In this edition
- Take Charge and Lead Change with Us at the AABANY 2017 Annual Dinner, Feb. 22
- AABANY 2017 Annual Meeting, Feb. 15
- AABANY Co-Sponsors Discovery and Investigations in China CLE, Jan. 24
- Learn to Ballroom Dance with Dancing Classrooms, Feb. 1
- Get to Know AABANY Happy Hour, Feb 7
- Asian Americans Say Obama Had an Impact on Them, China Daily
- AALFNY 2017 Community Service Scholarship: Apply by Mar. 31
- Highlight: Brooklyn Nets vs. Houston Rockets
- AABANY Clerkship Directory
- Discounted Membership - New York City Bar Association
- AABANY Speakers Bureau
- New Career Placement Committee Intake Form Now Available
- NAPABA News
- Wanted: Volunteer Attorney/Law Grads for Appellate Court Judge
- AABANY Seeks Legal Interns
- Read the Current Issue of the Advocate
- This Week on WE Blog @AABANY
- Fellowship Announcements
- Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar
- Other Events on the AABANY Calendar
- Recent Job Postings on the AABANY Career Center
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 Join us in taking charge and leading change at our 2017 Annual Dinner! Registration is now open.
Get your tickets today! The early bird deadline for discount tickets is February 8, 2017.
The deadline to sponsor our 2017 Annual Dinner is January 31, 2017. Please see the sponsorship packet for details.
We hope to see you all there for a night of celebration and forward thinking. This year, we are proud to honor Attorney General for the State of New York Eric Schneiderman, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Gibson Brands Lee Cheng, and Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York Marilyn Go.
Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, New York, NY
February 22, 2017
Black-Tie Preferred
6:00 PM // VIP Cocktail Reception (Cipriani Library)
6:00 PM // Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM // Dinner and Awards Program
9:30 PM // After Party
 The Public Service Leadership Award recognizes an individual for his or her dedication to public service; for the excellence, fairness and integrity in the performance of his or her duties for the public good; and for his or her exemplary record of contributions to the legal profession, including the APA community.
As Attorney General for the State of New York, Eric Schneiderman has been a tireless advocate for the residents of New York and has demonstrated a track record of recognizing and promoting well deserving APA talent into leadership roles in the Attorney General’s office.
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Please join us for one of our most important events of the year -- AABANY's Annual Meeting. All eligible members in good standing are invited to attend and vote in the AABANY Officer and Director Elections for the fiscal year 2017 (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018).
The AABANY Annual Meeting will be held on the 15th day of February 2017 at 7:00 pm at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. At this meeting, a vote will be taken to elect officers and directors for the upcoming year and to amend the by-laws. Please register on this page if you plan to attend in person: http://bit.ly/aabanymeeting2017
Learn more about your candidates:
James Cho - Bio/Resume - Statement
President-Elect
Naf Kwun - Bio/Resume - Statement
Vice President, Programs and Operations
Jeff Ikejiri - Bio/Resume - Statement
Vice President, Programs and Operations
Amy Ngai - Bio/Resume - Statement
Treasurer
Dai Wai Chin Feman - Bio/Resume - Statement
Secretary
Tristan Loanzon - Bio/Resume - Statement
Membership Director
The following persons have been nominated to fill an open Director position:
Diane Gujarati - Bio/Resume - Statement
Terrence Shen - Bio/Resume - Statement
Brian Song - Bio/Resume - Statement
Bobby Liu - Bio/Resume - Statement
Larry Wee - Bio/Resume - Statement
Marianne Chow - Bio/Resume - Statement
Sonia Low - Bio/Resume - Statement
We ask all active members to help us attain quorum by submitting a proxy ballot, whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person. The proxy ballot must be received by February 10, 2017. You may download it at http://bit.ly/aabanyproxy2017.
Note: The following membership categories do not have voting rights and should not submit any proxy or ballot: Student, Associate, Affinity.
