Registration is open for the 2018 Fall Conference, taking place on Saturday, September 22, at Fordham Law School, but online registration will close at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 19. For more details, go to http://bit.ly/fallconf18reg
Road to the Bench: Participants interested in mentoring sessions must register to attend the Fall Conference and complete the registration form by Sept. 19. For more information and to register, click here.
AABANY will be co-sponsoring NAPIPA's Fifth Annual Scholarship Banquet, which will be held on September 21, 2018, at Golden Unicorn. The banquet will feature two distinguished honorees and speakers, Preet Bharara, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Grace Meng, member of the United States House of Representatives for New York State’s 6th Congressional District.
Regular ticket prices
NAPIPA member & current student $60
NAPIPA member & current prosecutor $70
Government & public interest $80
Private sector & non-government $150
FALL CONFERENCE ATTENDEES GET $20 OFF of the regular ticket price. For more information and a link for the special discount registration, please contact margaret.langston@aabany.org
Sister Bars also get a special ticket price of $100. For more information and a link for the special discount registration, please contact margaret.langston@aabany.org
For more information on the event, registration, or sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.napipa.org. All proceeds from the banquet will go toward APA law students who are interested in pursuing careers in law enforcement.
Join us at September's Monthly Membership Happy Hour to meet and learn more about AABANY's Issues and Bankruptcy Committees plus Mentorship Program! Whether or not you are an AABANY member, a member of the featured committees, or any AABANY committee, come out and meet other AABANY members and leaders for our fifth Monthly Membership Happy Hour, brought to you by the AABANY Membership Committee.
Location: Ainsworth Midtown, 45 E 33rd Street
Time: 6pm - 8pm
On Wednesday, September 12, AABANY’s Monthly Pro Bono Clinic was held for the first at its new location, 3 Bowery, in Confucius Plaza. Thanks to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York, our long-time community partner, for making this new space available to us. At this larger location at street level, we were able to present a Know-Your-Rights talk about labor and employment law, given by Pro Bono and Community Service Committee Co-Chair Karen Yau, at the beginning to a full room of community members who came to get free legal advice. We had a record number of nearly 50 people who dropped in to our monthly walk-in clinic. They were helped by the following:
Volunteer Attorneys
Kwok Kei Ng
Youngjin Choi
Yan Sin
Sejal Singh
Mihea Kim
David Lu
Jeffrey Mok
Francis Chin
Christopher Chin
Volunteer Interpreters
Alva Lin
Jessica Pan
Teresa Wai Yee Yeung
Zhixian Liu
Karen Eng
Wei Ling Huang
We thank all our volunteers for their assistance at the September pro bono clinic. Special thanks to Pro Bono and Community Service Committee Co-Chairs Pauline Yeung, Karen Kithan Yau, Ming Chu Lee, and Asako Aiba for organizing the monthly clinics and coordinating all the volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering at next month’s Pro Bono Clinic on October 10, please contact Asako Aiba at asako.aiba@aabany.org. AABANY’s Monthly Pro Bono Clinic occur every second Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.
AABANY’s Student Outreach Committee was pleased to host the first interAPALSA happy hour at District Social on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Local APALSA leaders and members were grateful for the opportunity to foster new connections and to meet AABANY members that were in attendance. AABANY’s Membership Committee will be holding its Monthly Membership Happy Hour on Wednesday, September 26th at 6:00 pm, at Ainsworth Midtown. Click herefor details. We hope to see you then!
Interested in going in-house? Hear about corporate life and the practice of law at American Express from General Counsel Laureen Seeger and Senior Counsel Ming-Hsuan Elders. Connect and converse with other attorneys from Amex’s General Counsel’s Organization, while enjoying light refreshments and drinks.
When: Tuesday, October 16th, beginning promptly at 4:30-6PM
Where: Location will be sent to you with your confirmation
Registration priority will be given to AABANY members.
Deadline for registration is Sept. 28. For more information, click here.
The 2018 Thomas Tang Northeast Regional Moot Court Competition will be held on Friday, October 19, 2018, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the United States Court of International Trade, One Federal Plaza, New York, New York. Student teams from law schools in the Northeast Region will present their arguments before a panel of judges. Winners of the regional rounds will advance to the finals, where they will compete against schools from all over the country.
