scott Marmer, Gail McFall, Julie McNamara, Lisset Nevarez, Brainer Ngirngesechei, Lee Nicholes, Sarah Osterhaus, Deepa Panelli, Alexandra Pavlidakis, Diane Roy, Michael Schlemmer, Jo Ann Schiro, Cristina Suarez, Misasha Suzuki, Stephen Taeusch, Rachel Taylor, Catherine Tenner, Helen Tetreault, Patricia Thomsen, Elizabeth Tippett, Maria Uribe, Nam Vu, Caroline Wilson, Julie Wool, and Jim Zylker.

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American Cancer Society. The Daffodil Days Campaign raises awareness and funds for American Cancer Society’s research, prevention, early detection, and support programs. The Courageous Kids Day, held on Mother’s Day each year, gives children 18 years and under who are undergoing treatment for cancer a chance to gather with their families and enjoy a picnic lunch, entertainment, celebrity visits, and a day of fun at Great America Park. www.cancer.org. Rebuilding Together Peninsula (National Rebuilding Day). This is a nonprofit organization that builds volunteer partnerships to rehabilitate the homes and community facilities of lowincome people, including the elderly and the disabled, so they can live in warmth, safety, and independence. www.rebuildingtogetherpeninsula.org. The Children’s Health Council (CHC) (Sunset Celebration Weekend & Summer Symphony event). CHC makes a measurable difference in the lives of children who face developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning challenges. It also offers support and insight to their families. www.chconline.org.

SAN DIEGO Volunteers: Christi Brondos, Ardith Chang, Heather DeWitt, Mary Elliott, Terry Hooper, Ann Lygas, Sarah Martin, Nancy Nesavich, and Liz Orr. YMCA Mission Valley (annual fundraising drive). The YMCA offers a variety of programs that enable area youth, families, and seniors to live better lives, make better decisions, and ultimately create a brighter future for themselves. missionvalley.ymca.org. I Love a Clean San Diego (annual Creek to Bay Cleanup). This event aims to lead and educate the community to actively conserve and enhance the environment. www.ilacsd.org.

The Family Giving Tree (Back-to-School Backpack/School Supplies Drive). The Family Giving Tree’s Back-to-School Drive provides much-needed backpacks (filled with school supplies) to low-income students. www.familygivingtree.org.

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Ronald McDonald House. This is a “home away from home” in San Diego for families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. To support that worthy cause, many San Diego employees donate pop-top tabs throughout the year. www.rmhcsd.org.

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Volunteers: Andrea Morales, Gina Solheim, and Cynthia Virgen.

Volunteers: Monica Franklin, Kim Hessler, Paul Jin, Byungbae Kim, Mike Labriola, Florence Lambert, Melissa Mannino, Pam Parker, Lawrence Perrone, Nick Porritt, Valentina Rucker, Annie Schroyer, Lindsey Wilson, and Jacob Wolman.

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library (FSFPL) (fundraising event). FSFPL provides support for free educational and informative San Francisco library programs, including Summer Reading and High School & Beyond. www.friendsandfoundation.org. Animal Place (fundraising event). Animal Place is a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and discarded farm animals. www.animalplace.org.

Support for U.S. Troops Overseas (supplies drive). The office held a supplies drive (collecting such items as magazines, newspapers, snacks, and personal-hygiene products) for U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq. Humane Society of Louisiana (HSL) (fundraising). HSL previously operated an animal shelter for abused and abandoned animals in New Orleans, which was destroyed by the heavy winds and rain of Hurricane Katrina. www.humanela.org.

SEATTLE Volunteers: Jenni Hoffman, Ellen Kelly, Chris Layton, Maritza Quinones, Kristina Ringland, Sandra Robinson, Michelle Savey, Mike Schneider, and Karen Weiland. Food Lifeline (Food Frenzy Competition). A competition among local law, accounting, and design firms to raise monetary and food donations for Food Lifeline, Washington State’s largest hunger-relief agency. www.foodlifeline.org.

American Heart Association (Lawyers Have a Heart). The American Heart Association seeks “to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke” by focusing upon research, education, and community programs. This 10K run/walk supports the American Heart Association. www.americanheart.org.

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American Cancer Society. The Daffodil Days Campaign raises awareness and funds for American Cancer Society’s research, prevention, early detection, and support programs. www.cancer.org.

Everybody Wins! DC promotes children’s literacy through reading and mentoring programs. The Back-toSchool Backpack and School Supplies drive benefited students in need at Walker-Jones Elementary School in Washington, D.C. The Washington, D.C. office also participated (and won) the Lawyers for Literacy Trivia Challenge fundraising event, which featured 13 teams from 8 D.C. law firms and the Association of Corporate Counsel. www.everybodywinsdc.org.

