Ever wonder what it feels like to ride the streets of the five boroughs of New York City car-free -- including riding on the upper level of the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge and the Verazzano Bridge (which is open to bikers only for the 5 Boro Bike tour)? Then come ride with the AABANY-SABANY team for the 5 Boro Bike Tour, taking place on Sunday, May 3.
Our teams will be raising money for our Pro Bono Clinics, which are serving under-served and under-represented Asian American and South Asian communities in New York City.
We are asking each participant to donate or raise $400 (or more) to be part of the AABANY-SABANY team, which will cover the registration fees, with the excess to be donated to support AABANY’s Pro Bono Clinic and SABANY’s Pro Bono Clinic.
Details are being finalized right now, but if you are interested in finding out more or to be notified when final details are available, contact us at main@aabany.org, and we will keep you in the loop.
On March 5, 2020, AABANY held a press conference hosted by New York State Committeewoman Sandra Ung at her offices in Flushing, Queens about AABANY’s upcoming Pro Bono Clinics to be held there. Among the press in attendance were The Korean Channel (TKC) News, Korea Daily, and NY Radio Korea.
Read about the interview with TKC News here. Read about the coverage by Korea Daily here. Read about the coverage by NY Radio Korea here. (Note: news articles are in Korean.)
The Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY) invites law students to apply for our Community Service Scholarship Awards. AALFNY will award Scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each to up to three law students with a demonstrated commitment to the Asian American community. The purpose of the award is to assist law students with their tuition while encouraging them to use their legal knowledge and training to benefit the Asian American community in New York and to foster commitment by law students to public service to the Asian American community in New York.
Applicants should include a description of their proposed summer community service project and the name, email address and phone number of a supervisor at the community service organization or other organization that the Scholarship Committee may contact. Confirmation of the public service project is not required at the time of the application, but will be required before the award of the scholarship. Applicants are responsible for arranging their own projects.
Please visit https://www.asianamericanlawfund.org/community-service-scholarships/ for details and to download the application. Deadline to apply is April 10, 2020.
AABANY values its members. We are offering a promotion for those of you whose membership has lapsed. We would hate to lose your membership and are writing with a special offer in hopes you will renew now.
AABANY members are part of a vibrant community of attorneys in the private and public sector, along with judges, academics, law students and legal professionals in New York. We are the largest minority bar association in New York and one of the most active, with numerous CLE programs throughout the year at which you can develop professionally and expand your professional networks. We connect socially at fun events, like sports and cultural outings, such as Mets and Yankees games this past summer and most recently a night at the opera at the Met.
As previously notified, members of AABANY are eligible for complimentary membership in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).
To get the 20% discount code, contact us at membership@aabany.org and we will send you instructions. Once you have renewed, we will follow up with the special code you need to activate your free NAPABA Membership.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact membership@aabany.org. We hope to see you soon at a future AABANY event.
Census response is critical for the well-being of our city. What's at
stake? Billions in federal funds for housing, education, and health
care. Time is short. The census forms will arrive in the mail beginning
March 12. Learn how you can help. Come hear:
Dale Ho, Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU, on the battle at the Supreme Court to remove the citizenship question from the census
Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public
Affairs, Special Assistant to the President of Columbia University, and
former Director of the United States Census Bureau,on how census results can skew development
Meeta Anand, Senior Fellow, New York Immigration Coalitionon the risks and rewards of census response
Julie Menin, Director, NYC Census 2020 and Executive Assistant Corporation Counsel on the impact of census results on our city
Jeffrey Wice, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, New York Law School, and national redistricting expert, on redistricting the right way
Denise Quijada, Census Manager, Sadie Nash
Leadership Project, on opening the door to young leaders in historically
under counted neighborhoods
Onida Coward Mayers, Vice President, The MirRam
Group, Former Director, NYC Votes, and voter engagement expert, on the
drive to be civically engaged
Roger Juan Maldonado, President of the NYC Bar
Association and Partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, on the
role of the Bar Association in the life of our city
Join us for an uplifting educational evening with plenty of time for
networking with speakers and attendees in the beautiful, historic home
of the NYC Bar, which is a New York City Landmark.
Through its Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, AABANY conducts a monthly free legal advice and referral clinic in the Community Room at 33 Bowery Street (Confucius Plaza) from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. Those needing legal assistance should bring all documents pertaining to their legal issues to the clinic location, no earlier than 6:00 PM on the given day.
Since the inauguration of this monthly pro bono clinic in 2015, hundreds of low-income community members have received thoughtful advice and appropriate legal referral from AABANY members.