You may email a PDF version to simone.nguyen@aabany.org, send a fax to (718) 228-7206, or mail a hard copy to:
AABANY
45 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10111.
All proxy ballots must be received by February 10, 2017.
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 Please join the Litigation Committee for Discovery and Investigations, a CLE event with two panels of experts, co-sponsored with Fordham Law, Consilio, and the Chinese Business Lawyers Association. This event will take place on January 24, 2017 from 6:30pm to 9pm in the Costantino Room - Second Floor at Fordham Law School (150 W 62nd Street).
Document collection and discovery has become an increasingly important and fraught issue in China. U.S. litigations often require the collection and review of documents in China in ways that conflict with Chinese laws, such as laws on state secrecy and financial privacy. How can discovery be conducted in China while avoiding legal, financial, and ethical problems? And what about internal investigations, which often require reviews of sensitive documents and materials, which may also implicate Chinese laws and regulations? This event will discuss the challenges and solutions in both internal investigations in China and also document discovery in China as part of U.S. litigations.
RSVP to events@cblalaw.org.
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 We’ve done Soul Cycle. We’ve done Krav Maga. We’ve done a Running Club and Yoga. Now it’s time for … ballroom dancing! Bring out your inner Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. Get your Dancing with the Stars groove on.
By special arrangement with Dancing Classrooms, AABANY members and friends are invited for an evening of networking over wine and cheese with ballroom dance lessons given by Dancing Classrooms Executive Director Rodney Lopez.
Click here for more information and to register.
Admission is free but registration is required. Please register for yourself and your guests so that we get an accurate headcount.
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Hosted by the Membership, Asia Practice, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, and Student Outreach Committees Committees. Join us for a fantastic happy hour and light appetizers at District Social (AABANY will be on the Mezzanine/Second Floor level of bar) on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:30 PM. Meet and get to know members of AABANY's committees!
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Read Paul Welitzkin’s article in the China Daily US, in which he touches upon the different ways that the Obama administration affected Asian Americans. Welitzkin draws from various perspectives, including that of Executive Director Yang Chen:
“President Obama also issued an executive order on diversity and inclusion within the federal government as related to the federal workforce and it had a big impact on Asian Americans who work for the federal government,” said Yang Chen, executive director of the Asian American Bar Association in New York.
However, Chen said there were also some negative developments during the Obama years “such as the failed prosecutions of two Chinese-American scientists, one a professor and the other a federal employee, which illustrated how the fear of China affected Chinese Americans.”
To read the full article, click here.
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AALFNY's 2017 Community Service Scholarship: Applications are available here, and must be postmarked by March 31, 2017.
Up to three scholarships of $5,000 each will be awarded to law students with a demonstrated commitment to serving the Asian American community and who will be interning with a non-profit organization or governmental agency that is involved with the Asian American community in NY (see application for more details).
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On Sunday, January 15, AABANY joined with basketball fans from AAAYA (Association of Asian American Yale Alumni), Apex for Youth, Asian Ivy League, Binghamton University Asian and Asian American Alumni Council, CAAA (Cornell Asian Alumni Association), FF Fraternity, Harvard Asian American Alumni Association, Harvard Business School Asian American Alumni Association (HBS4A), and Wellesley Asian Alumni Association (W3A) to catch the Brooklyn Nets facing off against the Houston Rockets at the Barclays Center. It was Taiwanese Heritage Night, and we were hoping to catch Jeremy Lin playing against his former teammates, but Jeremy was sidelined due to injury. The closest our fans could get to him was the bobblehead that was given out to the first 10,000 spectators to arrive.
The Nets were only a few points behind the Rockets at the half, but in the third quarter, the Rockets blasted ahead of them and by the fourth quarter, the Rockets’ lead widened considerably. It was a loss for the hometown team, but our group managed to have a good time anyway.
Click here to read more.
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The Judiciary Committee has created a clerkship directory to gather information about our members who may be willing to act as future resources and/or ultimately want to become a judge. If you've ever clerked for a judge, please take a minute to fill out this survey and forward to others: http://bit.ly/aabanyclerks
We appreciate your help!
