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In This Edition
- AABANY Membership Committee Presents: Meet the Board - July 20
- Join AABANY for Wellness Day - July 22
- AABANY Partners with Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) to Host Free Legal Clinics in Manhattan at AAFE'S 111 Norfolk Street Location
- AABANY Presents: Monthly Pro Bono Clinic in Manhattan - July 19
- AABANY SOC and Litigation Committee Present: Careers in Litigation - July 19
- AABANY Solo & Small Firm Support Group - July 25
- AABANY Women's Committee Presents: Ice Cream Networking - August 3
- Highlight: AABANY and Asia Society Co-Host Special Screening of Dear Corky on May 31, 2023
- NAPABA Affiliate Membership Code Now Available
- T3 Project: Stand Together with AABANY and AALFNY in Turning the Tide Against Anti-Asian Hate and Violence
- Join AABANY’s Legal Referral and Information Service Panel
- Join the AABANY Community Response Task Force
- AABANY Clerkship Directory
- AABANY Speakers Bureau
- Career Placement Committee Intake Form Now Available
- AABANY Seeks Legal Interns
- NAPABA News
- 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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| AABANY Membership Committee Presents: Meet the Board |
When: 07/20/2023 6:00-8:00 PM
Where: FTI Consulting
1166 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Fl Join AABANY Members for the first Meet the Board Series event for FY2024 and hear from AABANY President Karen Kim and Board Member Won Shin about their respective careers. Space is limited. Dinner, including a vegetarian option, will be served.
$35 per person. AABANY members reimbursed $25 after attendance. Click here to register by July 18.
Co-sponsored by AABANY Membership, GSPI, Prosecutors & Women's Committees, and FTI Consulting. 
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Join AABANY for Wellness Day - July 22
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AABANY is excited to share that it will be hosting its inaugural Wellness Day on July 22 at Brooklyn Law School, during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, in support of AABANY’s theme, "Embracing Wellness and Well-Being - Strengthening
the Legal Profession by Investing in Ourselves.”
With the pandemic, anti-Asian hate, and stress of life and the legal profession, prioritizing wellness and well-being is critical. AABANY hopes to help destigmatize mental health and personal or professional challenges and highlight the
importance of mental health and self-care.
Join AABANY in building a supportive network embracing wellness and well-being in the AAPI legal community.
For sponsorship opportunities, click here for the Sponsorship Package.
Registration has been extended to July 17, 11:59 pm. Click here to register now.
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| AABANY Partners with Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) to Host Free Legal Clinics in Manhattan at AAFE'S 111 Norfolk Street Location |
NEW YORK – July 14, 2023 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is pleased to announce its partnership with Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) to host free legal clinics in Manhattan. Organized by AABANY’s Pro Bono and Community Service (“PBCS”) Committee, the monthly pro bono clinics occur every third Wednesday of the month at AAFE, located at 111 Norfolk Street, New York, New York 10002, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The next clinic will take place on July 19th. Interested individuals are encouraged to reach out to AAFE at (212) 358-9922 to make an appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome. Translators will be available if needed.
The Manhattan clinic provides free legal advice and counsel in various areas, including housing, employment, labor, immigration, and family law. Volunteer attorneys drawn from AABANY’s membership will provide legal information and advice during one-on-one consultations. If an individual’s questions cannot be adequately addressed through this consultation, the matter can be referred to AABANY’s Legal Referral and Information Service (“LRIS”) to make an appropriate referral to a qualified attorney to handle the matter.
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| AABANY Presents: Monthly Pro Bono Clinic in Manhattan |
When: 07/19/23 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Where: AAFE Community Center,
111 Norfolk Street, New York, NY Thank you for the volunteers who have signed up for this event. We have reached our volunteer quota's max capacity. Please join other legal clinics in Brooklyn and Queens. Time commitment for each clinic - 6:00pm - 8:30pm [it's preferable that you stay the entire session given limited spaces]
All volunteers must arrive at the clinics by 6pm for orientation and dinner! More details to follow after you are confirmed attendance. If you have any questions, please contact PBCS at probono@aabany.org. 
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| AABANY SOC and Litigation Committee Present: Careers in Litigation |
When: 07/19/2023 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: Zoom Panel - Zoom Details will be sent on the day of the event
Please join the Litigation and Student Outreach Committees for a panel discussion regarding careers in litigation! We will have speakers from both private and public sectors.
Please register in advance and feel free to send any questions you may have for our speakers to Carolynn Beck at cbeck@eisnerlaw.com. For more information and to register, click on the flyer below. 
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| AABANY Solo & Small Firm Support Group |
When: 07/25/2023 1:00 PM
Where: Zoom Each month, AABANY's Solo and Small Law Firm committee hosts a meeting for members to discuss issues affecting lawyers. Discuss deep thoughts, learn something new, and build closer relationships with fellow AABANY members. Solo & Small Firm Support Group meetings will start promptly at 1:00 pm.