Attorney volunteers do not need to be specialists or have expertise in a specific area of law. Attorney volunteers will only be rendering legal advice and will not take on any legal representation. All volunteers must be AABANY members for professional liability coverage purposes. Volunteers may sign up here to become an AABANY member or can do so at the Pro Bono Clinic.
Volunteers - attorneys and interpreters - should bring open ears, patience, and compassion. All volunteers should arrive by 6:15 PM and will be given an orientation before the start of the clinic. Attorneys and interpreters interested in volunteering for the Pro Bono Clinic should contact Asako.Aiba@aabany.org.
AABANY's Pro Bono & Community Service Committee will conduct its first Legal Advice & Referral Pro Bono Clinic in Queens, NY on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. The clinic will be held at the Office of NYS Committeewoman Sandra Ung, 135-15 40th Road, Rm 401Flushing, Queens. Unlike our clinics in Manhattan and Brooklyn, this clinic will see clients by appointment only, not walk-in.
The Pro Bono Committee is seeking volunteer attorneys who practice in the following areas of law, and language interpreters, for the Pro Bono Clinic in Queens for the corresponding Clinic dates:
March 17, 2020 - HOUSING LAW (including coops) April 15, 2020 - IMMIGRATION LAW May 20, 2020 - ELDER LAW & BENEFITS June 17, 2020 - FAMILY/MATRIMONIAL/EDUCATION LAW
Attorney volunteers will only be rendering legal information and advice and will not take on any legal representation. All volunteers who will be participating in client consultations must be AABANY members for professional liability coverage purposes. Volunteers may sign up here to become an AABANY member or can do so at the Pro Bono Clinic. Interpreter volunteers should be fluent in English and at least one of the following languages: Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean or other Asian languages or dialects. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Asako.Aiba@aabany.org.
AABANY's Queens Pro Bono Clinic is conducted in collaboration with NYS Committeewoman Sandra Ung.
Presented
by LGBT civil rights attorney Glenn D. Magpantay, Esq. from the
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
NQAPIA is excited to announce that it will be able to provide one free CLE ethics credits for lawyers who attend. The workshops will review Census laws and the ethical considerations for lawyers who are or advising LGBT Asian Americans. The workshop will be given twice in New York on Wednesday, March 18th between 12:00PM-1:30PM and 6:00PM-7:30PM.
All AABANY colleagues and associates are welcome to join NQAPIA's workshops.
On Wednesday, March 3rd, AABANY’s Student Outreach committee collaborated with Cardozo Law School’s Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) to host a panel on “How to Network.” The panelists included Margaret Ling, Senior Counsel at Big Apple Abstract Corp., Tiffany Ma, Partner at Young & Ma LLP, and Jeff Ikejiri, Vice President of Legal and Business Services at UnitedLex. The moderator was Aakruti Vakharia, Associate at Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP and Co-Chair of the Student Outreach Committee. Read the full blog post here.
AABANY’s Issues Committee is pleased to invite you to join the newly formed AABANY Community Response Task Force! The Community Response Task Force (CRTF) is AABANY’s answer to the rapidly changing legal landscape and the need for quick, effective, and coordinated responses to the emergent issues that affect our communities. AABANY is firmly committed to being a strong voice and steadfast advocate on behalf of the Asian-American/Pacific-Islander community. In the past several months, we have all been witness to sweeping changes that necessitated powerful legal responses. While there have been some great triumphs, there were often times when it was difficult to obtain information, to find ways to contribute, or to organize a response quickly enough to be effective.
The CRTF is specifically designed to address these needs. The CRTF will serve as a central clearinghouse for information and coordination – tailoring the alerts sent to each volunteer based on that volunteer’s preferences and the needs of the community. Alerts and actions will range from emergency legal services to direct non-legal service actions and from workshops to rallies. Read more here.
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 here. We appreciate your help!
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.
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.
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 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.
Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2020 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.
The Year End Report reviews the various events and initiatives undertaken by AABANY to further the interest of APA lawyers and recognizes the accomplishments of its members during the past year. Please click here to read the report.
A new fellowship opportunity has been added for an experienced or newly admitted attorney at the NYS Office of the Attorney General. 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.
Senior Staff Attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY
Senior Counsel - Content Acquisition, Starz, Lionsgate, New York, NY
Executive Director, Apex for Youth, New York, NY
Chief of the Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit, Office of NYS Attorney General, New York, NY
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.
For past weekly announcements, see the archives page.
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