Please join us for one of our most important events of the year -- AABANY's Annual Meeting. All active members in good standing are invited to attend and vote in the AABANY Officer and Director Elections for fiscal year 2016 (April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017).
The AABANY Annual Meeting will be held on the 9th day of February 2016 at 7:00 pm at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. At this meeting, a vote will be taken to elect officers and directors for the upcoming year and to amend the by-laws.
To review the list of candidates and their bios and statements, as well as the bylaw changes being voted upon, click here. We hope to see you at the Annual Meeting.
Join us for AABANY's 2016 Annual Dinner: Speak Up, Rise Up, Lift Up, on February 24, 2016 at Cipriani Wall Street (55 Wall Street)!
Honorees:
Michelle K. Lee
Women's Leadership Award
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office
Ivan K. Fong Corporate Counsel Leadership Award
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel for 3M Co.
We will also present our Don H. Liu Scholars awardees and the recipient of the Law Firm Diversity Award.
Get your tickets today! We look forward to seeing you at this joyous occasion.
To purchase individual tickets, click here. Regular registration ends on February 10, after which prices will go up until February 17 or whenever tickets are sold out. Registration closes on February 17. Don't miss out. Buy your tickets now!
Bloomingdale’s invites AABANY to celebrate the Lunar New Year
Please join us for a fashion presentation on dressing for success and the latest trends. Light refreshments will be served.
Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to shop, including Bloomingdale’s Lunar New Year Showcase Collection. 10% of tracked sales* from the event will be donated to The Asian American Law Fund of NY, AABANY’s affiliated charitable organization. Please show your receipts at the At Your Service reception desk on 4.
Thursday, February 11, 6-8pm
Women’s Designer on 4
59th Street
1000 Third Avenue, New York NY 10022
Co-sponsored by the Women’s Committee and the Membership Committee
Please RSVP by February 10 and reach out if you have any questions.
This “how-to” video series offers an overview of estate planning basics, including drafting, executing, and implementing a basic estate plan. Whether you are new to estate planning or simply want a refresher course, this program contains practical information you need to know. Our very own Board Director Pauline is speaking, so this is sure to be informative and entertaining.
There is no fee to attend this program, however, pre-registration is required. Register at www.ambar.org/COPnewyork
JPMorgan Chase, AABANY & AREAA-NY East Present The Latest Asian Real Estate Projects in Queens and Beyond on Thursday, February 18, 2016, 6:00—9:00 p.m., at Mudan Banquet Hall (136-17 39th Avenue, 2nd Flr, Flushing, NY 11354)!
This upcoming event includes a Lunar Celebration with Buffet Dinner. Speakers include:
Jonathan Plotkin
Senior Managing Director, Colliers International
Robert B. Moy, Esq.
Partner, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, LLP
Margaret Ling, Esq.
Senior Counsel & Vice President, First Nationwide Title Agency, LLC
Sponsored by: Chase - Equal Opportunity Housing, AABANY, AREAA - New York East Chapter, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, LLP, and First Nationwide Title, LLC
Columbia Law School’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) is proud to present: Not Your Model Minority: Where We’re Really From And Where We’re Going
The past year bore witness to national conversations about diversity, accountability, inclusion, and celebration taking center stage. We have moved past aspiring to mere tolerance of minorities and are tasked, as a society, with building on our past victories to create, in its truest form, a more perfect union. Legal triumphs over discrimination must translate into sociocultural norms and administrative consistency. Grassroots movements seek legislative permanence. Business practices are called to meet higher standards of equality. At the same time, we have seen how far we have left to go, as we mourn the victims of ignorance and hate time and time again. Questions of race, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity, political views, economic ideals, and religious beliefs manifest — and, at times, challenge — our collective commitment to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
This year's conference features many AABANY members and friends, including:
Hon. Danny K. Chun, Kings County Supreme Court
Kyoko Lin, Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Sylvia Chin, Partner at White & Case LLP
James Cho, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York; Former President of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Lawrence Wee, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP; AABANY Board Member
Steve Chung, Senior Vice President at NBCUniversal; AABANY Board Member
Ellen Ching, Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
David Lat, Founder and Managing Editor of Above the Law
Clement Lee, Staff Attorney at Detention Program at Immigration Equality
Eugene Chen, Equal Justice Works Fellow
John Vang, Senior Appellate Counsel at Center for Appellate Litigation
Connie Montoya, Co-Chair of the LGBT Network of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
The ABA Section of International Law invites you to attend our 2016 Spring Meeting in the beautiful and bustling city of New York from April 12-16, 2016. Join over 1,500 leading attorneys, corporate counsel, government officials, academics and NGO lawyers for over three days of networking and programming on the latest international legal and ethics issues.
