Author: Marin Independent Journal

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Pat was sitting in the patio of the upscale restaurant in the Embarcadero basking in the pleasant late spring night in San Francisco and the adulation of his friends and colleagues bidding him farewell. Pat has been living in San Francisco for the past three years working as an Appellate lawyer with a boutique law firm. Although Pat excelled in appeals, and even as a pro bono trial lawyer, the law firm only supported him but fully encouraged the lawyers of the firm to donate their skills to the Pro Bono Practice Group, he wanted to tackle…

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NEW YORK, NY — It was a cold, rainy, dark night in NYC. November in New York can be most cruel. One day sunny and inviting with an optimistic glow, the next day brutally dark with a full-frontal assault on optimism. Jaime leaves the workspace, after a crushing day of multiple rejections to her pitch for Seed Capital, and heads off home for a brief break from a series of tough days as an entrepreneur. She enters into the East Village street, that glistened in the juxtaposition between the bright lights and wet streets. The cold mean streets were working…

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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s health minister on Thursday said planned restrictions for transgender youth in the Western province of Alberta are “extremely dangerous,” a sign that policies could become a political wedge issue going into next year’s election. On Wednesday, conservative … Read More

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