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AABANY Announcements, November 28, 2011

AABANY ANNOUNCEMENTS November 28, 2011

In this edition
  1. AABANY Holiday Party: Dec. 9
  2. Yim & Chuang Quoted in NYT Article on Lawyers Hanging Their Own Shingles
  3. AABANY Co-Sponsors CLE on Commercial Condos and Co-ops on Nov. 30
  4. Judicial Friends Dinner
  5. Vince Chang to Moderate at NYCLA Forum on Judicial Budget Cuts: Dec 2
  6. Holiday Parties on Dec. 5
  7. AALDEF Seeks Economic Justice Project Interns: Deadline December 1
  8. Apply for Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program
  9. Apply for AALFNY 2012 Community Service Scholarships
  10. Next Annual Dinner Committee Call: Dec. 13
  11. On WE Blog @ AABANY: NAPABA, AALDEF, CUP, Arts, Public Interest Grant- ATL Holiday Party, Nerdy APA Lawyers, Women's Health, Advocate, 3rd Quarter Report
  12. Court Sponsored Volunteer Attorney Program
  13. Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar
  14. Other Events on the AABANY Calendar
  15. Recent Job Postings on the AABANY Career Center

AABANY Holiday Party: Dec. 9

AABANY will be holding its annual holiday party on Friday, Dec. 9. Save the date! More details to follow.

AABANY Holiday Party

Yim & Chuang Quoted in NYT Article on Lawyers Hanging Their Own Shingles
Jane Chuang, AABANY IP Committee Co-Chair, and her partner Michael Yim (also an AABANY member) were mentioned in a Nov. 23 New York Times article about young lawyers taking the path of starting their own law firms rather than taking the traditional law firm route. Click on bit.ly/blog_Lwyrs_w_OwnShingle to read the article. Congrats to Michael and Jane!

AABANY Co-Sponsors CLE on Commercial Condos and Co-ops on Nov. 30

AABANY, through its Real Estate Committee, will be co-sponsoring a CLE program on commercial condos and co-ops. Attorneys can earn 0.5 credits in areas of professional practice. For more details see the listing under Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar.

Judicial Friends Dinner

You are cordially invited to the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Rivers, Toney and Watson Reception Celebration of the Judicial Friends on December 1, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Stage 6, Steiner Studios, 15 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn. The deadline to RSVP is November 22, 2011. AABANY members who wish to join AABANY at the dinner and get half-subsidy for the ticket price should contact main@aabany.org asap.  Please find more details in the "Other Events" listing below.

Vince Chang to Moderate at NYCLA Forum on Judicial Budget Cuts: Dec. 2

AABANY Judiciary Committee Co-Chair Vince Chang will be a moderator at a Public Hearing taking place at NYCLA on Friday, December 2, presented by NYCLA's Task Force on Judicial Budget Cuts. Vince will be moderating the discussion in the afternoon on the impact of the budget cuts on the Federal judiciary. For more information, see listing under Other Events on the AABANY Calendar.

Holiday Parties on Dec. 5

Join our sister affiliate APALA-NJ at the HSBC Holiday Mixer in Hoboken, at the Black Bear Bar & Grill on Dec. 5. More details below under Other Events on the AABANY Calendar. Also, the Prosecutors' Committee will be holding a holiday party and recruitment drive for AABANY and NAPIPA at December 5 at Manchester Pub in Manhattan on Dec. 5. More details below under Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar.

AALDEF Seeks Economic Justice Project Interns: Deadline December 1

Law students and undergraduates who wish to pursue economic justice for Asian immigrant workers might be interested in the following opportunity from AALDEF. Note the Dec. 1 deadline:

AALDEF is seeking law student and undergraduate interns for its Economic Justice project.  The Economic Justice project provides legal advocacy and direct representation to Asian immigrant workers experiencing wage-and-hour, discrimination, retaliation, and workplace safety violations.  The workers we assist are from a variety of industries, including the restaurant, beauty salon, housework/nanny, and construction industries, although this list is not exhaustive.  For the Spring 2011 semester, AALDEF is seeking energetic EJ law interns to conduct legal research, participate in client intake and outreach to community-based organizations, and litigation-related assignments.  There will also be an opportunity to work on the landmark trafficking case, Signal v. David, for which a class certification decision is pending.  The commitment for Spring 2012 is a minimum of 10-15 hours/week.  Undergraduate EJ interns will conduct outreach, follow-up, and general research.  While not required, special consideration will be given to applicants fluent in another language, including Gujarati or Korean.  Individuals interested in applying for Spring 2012 should e-mail a cover letter, resume, and (for law students) a writing sample not exceeding ten pages to slin@aaldef.org no later than December 1, 2011.  Please feel free to forward this announcement widely.

Apply for Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program

We are pleased to announce that the 2012 application for the Joint Minority Bar Judicial Internship Program (JMB JIP) is now available.  Log on to the website at www.jmbjip.org for more details.  As stated on the JMB JIP website:

[The Program] offer[s] law students who have completed at least one year of law school the opportunity to continue their legal education as summer judicial interns in New York and New Jersey metropolitan area courthouses.  Judicial internships are exceptional learning opportunities that offer tremendous insight into the process of judicial decision-making.  They offer an opportunity to strengthen analytic and legal writing skills.

