In this edition
- Congratulations to Hon. Charles Y.J. Liu
- Co-Chairs Needed
- Strategies to Advance Your Legal Career, Mar. 29
- AALFNY 2017 Community Service Scholarship: Apply by Apr. 4
- New York Diversity Forum, Apr. 28
- Highlights: Week of Mar. 20
- In the News: Don Liu Profile in the National Law Journal
- AABANY Clerkship Directory
- Discounted Membership - New York City Bar Association
- AABANY Speakers Bureau
- New Career Placement Committee Intake Form Now Available
- 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
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Congratulations to Hon. Charles Y.J. Liu who was inducted together with Hon. Frances Ortiz as Judges of the Housing Part, New York City Civil Court, on March 23, in the Ceremonial Courtroom at 111 Centre Street.
Judge Liu is our newest Asian American jurist. Read more about him in our press release earlier this month:
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Please join us in wishing Judge Liu and Judge Ortiz all the best during their tenures as Housing Court Judges in New York City. (Thanks to Vince Chang, Past President of AABANY, for the photo.) Read more here.
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AABANY's Mentorship Program and Student Outreach Committee have vacancies for co-chair positions in Fiscal Year 2017 which begins on April 1. If you are interested in applying, please send your CV or resume to main@aabany.org. Below are descriptions of the Mentorship Program and Student Outreach Committee.
AABANY’s Student Outreach Committee seeks to equip APA students with concrete skills to excel academically and professionally. In addition, the Committee acts as a bridge between law students and attorneys, encouraging APA students to be active in the APA legal community. To achieve these goals, the Committee sponsors career programs, networking events, and social activities. Currently, there are more than 300 APA law student members in AABANY, and the Committee works with approximately 18 law schools in the tri-state region.
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The Office of Academic Planning and Career Development at New York Law School, together with the Asian American Bar Association of New York - Real Estate and Solo Small Firm Committees, invite you to join us for an informative panel discussion followed by a Q&A and networking reception on Strategies to Start or Advance Your Legal Career.
Learn successful job search strategies, get resume and interviewing tips, hear expect advice on negotiating multiple job offers and shift your mindset to advancing your legal career by being proactive and open to new opportunities and making a seamless transition at the right time, in the right way. Refreshments will be served.
Panelists:
Joseph K. Chung, Associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Margaret T. Ling, Title Underwriting Counsel at Omni Title Agency
Anthony K.C. Fong, General Counsel at Broadway Stages, Ltd.
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
RSVP by emailing career@nyls.edu.
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AALFNY's 2017 Community Service Scholarship: Applications are available here, and must be received by April 4, 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).
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Friday, April 28, 2017, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. U.S. District Courthouse 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York Central Jury Room
The New York Diversity Forum will consist of a series of sessions that will address key issues impacting traditionally unrepresented and marginalized groups and will provide a unique opportunity for cross‐cultural collaboration among community leaders. The forum has been structured to allow partnering organizations to address issues critical to their members with the goal of promoting greater understanding and enabling a constructive dialogue between community/identity interest groups, bar associations and members of the community.
The forum is being presented by the following organizations, with the support of United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York:
- Federal Bar Association LGBT Section
- Muslim Bar Association of New York
- National Hispanic Bar Association
- Puerto Rican Bar Association
- FBA EDNY Chapter
- Dominican Bar Association
- Long Island Hispanic Bar Association
- Latino Lawyers of Queens County
- Latino Judges Association
- International Cultic Studies Association
- Asian American Bar Association of New York
This program is suitable for both practitioners and non‐practitioners. For more information, click here.
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Don H. Liu, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Target Corp., was the subject of an in-house counsel profile in the March 27 issue of the National Law Journal. Here is an excerpt (thanks to Advisory Committee member Carol Lee):
Though Liu went to law school to be a civil rights lawyer, his path after included a year as a clerk at the New Jersey Supreme Court and then about five years in private practice specializing in securities and M&A.
Liu began his in-house career at Aetna Inc. and then moved on to Toll Brothers Inc. and Xerox Corp. before landing at Target in August 2016. “I honestly went in-house without a lot of information about how my role would change [compared to my role at a firm],” he said. “Every aspect of the trade I learned through practice.”
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For the full article click here.
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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
We appreciate your help!
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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.
Click here to take advantage of this great deal.
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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 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.
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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
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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.
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 In this Issue:
- Breaking Barriers: Kin Ng, First APA to Lead Major Trial Bureau in NYC Prosecutors’ Office
- Practicing Immigration Law in the Age of Trump
- Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the U.S. Executive Order: What It Means for the Crimmigation Lawyer
- Immigration Executive Orders Signed in January 2017
- The Day-to-Day Immigration Practice Under Trump
- Letter from Outgoing President Susan Shin
- Letter from Incoming President Dwight Yoo
- 2017 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award Winner Spotlight: White & Case
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Fellowship announcements can be found on AABANY's website under Career Center, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." To see current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
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- Mar. 27: Real Estate Networking Event, 6pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 29: Strategies to Start or Advance Your Legal Career: Panel and Networking Reception, 5:30-7:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 30: Build Your Own Network: Panel and Speed Networking, 6:30pm-9:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 31: Tax Committee Annual Networking Event, 6pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
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- Mar. 27: Diversity in the C-Suite, 6:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 28: Fordham APALSA Trial Re-enactment with Judge Chin, 4:30pm-6pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 28: Critical Issues in Bankruptcy and Securities Law, 10:30am-5:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 28: Multi-District Litigation: New York Style, 6pm-9pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 28: We All Speak Justice Here! Ensuring Language Access in the New York Courts, 6:30pm-8pm. For more information, click here.
- Mar. 29: NYSBA Presents: Get a Running Start! Pathways for Women Interested in Politics. For more information, click here.
- Apr. 6: How to Win a Case from a Judge's Perspective, 5pm-7:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Apr. 6: The Bronx County Bar Association Annual Dinner, 5:30pm-8:30pm. For more information, click here.
- Apr. 6: Lawyers Connect Thursday Night Poker, 6:30-9pm. For more information, click here.
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- Supervising ADA for the Trial Division, Office of the Bronx District Attorney, Bronx
- Temporary Associate Position, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, New York
- Personal Injury Attorney, Held, Held & Held, New York
- Patent Prosecution Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP, 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.
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