Administered by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law Foundation, this competition provides a unique and memorable experience for student appellate advocates. The event allows law students to showcase their writing and oral advocacy skills, and also to compete for scholarships totaling $10,000. The competition is named in honor of Judge Thomas Tang, who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1977 until his passing in 1995. For more information and to register for the competition, please visit https://www.napabalawfoundation.org/ttmc-regional/.
Our event seeks volunteers for grading briefs and for day-of. Brief graders will review and score briefs submitted by the student teams before the competition, and the time commitment is flexible. Day-of volunteers are welcome to assist for either part of the event or the entire day, and will serve as bailiffs or judges for the oral argument rounds. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Zoe Wong, the Northeast Regional Coordinator, at ThomasTangMootCourtNE@gmail.com by September 24, 2018.
With the 2018 Midterm Elections coming up, AABANY's Community Response Task Force is focused on encouraging our own community to register and vote. Asian Americans as a whole have one of the lowest voter registration and turnout rates in the United States. CRTF is looking to gauge interest in and organize several voter registration and Get Out The Vote events targeted to our community. Please fill out a very short survey to let us know how you would be most interested in participating: https://goo.gl/forms/VmlWsAeb4pL3KUld2
In past elections, Asian Americans have faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote, including segregated “Asian” voting lines. When the news media reported on election results, Asian Americans were overlooked. In response, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has conducted a non-partisan survey of Asian American voters to document Asian American voting patterns and document instances of anti-Asian voter disenfranchisement. AALDEF has monitored the elections for compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, which mandates bilingual ballots and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination.
We need your help. In 2016, our volunteers surveyed 13,846 Asian American and Arab voters in 11 Asian languages at 55 cities about their voting encounters. Volunteers work in three hour shifts. There will be a one-hour training session for all volunteers in October (90 minutes for CLE credits). All volunteers must be non-partisan during the time that they help. Complete the form at Volunteer Sign-Up Form.Thank you!
For more information, contact: AALDEF Democracy Program Director Jerry Vattamala or Voting Rights Organizer Fiona Zhao at 800-966-5946 or votingrights@aaldef.org.
We are looking for staff writers to take on the important issues affecting the AABANY community through serious journalism, research, and writing.
Do you think that you have what it takes?
Writers will be tasked with covering events of interest, researching developments in the legal field, and addressing issues that affect our communities on a generally quarterly basis. Writers are expected to cover assignments as well as develop their own topics and articles under guidance from the editorial staff.
Those interested should emailAlbert Suh atalbert.suh@aabany.orgwith a brief introduction or statement of interest and a short writing sample.
AABANY’s Issues Committee is pleased to invite you to join the newly formed AABANY Community Response Task Force!
The Community Response Task Force (CRTF) is AABANY’s answer to the rapidly changing legal landscape and the need for quick, effective, and coordinated responses to the emergent issues that affect our communities. AABANY is firmly committed to being a strong voice and steadfast advocate on behalf of the Asian-American/Pacific-Islander community. In the past several months, we have all been witness to sweeping changes that necessitated powerful legal responses. While there have been some great triumphs, there were often times when it was difficult to obtain information, to find ways to contribute, or to organize a response quickly enough to be effective.
The CRTF is specifically designed to address these needs. The CRTF will serve as a central clearinghouse for information and coordination – tailoring the alerts sent to each volunteer based on that volunteer’s preferences and the needs of the community. Alerts and actions will range from emergency legal services to direct non-legal service actions and from workshops to rallies.
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 hereto 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. Emailmain@aabany.orgif 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 Career Placement Committee Intake Form is now available.Click hereto help us help you. Feel free to also email your resumes and CVs toresume@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 atcareers@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 2018 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 tobit.ly/Lgl_Intrn_Details.
Please direct any questions to Executive Director Yang Chen atyang.chen@aabany.org.
Manhattan Legal Services is seeking law students to sponsor for post-graduate legal fellowships such as Skadden and law school funded fellowships to commence in fall 2019.
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.
Staff Attorney, Immigration Intervention Project, Sanctuary for Families, NYC
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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