Apply for AALFNY 2012 Community Service Scholarships

The Asian American Law Fund of New York, Inc. (the “Fund”), a non-profit organization originally established in 1993 by the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”), invites law students to apply for its Community Service Scholarship Awards (“Asian American Law Fund Scholarship” or the “Scholarship”). The Fund will award Scholarships in the amount of $5000 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.

The completed Scholarship Application and all required materials must be postmarked by April 1, 2012. Applications and further information can be found at bit.ly/AALFNY_Schlrshps2012. Questions regarding the Community Service Scholarship Program or tax deductible donations to the Fund may be directed to Sylvia Fung Chin at schin@whitecase.com.

Next Annual Dinner Committee Call: Dec. 13

The next meeting of the Annual Dinner Committee will be by conference call on December 13 at 5 pm. If you are interested in helping AABANY plan its biggest event of the year, please contact Jean Lee, Annual Dinner Committee Chair, at jean.lee@aabany.org. The Annual Dinner will take place at Cipriani Wall Street on February 29, 2012.

On WE Blog @ AABANY: ATL Holiday Party, Nerdy APA Lawyers, Women's Health, Advocate, 3rd Quarter Report
 

Court Sponsored Volunteer Attorney Program

Do you have some time to volunteer to assist self-represented litigants in New York's courts?  Many opportunities exist through several Volunteer Attorney Programs to get trained to provide legal advice and assistance to pro se clients in housing, family law, consumer debt and foreclosure cases.  Please visit the Court Sponsored Volunteer Attorney Program’s website to learn how you can help.

Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar
  • November 30: Commercial Condos / Co-Ops from 8:15 to 10:15 AM at 323 West 39th Street Retail Space. AABANY members and those not seeking CLE credit may register here at no charge and Non-members seeking CLE credit may register here for a nominal fee.
  • December 1: AABANY IP Committee Meeting from 7:00 to 8:30 PM at the offices of Wells Fargo, 280 Park Avenue. Guest speaker, Eric Lee, Practical Law Company.  Please register for this meeting here.
  • December 5: AABANY Prosecutors' Committee and NAPIPA's Holiday Recruitment Drive from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Manchester Pub, 920 2nd Avenue, New York, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 6: AABANY Board Meeting from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.  Location to be determined.
  • December 9: SAVE THE DATE for the AABANY Holiday Party.  Location TBD.
  • December 17: Annual Joint Bar Association Holiday Party at Brooklyn Terrace from 7:00 PM to 2:00 AM at Brooklyn Terrace, 216-228 Duffield Street, Brooklyn, NY. For more information click here.
  

Other Events on the AABANY Calendar

  
  • November 30: MBBA presents: Tackling Career Search Pitfalls for Young Diverse Lawyers from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44 Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues). For more information click here.
  • December 1: Judicial Friends' 30th Anniversary Rivers Toney and Watson Reception Celebration from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, Stage 6 at Steiner Studios, 15 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 1: DEADLINE TO APPLY: Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program 2012-2013. For more information click here.
  • December 1: NYSBA CLE: Operating the NY Not-for-Profit Organization (Long Island Session) 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the Melville Marriott Long Island 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 2: Task Force on Judicial Budget Cuts from 9:00 AM to 3:15 PM at the New York County Lawyers' Association, 14 Vesey Street. Vince Chang, co-chair of AABANY's Judiciary Committee and past president, will be moderating the panel discussion in the afternoon about the impact of budget cuts on the Federal courts.  For more information click here.
  • December 2: NYSBA CLE: Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York - The Law and the Trial (Long Island) from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Melville Marriott Long Island, 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 2: NYSBA CLE: Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York - The Law and the Trial (Syracuse) from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Ctr, 801 University Avenue, Syracuse, NY.  For more information click here.
  • December 2-3: Project Safe Surrender, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Mount Sion Baptist Church, 365 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 5: HSBC Holiday Mixer from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Black Bear Bar & Grill, 205 Washington St (Washington and 2nd), Hoboken, NJ. For more information click here.
  • December 7: 5th Annual CUP Holiday Party from 8:00 to 11:00 PM at District 36, 29 West 36 Street (at 6th and 5th avenues). For more information click here.
  • December 9: NYSBA CLE: Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York - The Law and the Trial, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at Affinia Manhattan, 371 Seventh Avenue At 31st Street. For more information click here.
  • December 9: NYSBA CLE: Labor Law/Construction Site Accidents in New York - The Law and the Trial from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at New York State Nurses Association, Latham, NY. For more information click here.
  • December 14:  NYSBA CLE: Operating the NY Not-for-Profit Organization (NYC Session) 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at Affinia Manhattan, 371 Seventh Avenue At 31st Street. For more information click here.

Recent Job Postings on the AABANY Career Center

  
  • General Counsel, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Albany.  DEADLINE 12/03/11
  • Chief Deputy Clerk, US Ct of Intern'l Trade, New York, NY.  DEADLINE 12/03/11
  • Deputy Chief, Family Court - NYC Law Department.  DEADLINE 12/05/11
  • IP Litigation Associate, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, New York, NY
  • Director of Litigation, Legal Svcs NYC, Bronx

For more information on these listings and other open positions go to the AABANY Career Center.
 
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