The deadline to sponsor our 2017 Annual Dinner is January 31, 2017. Please see the sponsorship packet for details.
We hope to see you all there for a night of celebration and forward thinking. This year, we are proud to honor Attorney General for the State of New York Eric Schneiderman,Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Gibson Brands Lee Cheng, and Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York Marilyn Go.
Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, New York, NY
February 22, 2017
Black-Tie Preferred
6:00 PM // VIP Cocktail Reception (Cipriani Library)
6:00 PM // Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM // Dinner and Awards Program
9:30 PM // After Party
The Corporate Leadership Award is presented to a leader in the corporate community who has demonstrated the highest commitment to APA issues and has advocated and achieved results for the advancement of APAs through his or her actions.
As Chief Operating Officer of Gibson Brands, a leading manufacturer of musical instruments and professional audio equipment, and before that general counsel of Newegg, a leading technology retailer, Lee Cheng has shared his success by providing invaluable mentorship to countless APAs. Mr. Cheng has also demonstrated courage in taking positions in which he believes, whether or not popular, contributing important viewpoints and strengthening the diversity of discussion necessary for a stronger APA community. Mr. Cheng has been an exemplary example for this year’s theme “Take Charge. Lead Change.”
Please join us for one of our most important events of the year -- AABANY's Annual Meeting. All eligible members in good standing are invited to attend and vote in the AABANY Officer and Director Elections for the fiscal year 2017 (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018).
The AABANY Annual Meeting will be held on the 15th day of February 2017 at 7:00 pm at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. At this meeting, a vote will be taken to elect officers and directors for the upcoming year and to amend the by-laws. Please register on this page if you plan to attend in person: http://bit.ly/aabanymeeting2017
We ask all active members to help us attain quorum by submitting a proxy ballot, whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person. The proxy ballot must be received by February 10, 2017. You may download it at http://bit.ly/aabanyproxy2017.
Note: The following membership categories do not have voting rights and should not submit any proxy or ballot: Student, Associate, Affinity.
You may email a PDF version to simone.nguyen@aabany.org, send a fax to (718) 228-7206, or mail a hard copy to:
AABANY
45 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10111.
All proxy ballots must be received by February 10, 2017.
We’ve done Soul Cycle. We’ve done Krav Maga. We’ve done a Running Club and Yoga. Now it’s time for … ballroom dancing! Bring out your inner Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers. Get your Dancing with the Stars groove on.
By special arrangement with Dancing Classrooms, AABANY members and friends are invited for an evening of networking over wine and cheese with ballroom dance lessons given by Dancing Classrooms Executive Director Rodney Lopez.
Hosted by the Membership, Asia Practice, Bankruptcy, Corporate Law, and Student Outreach Committees. Join us for a fantastic happy hour and light appetizers at District Social (AABANY will be on the Mezzanine/Second Floor level of bar) on Tuesday, February 7th at 6:30 PM. Meet and get to know members of AABANY's committees!
Thanks to the hard work of our Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, AABANY started its first monthly pro bono clinic in 2015. Starting January 2017, this free legal clinic will take place the second Wednesday of every month at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of NY, Inc. at 33 Bowery Street. Those needing legal assistance should bring all documents pertaining to their legal issues.
Those interested in volunteering for the Pro Bono Legal Clinics should contact ariana.pabalan@aabany.org.
The Asian American Law Fund of New York ("AALFNY") is soliciting applications for positions on its Board of Directors.
AALFNY is a non-profit organization established in 1993 by the Asian American Bar Association of New York ("AABANY") to support non-profit, charitable and education purposes, such as scholarships and internship programs in the New York metropolitan area. AALFNY has an independent Board but remains affiliated with AABANY and continues to work in close coordination with AABANY on fundraising and pro bono programs. AALFNY's mission statement and information about its scholarships and past projects can be found at www.asianamericanlawfund.org.
To apply, please submit a statement of interest and a current resume, biography, or CV listing your experience and accomplishments and any honors received to date. As part of the statement of interest, please indicate your experience with AALFNY, AABANY, NAPABA, or other relevant organization, whether you have been an active member of such organization(s), and any activities that you have participated in or helped to organize. If you have not been an active member in any such organization, explain what capabilities, resources, talents, expertise, experience, or other qualities you would be able to contribute as a Board Director. Please also identify any activities indicating a dedication and commitment to issues of importance to the Asian Pacific American community.