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The Green Team Formed in 1998, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s Green Team is a volunteer group of employees who share concerns about the firm’s carbon footprint and impact on the environment. In 2008-09, the firm participated in several significant green initiatives and activities in addition to the ongoing services provided for employees. ABA - EPA Law Office Climate Challenge Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is participating in the American Bar Association — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Law Office Climate Challenge (Climate Challenge). The Climate Challenge is “designed to encourage law offices to take specific steps to conserve energy and resources, as well as reduce emissions of greenhouse gases — which cause global change — and other pollutants.” As part of the Climate Challenge, the firm is engaged in the following programs: Best Practices for Office Paper Management (which includes assuring that at least 90 percent of all types of copier, printer, letterhead, and bond paper, as well as envelopes purchased, have at least 30 percent post-consumer recycled content; and recycling at least 90 percent of discarded mixed office paper); U.S. EPA WasteWise Program; U.S. EPA Green Power Partnership Program (which includes purchasing energy from renewable sources to cover at least a portion of the firm’s electricity usage); and U.S. EPA Energy Star Program. Additional Green Activities Adopted by the Firm In addition, the firm has implemented numerous green activities, including: Green cafe (reducing the use of disposable products and changing current disposable utensils to potato-based products and “to-go” containers to recycled containers); Green cleaning (the use of green cleaning products and reusable microfiber towels); Green office supplies (copy/print paper 30 percent recycled content, plus 57 percent of all products purchased contain recycled material); Green printing (encouraging green printing by offering a double-sided printing option on the firm’s printers and copy machines);

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Green signage (updated firm-wide signage to encourage recycling); Alternative transportation (promoting a variety of commuter programs and resources, including participation in RideSpring —a service that facilitates carpooling among WSGR employees — and providing electric-car charging stations; Sustainable electricity (purchasing renewables from the City of Palo Alto to meet ABA -EPA Law Office Climate Challenge Program Guidelines). Green Team Initiatives The Green Team also provides several ongoing services for employees and encourages other green actions such as Recycling dead batteries; Promoting double-sided printing; Re-using office paper as scratch pads; Recycling glass, aluminum, and plastic containers; Eliminating Styrofoam containers; Recycling e-waste (e.g., computers, etc.); Education to raise employee awareness and foster action aimed at creating more sustainable work and life styles. In addition, the Green Team organizes the firm’s annual Earth Day celebration and the Green Team Speaker Series. The members of the Green Team are: Barbara Adams, Dominique Alepin, Kristin Ashby, Kelly Barker, Julie Beley, Danielle Black, Christina Brondos, Tony Browning, Natalie Burigin, Ben Carbonell, Sally Carpenter, Dan Carrier, Steve Corrales, Rosanna Colonna, Jamie Daniels, Sarah Dekker, Jack Doyle, John Doyle, Jacque Draeger, Nancy Farestveit, Stacey Foltz, Margaret Foster, Marc Gottschalk, Diana Gurrola, Darla Hall, Maria Hamilton, Kim Hessler, Soraya Howard, Esther Kepplinger, Erika Kikuchi, Tom Krattenmaker, Florence Lambert, Marie Larsen, Stacey Layzell, Laurie Lin, Joyce Maguire, Sarah Martin, Gail McFall, Geoffrey Moore, Isaac Moore, Linda North, Sheridan Pauker, Lori Reynoso, Valentina Rucker, Bob Sanchez, Corrina Schlaile, Annie Schroyer, Ali Schwartz, Joanne Skeels, Cristina Suarez, Sharon terMeer, Alan Tidwell, Barbara Vold, Karen Weiland, and Gwen Wilson. To contact the Green Team, send an email to [email protected].

The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation (WSGR Foundation)

Legal Services Primary recipients of funding from the WSGR Foundation are nonprofit, legal-service organizations that provide direct legal aid to low-income people. In 2008, recipients included Bay Area Legal Aid; Campaign for Equal Justice; Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto; D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program; the East Bay Community Law Center; Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center; King County Bar Foundation; La Raza Centro Legal; the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley; Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center; Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County; Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services. The WSGR Foundation also provides funding for a variety of public interest law organizations. In 2008, these organizations included Center for Gender & Refugee Studies at University of California, Hastings College of the Law; Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund; Equal Justice Society; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights; National Center for Lesbian Rights; National Center for Youth Law; Public Advocates; and Vera Institute of Justice. Law Fellowship Programs In 2008, the WSGR Foundation supported its fellowship programs at Stanford Law School and UC Berkeley’s Boalt School of Law, with preference given to students from under-represented communities or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. In addition, the WSGR