AABANY is a Cooperating Entity on this event and members can take advantage of discounted ABA Section of International Law Member Rates by registering online and selecting the Cooperating Entity rate. Registration rates are further discounted for full-time law students, full time government/academic/NGO, corporate counsel, and young lawyers (35 and under).
EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: Save on your registration by taking advantage of early bird rates before February 29th!
Click here to register and for more information on programming, hotel accommodations, and the latest updates on the 2016 Spring Meeting. Click here for more information.
For all those public-minded folks out there, our Government Service & Public Interest (GSPI) Committee and Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee will be holding a joint meeting. The committee meeting will be held on March 1, 2016 at 6:30pm at the LSNYC office located at 40 Worth Street, Suite 606, New York, NY 10013. You will need to bring photo ID to get through security.
We will be sending out a more detailed agenda closer to the date. Food will be provided so please sign up for the meeting ahead of time!
Join the AABANY LGBT Committee for a group discussion of LGBT Asian/South Asian attorneys on “Being Out and API at Work” in the legal community. Attendees can share their experiences and challenges with others at law firms, in-house corporate counsel, public interest organizations, and government practices.
DATE/ TIME:
Thurs, March 17
7:00 to 9:00 PM
LOCATION:
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
800 Third Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Refreshments will be provided. Click here to register.
On February 2, AABANY hosted a Road Show with the Columbia Law School Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, explaining to the students the barriers to advancement and how AABANY helps to develop skills and contacts to overcome those barriers. Thanks to Executive Director Yang Chen, Membership Secretary and Career Placement Committee Co-Chair Irene Tan, Membership Co-Chair Jack Chen, and Board Director and Corporate Law Committee Co-Chair Larry Wee for scaring the students straight.
On the second Wednesday of every month, AABANY holds a free legal clinic at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. Please also consider volunteering at these clinics. The next clinic will be held on February 10, 2016. Email june.lee@aabany.org to join the effort.
To read the press release announcing the beginning of these legal clinics, click here. Check out the highlight from the first of many clinics.
Community members seeking legal advice can call (212) 226-6280 to make appointments.
SABANY and AABANY are thrilled to announce their 2015 Joint Bar Program, which offers eligible members reduced membership rates for a limited time offer.
Members of each organization will be eligible for a special reduction in their first year dues in the sister bar organization if they elect to join. Eligibility to receive this special dues reduction is limited to active, dues-paying members who are either new members or have not been a member of the sister bar organization in the last two years. To join, eligible members should complete the appropriate form and members will be contacted by the respective organization to process payment. This limited offer will expire on February 29, 2016.
SABANY members interested in joining AABANY at a discount, please complete this form here: http://bit.ly/jointsabany
AABANY members interested in joining SABANY at a discount, please complete this form here: http://bit.ly/aabany4sabany
This past year, the Government Service Public Interest (GSPI) and Pro Bono and Community Services (PBCS) Committees have been committed to providing AABANY members a greater range of pro bono opportunities.
These committees are surveying everyone’s interest in the pro bono initiatives that they are developing, so that they can determine how to best allocate AABANY resources. Training will be provided to you prior to your participation and will likely offer CLE credits. Click here for the survey: http://bit.ly/gspi2015
You can read in the Summer 2015 issue of the AABANY Advocate about a success story from the U Visa Representation Project, representing domestic violence survivors. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/uvisaproj
Help AABANY’s Career Placement Committee help you. Launched at the 2013 Fall Conference, the Career Placement Committee seeks to match qualified AABANY members with available legal positions. AABANY members who are actively seeking or are considering seeking a new position are encouraged to complete the Career Placement Committee Intake Form at http://bit.ly/cpc_intake2015 and email resumes/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.
Seeking hard-working volunteers to work on appellate matters. Great resume builder, as position entails researching and writing memos/draft opinions on civil and/or criminal matters. Part or Full-time. Willing to fill out forms for law school fellowship, if applicant is eligible.
Please send resume and short writing sample:
c/o Rebecca I Wohl,
Court Attorney to Justice Doris Ling-Cohan
Associate Justice of the Appellate Term, First Dept.
by email to:
Rebecca I Wohl
riwohl@nycourts.gov
Immediate openings, and availability is open ended. Applications accepted year-round.
Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2015 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.
Public Justice, a national public interest law firm dedicated to pursuing high impact lawsuits to combat social and economic injustice, protect the Earth’s sustainability, and challenge predatory corporate conduct and government abuses, seeks to hire a law school graduate to serve as a Fellow for two years in either its Washington, D.C. headquarters or its Oakland, California office. Apply by March 31, 2016. Fellowship announcements can be found on AABANY's website under Resources, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." To see current announcements for Fellowships go to http://bit.ly/aabany_flwshps.
Assistant Attorney General, Litigation Bureau, Office of the New York State Attorney General, Albany
Deputy Director, Housing Law Unit, Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn
Principal Deputy Chief, Special Litigation Section, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Chief, Educational Opportunities Section, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
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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