Login early. Support Group meetings are scheduled for 07/25/2023, 08/29/2023, 09/29/2023, 10/31/2023 (in person/in costume at 6:00 pm), 11/28/2023, 12/19/2023, 01/30/2024, 02/27/2024, 03/26/2024. For more information, click on the image below. 
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| AABANY Women's Committee Presents: Ice Cream Networking |
When: 08/03/2023 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Where: Madison Square Park (Center Lawn)
11 Madison Ave. For more information, click on the image below. 
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On May 31, in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders month (AANHPI), AABANY and the Asia Society came together to co-host a special screening of Dear Corky, a short documentary film that captures the late New York photographer Corky Lee’s documentation of New York City’s Chinatown, in his hometown, and Asian American communities across the nation. Read more here. |
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One of the benefits of being an AABANY member is that you get a FREE Affiliate Membership to NAPABA. The code for 2023 is now available. Please contact margaret.langston@aabany.org to get the code and instructions to activate
your Affiliate Membership. Note that NAPABA's membership follows the calendar year, i.e., January 1 to December 31, so to maximize your membership, be sure to renew now.
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AABANY, in partnership with the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), is pleased to announce the Turning the Tide (T3) Project. Following the February 10, 2021 publication of AABANY and Paul, Weiss’ report, A Rising Tide of Hate
and Violence against Asian Americans in New York During COVID-19: Impact, Causes, Solutions, AABANY established an Anti-Asian Violence Task Force to advance the proposals outlined in the report and consider other solutions to
address the surge of anti-Asian hate and violence in the community. The Task Force advances the T3 project, which aims to incorporate a three-pronged approach encompassing education and communication, advocacy, and research, to address
anti-Asian hate and violence.
Please stand together with AABANY and AALFNY in turning the tide against anti-Asian hate and violence. We are now accepting donations to support the T3 Project. Donations can be made to AALFNY
and will be tax deductible to the extent permitted by applicable law.
For more details about the T3 Project, please click here.
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In Fall 2020, AABANY launched a legal referral and information service (“LRIS”) as a public service primarily to help the general public, and especially the Asian American community. The
goals of the LRIS are to provide information and referrals, to recommend lawyers or other resources to provide competent, ethical legal advice and representation, to educate the public about legal representation and to increase respect
for the legal profession.
We are seeking qualified and experienced lawyers to serve on the panels of lawyers eligible to receive referrals from AABANY’s LRIS.
This is a vital program for AABANY that we anticipate
will greatly benefit our panelists and fellow members as well as the public, and especially the Asian American community. If you would like to apply to be considered for the LRIS panel, please contact
joinlris@aabany.org,
and we will send you an application form. If you have any questions, please send them to the same address.
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AABANY’s Issues Committee is pleased to invite you to join the 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. During these challenging
times, 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.
PLEASE
NOTE that the Community Response Task Force form has been updated. Even if you have already filled out the form, we kindly ask that you resubmit your interest
here.
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Did you clerk for a judge? Have you served as a court attorney? If so, please fill out our AABANY law clerk/court attorney survey!
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
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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 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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Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2023 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 please click here.
Please direct any questions to Executive Director Yang Chen at yang.chen@aabany.org
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New: The Environmental Protection Bureau in the Office of the New York State Attorney General(OAG) has been selected to host NYU School of Law State Energy & Environmental Impact Center Fellows. The Fellows serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General (Special Assistants) in the bureau in New York City or Albany. The Special Assistants work with OAG staff on environmental justice, clean energy, climate change and other environmental matters. As Special Assistants, the fellows are supervised by the OAG and owe a duty of loyalty to the State of New York as their client. Deadline to apply: August 4, 2023. For more details, visit the Fellowships page here.
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- July 19: AABANY Presents: Monthly Pro Bono Clinic in Manhattan. Volunteer registration is now closed. For future volunteer opportunities, email probono@aabany.org to inquire.
- July 19: AABANY SOC and Litigation Committee Present: Careers in Litigation. To register by July 18, click here.
- July 20: AABANY Membership Committee Presents: Meet the Board. To register by July 18, click here.
- July 22: AABANY Wellness Day. To learn more and register by July 17, click here.
- July 25: AABANY Solo & Small Firm Support Group. For more information, click here.
- August 3: AABANY Women’s Committee Presents: Ice Cream Networking. To register by August 1, click here.
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- July 26: Joint Bar Association Reception Celebrating Hon. Joseph A. Zayas. To learn more, click here.
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- Deputy Attorney General 1 (Section Chief), Division of Law and Public Safety, Newark, NJ
- Criminal Appeals & Federal Habeas Corpus Bureau Lead Attorney, OAG, New York, NY
- Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, Boston, MA
- Assistant United States Attorney, Department of Justice, Scranton, PA
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| 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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