Foundation provided support for the California Bar Foundation’s new Diversity Scholarship Program, to support incoming first-year students of color at California law schools who have a financial need and a desire to make an impact in the community. Pro Bono Committee & WSGR Foundation The Pro Bono Committee and the WSGR Foundation overlap and reinforce each other in numerous areas. In 2008, the WSGR Foundation provided funding for a variety of pro bono clients, including Abilities United; Adolescent Counseling Services; Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology; Asian Pacific Fund; Child Advocates; Community School of Music and Arts; Eastside College Preparatory School; Hiller Aviation Institute; International Museum of Women; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence; Peninsula Open Space Trust; Ronald McDonald House; and WildAid. Community Service Committee & WSGR Foundation The WSGR Foundation also supports a number of community organizations in partnership with the WSGR Community Service Committee. In 2008, the WSGR Foundation made contributions to a number of organizations in connection with various community service activities, including American Cancer Society; American Heart Association; The Angel’s Depot; Bill Wilson Center; Capital Area Food Bank of Texas; Center for Child Protection; D.C. Habitat for Humanity; Everybody Wins! D.C.; Habitat for Humanity New York City; I Love a Clean San Diego; The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; New York Cares; Peninsula Habitat for Humanity; Rebuilding Together Peninsula; Sanctuary for Families; Seafair Pirates Charity Foundation; Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties; Social Advocates for Youth San Diego; YWCA- National Capital Area.

T H E W S G R F O U N D AT I O N

Established in November 1990, the WSGR Foundation provides a vehicle for the firm’s members to make financial contributions to the community. Since that time, the WSGR Foundation has donated over $8.6 million to more than 515 charitable organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and out-of-state locations near the firm’s national offices. Members of the WSGR Foundation are David Steuer (chair), Harry Bremond, Chris Compton, Terry Johnson, Katharine Martin, Chul Pak, Donna Petkanics, Robert Sanchez, and Patrick Schultheis. Gail McFall serves as administrator of the foundation.

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Community Organizations In summary, since January 2008, the WSGR Foundation has contributed to more than 100 community organizations, with gifts ranging from $250 to nearly $16,000. Other beneficiaries included: A Better Chance; Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley; Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation; Daniel Pearl Foundation; Ecumenical Hunger Project; Foundation Fighting Blindness; Hidden Villa; InnVision; Museum of the African Diaspora; National Student Partnerships; Oakland Asian Students Educational Services; Opportunities Industrialization Center West (JobTrain); Pathways Hospice

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Foundation; Peninsula Association for Retarded Children & Adults (Parca); Peninsula Volunteers; Planet Cancer; Saheli; Samaritan House; San Francisco Ballet Association; San Francisco Opera Association; San Francisco Symphony; Seattle Children’s Theatre Association; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Seattle Symphony Foundation; Sempervirens Fund; Sensory Access Foundation; Shelter of Contra Costa Co.; Shelter Network; Silicon Valley Children’s Fund; Smuin Ballet/SF; TheatreWorks; and Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Fred Alvarez ..................Public Advocates David Berger..................National Senior Citizens Law Center Smuin Ballet

Katharine Martin ..........The Ronald McDonald House at Stanford WildAid Laura Merritt ................AIDS Services of Austin Umlauf Sculpture Garden Museum Brad O’Brien ..................Eastside College Preparatory School Peninsula Open Space Trust Mark Parnes ..................California Bar Foundation Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund

Richard Blake ................Clearfield Depression Era Museum Corporation National Association of Corporate Directors

Mark Reinstra................Las Lomitos Foundation

Steve Bochner ..............Joint Venture Silicon Valley

Manja Sachet................Cascade Sierra Solutions

Douglas Clark ................Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center

Art Schneiderman ........Global Catalyst Foundation Relief International/Schools Online

Charles T.C. Compton....Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

Patrick Schultheis..........Seattle Repertory Theatre Gonzaga Preparatory School

Sean Croman ................Washington Attorneys Assisting Community Organizations Michael Danaher ..........Global Peace Networks Claire Davis ..................Coalition for a No Kill King County Marc Gottschalk............Clean Tech Open Melissa Hollatz ............Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence Terry Johnson................Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Raj Judge ......................India Community Center Jennifer Knapp..............Palo Alto Humane Society Michael Ladra ..............Palo Alto Medical Foundation Peter LaBoskey..............Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Silicon Valley, Monterey Bay Chapters)

Sheridan Pauker ............As You Sow

Michael Schlemmer ......Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center Larry Sonsini..................Santa Clara University Matthew Sonsini ..........Boys and Girls Club (Peninsula) Gerard Stegmaier..........Fairfax Law Foundation David Steuer..................Bay Area Legal Aid Yokum Taku ..................Santa Clara Asian Law Alliance Le Tran ..........................Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas

B OA R D S E RV I C E

Joseph Alcorta ..............LBJ Presidential Library and Museum Future Forum The CleanTX Foundation Board of Trustees of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Day School

Ann Walker ..................Fremont Opera Redwood Symphony Foundation Derek Willis ..................CleanTX Foundation

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