In this edition
- Photos from Our 2016 Annual Dinner
- AABANY Co-Sponsors Emerging Companies: From Domestic Establishment to International Expansion, Mar. 16
- Being Out and Asian Pacific Islander at Work, Mar. 17
- Ethics CLE with Judge James Francis, Mar. 22
- Tax Committee Annual Dinner, Mar. 23
- Get to Know AABANY Happy Hour, Mar. 23
- Call for AABANY Committee Chair Nominations
- Volunteer at AABANY's Monthly Pro Bono Clinic
- Interested in Pro Bono Opportunities with AABANY?
- ABA International Law Section Spring Meeting, Apr. 12-16
- Career Placement Intake Form Now Online
- NAPABA News
- Wanted: Volunteer Attorney/Law Grads for Appellate Court Judge
- AABANY Seeks Legal Interns
- Read the New 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
|
|
|
|
 As stated by Incoming President Susan Shin, “It’s not a race. We can all rise by lifting up one another.” Thank you to all those who celebrated with us during our 2016 Annual Dinner: Speak Up | Rise Up | Lift Up at Cipriani Wall Street!
Thank you to every single person who made our event possible: our sponsors, trailblazers, leadership, community partners, members, and friends. See highlights here. To read David Lat’s recap of our event, check out his write-up on Above the Law.
Thank you to Corky Lee and Karen Zhou for their beautiful photographs.
|
|
|
|
 AABANY is proud to co-sponsor with the Chinese Business Lawyers Association, Cardozo Law School, and others Emerging Companies: From Domestic Establishment to International Expansion on March 16, 2016 at 6pm.
Panel 1: The Growing Company
Moderator: Rob Sanchez, Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham Law School; Co-Host of Fashion is Your Business Podcast
Panelists:
Katharyn Bond, Founder, Kat Bond Law
Len Gray, Co-Founder & CEO,Common Legal; General Counsel, Interplay Ventures
Deep Gujral, VP, Nomad Financial
Gemma Sole, Co-Founder & COO, Nineteenth Amendment
Jonathan Truppman, VP Business Development & Legal, Casper
Panel 2: International Expansion
Moderator: Geoffrey Sant, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Panelists:
Bryon Benevento, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Dan Harris, Partner, Harris Moure; Author, China Law Blog
Helen Su, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
Jamie Underwood, Alston & Bird LLP
Cindy Yang, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP
To register, click here.
|
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
The AABANY Litigation Committee is proud to present “Discovery Ethics Issues Confronting Practitioners,” a CLE presentation featuring SDNY Magistrate Judge James C. Francis.
When: March 22, 6pm-8:30pm
Where: BakerHostetler (45 Rockefeller Plaza)
The increasing sophistication of technology has made discovery more complex and challenging. Consequently, understanding the quality and thoroughness that a document production or other discovery vehicle must have to comply with your ethical obligations and the applicable federal and state rules has become a tricky road to navigate. To offer guidance on this and other timely topics, the Litigation Committee has put together an esteemed and experienced panel of experts comprised of the Honorable James C. Francis, Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York, and litigator Karin Scholz Jenson.
Moderated by experienced trial lawyer Tristan Loanzon, the panel will explore timely topics on ethics and modern discovery.
Click here to learn more and register.
|
|
|
|
The Tax Committee cordially invite you to its 2016 Kick-Off Event, which will take place March 23, 2016 from 7:30-9:30 pm at Alta Restaurant (64 West 10th Street). Please come and enjoy an evening of mingling, merriment and delicious tapas with a wonderful group of tax professionals. This event will be free of charge for Tax Committee members.
Please register online at your earliest convenience.
|
|
|
|
Non-members and members, get to know AABANY for the first time or get to know AABANY better! Please join us for a happy hour on Wednesday, March 23 at 6:30 PM. Come meet and mingle with members of AABANY's Bankruptcy, Labor & Employment, Career Placement and Membership Committees!
Register here to get to know us.
|
|
|
|
AABANY welcomes nominations to fill one or more Committee Chair position(s) for the following AABANY Committees for the 2016-2017 term:
Each Committee Chair or Co-Chair position will be for a one-year term starting April 1, 2016. All interested candidates should submit a current resume, biography or CV by email to committee.support@aabany.org by no later than Tuesday, March 15, 2016There may be a need for additional Committee Chairs for our other Committees for the 2016-2017 term, so please feel free to email committee.support@aabany.org if you are interested in being a Committee Chair of a Committee in case there are vacancies in the future. For a description of each AABANY Committee and its current Co-Chairs, please go to: http://www.aabany.org/?page=CommitteesPage.
|
|
|
|
 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 April 13, 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.
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
The ABA Section of International Law invites you to attend its 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 AABANY 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 gov./academic/NGO, corporate counsel, and young lawyers (35 and under). For more details click here.
|
|
|
Interested in moving your legal career forward?
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 2016 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.
|
|
|
 In this Issue:
- Austin So: Champion of Diversity and Inclusion
- 2016 Law Firm Diversity Award: Cleary Gottlieb Hamilton & Steen LLP
- Letter from Outgoing President Will Wang
- Letter from Incoming President Susan Shin
- AABANY Launches Monthly Pro Bono Legal Clinic
- AABANY's Asia Practice Committee Has Arrived
- AABANY Fourth Quarter 2015 Review
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Office of the New York State Attorney General's Division of Appeals and Opinions is offering a two-year fellowship in government appellate litigation in its New York City Office. One fellowship is available. The Fellowship is a compensated, full-time position for a college graduate who is considering whether to pursue a career in law. A commitment through June 2018 is required. 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.
|
|
|
- Mar. 14: 2015 FRCP Amendments: Everything You Need to Know, 6:30pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 16: Emerging Companies: From Domestic Establishment to International Expansion, 6pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 17: Being Out and Asian Pacific Islander at Work, 7pm-9pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 22: Ethics CLE with Judge James Francis, 6:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 23: Get-to-Know-AABANY Happy Hour, 6:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 23: Tax Committee Kick Off Dinner, 7:30pm-9:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 25: Deadline to Apply for AABANY Vice President of Programs and Operations Vacancy. For more information, click here.
|
|
|
- Mar. 16: Common Disciplinary Problems & How to Prevent Them, 5:30pm-8:15pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 16: Dominican Bar Association Presents: Let's Chat: A Women's History Month Event, 6:00pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 31: New York City Bar Presents: Human Rights Activism in China, 6:00pm. For more information, click here.
|
|
|
- Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Albany, New York
- Litigation Associate, Law Offices of Veronica S. Jung, PLLC
- Professional Liability Attorney, Rivkin Radler LLP, NYC
- Assistant AG, Charities Bureau, OAG
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.
|
|
|
Print Page