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The New York City Bar Association is offering discounted membership to AABANY members. They will waive your one-time admission fee and give you 20% off your first membership dues payment. Membership dues are dependent on your earliest year of admission in any state or country.
Click here to take advantage of this great deal.
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Interested in future speaking opportunities? Join the confidential AABANY Speakers Bureau if you're open to raising your profile and sharing your expertise. Click here to access the form.
AABANY regularly receives requests from AABANY Committee Chairs and other bar associations for speakers to speak on various legal topics. This form is designed to collect information from our membership and engage those who are most interested in sharing their knowledge and expertise with various legal audiences.
We respect your privacy. All information disclosed will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. Email main@aabany.org if you have any questions.
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Interested in moving your legal career forward? Launched at the 2013 Fall Conference, the Career Placement Committee seeks to match qualified AABANY members with available legal positions.
The new Career Placement Committee Intake Form is now available. Click here to help us help you. Feel free to also email your resumes and CVs to resume@aabany.org.
All information disclosed will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Career Placement Committee at careers@aabany.org.
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Judge seeks volunteer attorneys/law grads with experience in criminal, landlord-tenant or consumer debt matters. Judge presides on appellate cases and also handles some civil Supreme Court matters.
Full-time or four days per week preferred, but flexible schedule can be arranged. A wonderful learning and mentee opportunity, as well as an excellent resume-enhancer. Although not guaranteed, many of former volunteers have moved onto paying legal positions. Opportunity to enhance research/writing and oral skills.
Willing to fill out paperwork for paid fellowships, if necessary. Rolling deadline. Opportunities open year round.
Please send cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and references by email to:
Rebecca Wohl, riwohl@nycourts.gov
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Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2017 Legal Internship Program. Open to college students, law students and law grads, AABANY is looking for a few talented, energetic and motivated interns to help plan and organize AABANY programs and events, provide research and administrative assistance and perform other tasks and assignments to advance and promote AABANY’s mission. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. For full details and information on how to apply go to bit.ly/Lgl_Intrn_Details.
Please direct any questions to Executive Director Yang Chen at yang.chen@aabany.org.
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 In this Issue:
- Judy H. Kim Makes History as First Korean American Elected to NY State Court
- 7th Annual AABANY Fall Conference Inspires and Enriches
- This Land Is Our Land: Oyama v. California
- Spotlight on AABANY's Pro Bono Clinic Volunteers
- AABANY Members Stand Out at NAPABA Convention
- Fall 2016 Highlights
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Fellowship announcements can be found on AABANY's website under Career Center, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." To see current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
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- Jan. 24: AABANY Co-Sponsors Discovery & Investigations in China, 6pm-9pm. For more information, click here.
- Jan. 27: NYU Students Only: Interview Tips over Sushi Lunch with Tax Professionals, 12:30pm-1:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Feb. 1: Learn to Ballroom Dance with Dancing Classrooms, 6:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Feb. 7: Get To Know AABANY Happy Hour, 6:30pm-9pm. For more information click here.
- Feb. 8: Big Brother Big Sister Meet & Greet Reception, 6-8pm. For more information click here.
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- Jan. 24: NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Meeting, 8:45am-5:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Jan. 26: Winter 2017 Supplemental BAR Tutorial (II), 4:30pm-7pm. For more information, click here.
- Jan. 31: Lateral Attorney Open House, 6:30pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
- Feb. 7: 2017 Supplemental BAR Tutorial, 4:30pm-7:30pm. For more information, click here.
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- Associate - M&A and Corporate Transactions, Nixon Peabody, Rochester
- Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Legal Services, New York
- Vetting Analyst, New York City Council, New York
- Experienced Wage and Hour Attorney, Troy Law PLLC, Flushing
For more information on these listings and other open positions go to the AABANY Career Center. Members must be signed in to have access to the Career Center. Either search by keyword or just hit "Search" at the bottom of the form to see a complete listing of jobs.
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