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Pro Bono Spotlight ~ Lawyers Going the Extra Mile
Julie Emede
PRO BONO SPOTLIGHT
2009 Pro Bono Services Award: Julie Emede |
 Julie
Emede received the Association’s 2009 Annual Pro Bono
Service Award at the
Association’s annual Judges’ Night dinner on November 12,
2009. Ms. Emede’s leadership in encouraging attorneys to
engage in more pro bono service was singularly instrumental
in putting in place the SCCBA Pro Bono Initiative: Helping
Lawyers Help Others. This initiative was the driving force
behind the development and launch of the SCCBA award winning
website, Probonomatch.org that provides a place for legal
service agencies to post their pro bono volunteer needs and
for attorneys to search for pro bono opportunities that
match their interests and time constraints. These efforts
alone have resulted in thousands of additional hours of
legal services donated by attorneys to local legal service
agencies. Julie has a long history of giving to the
profession and the community as evidenced by her vitae
below. In addition, Ms. Emede was recently appointed to the
Superior Court of the County of Santa Clara by Governor
Schwarzenegger. She will become the Hon. Julie Emede on
February 18, 2010.
Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the
Law, Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Executive Articles Editor
of the Hastings Law Journal
B.A., Materials and Logistics Management, with Honor, member
of the Honors College, Michigan State University
Honors/Awards
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BAYMEC Community Service Award (2008)
• Santa Clara County Bar
Association Diversity Award (2007)
• One of Out Now Magazine's Bay
Area Most Influential GLBT Persons (2007)
• Named Northern California
Superlawyer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
• BAYMEC Heroes Award (2000)
Activities
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Service to the Santa Clara County Bar Association (SCCBA):
• President (2005)
• President-Elect (2004)
• Secretary (2003)
• Treasurer (2002)
• Member of the Pro Bono
Committee (since 2007; Chair 2007)
• Member of the Strategic
Planning Committee (since 1999; Chair 2008)
• Member of the Family Law
Executive Board (since 1997)
• Member of the Family Law
Strategic Planning Committee (since 2008)
• Chair of the
Guardianship/Unified Family Court Subcommittee (2006-2009)
• Member of the Child
Representation Subcommittee (since 1999)
• Member of the Professionalism
Committee (since 2008)
• Member of the Women Lawyers
Committee (since 1997)
• Member of the Rainbow
Committee (since 1997; Chair 1999; Co-Chair 2000)
• Member of the Diversity
Committee (since 2000)
• Co-Chair of the Fair Election
Practices Commission (2006)
• Chair of the Pro Bono Task
Force Implementation Committee (2006)
• Member of the Board of
Trustees (1999-2005)
• Member of the Executive
Committee (2001-2005)
• Member of the Finance
Committee (2000-2005)
• Chair of the Technology
Policy Task Force (2001-2003)
• Member of the Judiciary
Committee (2002-2003)
• Regular presenter for MCLE
classes
Service to the State Bar of California, Family Law
Executive Committee:
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Member of the San Jose Regional Standing Committee on
Legislation
(since 2005;
Chair 2007, 2008; Vice-Chair 2006)
Service to Bay Area Municipal Election Committee (BAYMEC):
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Co-President (2005-2006)
• Board Member (2001-2007)
Member of Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley
(since 2001)
Member of La Raza Lawyers Association of Santa Clara County
(since 2002)
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