Please submit your application materials to Sylvia Chin, President, at schin@whitecase.com and Naf Kwun, Secretary, at nkwun@asianamericanlawfund.org. Applications are due by 11:59 PM on February 20, 2017.
On Monday, January 23, the first day of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Annual Meeting, NYSBA’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, along with several other NYSBA committees, hosted Diversity Works, a program held on Monday afternoon that included the Constance Baker Motley Symposium, followed by the Diversity Trailblazer Award ceremony which then flowed straightaway into the 14th Annual Celebrating Diversity in the Bar Reception.
The Constance Baker Motley Symposium was moderated by Sandra Buchanan, Esq., Chair, NYSBA Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. It featured nine NYSBA Diversity Trailblazers, including 2013 Trailblazer awardee (and AABANY member) Lillian Moy, sharing their perspectives on the state of diversity in the legal profession.
This year’s Diversity Trailblazer Awardee was none other than Hon. Denny Chin, United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Chin was the first Asian American judge appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit. His judicial career includes many important and high profile cases, including the sentencing of Bernard Madoff. Judge Chin also contributed to educating lawyers and the public about the substantial contribution of Asian Americans to the legal, social and political history of the United States by producing and performing historical trial reenactments of famous cases involving Asian Americans.
AALFNY's 2017 Community Service Scholarship: Applications are available here, and must be postmarked by March 31, 2017.
Up to three scholarships of $5,000 each will be awarded to law students with a demonstrated commitment to serving the Asian American community and who will be interning with a non-profit organization or governmental agency that is involved with the Asian American community in NY (see application for more details).
Interested candidates can learn more about the scholarship and application on AALFNY's website, https://aalfny.aabany.org/.
New York – January 30, 2017 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that it was honored with a 2016 Bar Leaders Innovation Award for its Seventh Annual Fall Conference: Speak Up | Rise Up | Lift Up. The award was bestowed by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), Committee for Bar Leaders of New York State, at the NYSBA Annual Meeting held at the Midtown Hilton in Manhattan, during the final day of the conference on January 27.
According to NYSBA, “the award is presented in statewide recognition of local, minority, ethnic, specialty, special purpose bar associations, and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York for outstanding service to the public and the profession through innovative projects and programs that serve to enhance public understanding of the law, advance and promote the work of the legal profession, and support the best interests of the public.” AABANY received its honor in the category of medium-sized bar associations (500-1,999 members). Other honorees included the Association of Black Women Attorneys, the Dominican Bar Association, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, and the Caribbean Attorneys Network.
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: http://bit.ly/aabanyclerks
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.
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 new 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.
Judge seeks volunteer attorneys/law grads with experience in criminal, landlord-tenant or consumer debt matters. Judge presides on appellate cases and also handles some civil Supreme Court matters.
Full-time or four days per week preferred, but flexible schedule can be arranged. A wonderful learning and mentee opportunity, as well as an excellent resume-enhancer. Although not guaranteed, many of former volunteers have moved onto paying legal positions. Opportunity to enhance research/writing and oral skills.
Willing to fill out paperwork for paid fellowships, if necessary. Rolling deadline. Opportunities open year round.
Please send cover letter, resume, short writing sample, and references by email to:
Rebecca Wohl, riwohl@nycourts.gov
Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2017 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.
Jan. 31: Lateral Attorney Open House, 6:30pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
Feb. 7: 2017 Supplemental BAR Tutorial, 4:30pm-7:30pm. For more information, click here.
Feb. 8: Constance Baker Motley, James Meredith, and the University of Mississippi, 5:30-8:30pm. For more information click here.
Feb 10: CityLaw Breakfast Series featuring Fidel F. Del Valle, Commissioner & Chief Administrative Law Judge, 8:15-9:30am. For more information click here.
Senior Trial Attorney, Nationwide Insurance, New York
Senior Attorney, USAA, San Antonio, Texas
Attorney, Kelman Wintson & Vallone, New York
Supervising Attorney, Legal Services NYC, New York
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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