In This Edition
- Thanks to Everyone Who Came to the Fall Conference!
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Thanks to Everyone Who Came to NAPIPA’s Fifth Annual Scholarship Banquet
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Monthly Membership Happy Hour, September 26
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AABANY Co-Sponsors: Fall Moon Harvest Festival, September 26
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AABANY Co-sponsors: Information Session on Going In-House at AmEx
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Seeking Volunteers for the 2018 Thomas Tang Northeast Regional Moot Court Competition
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AABANY Co-Sponsors: Writing Workshop for Litigators
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Get Involved with AABANY Voter Registration Week
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Volunteer with AALDEF to Protect Asian American Voting Rights
- The AABANY Advocate is Looking for Writers!
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AABANY Clerkship Directory
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Discounted Membership - New York City Bar Association
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AABANY Speakers Bureau
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Career Placement Committee Intake Form Now Available
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NAPABA News
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Wanted: Volunteer Attorney/Law Grads for Appellate Court Judge
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AABANY Seeks Legal Interns
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Read the Current Issue of the Advocate
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This Week on WE Blog @AABANY
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Fellowship Announcements
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Upcoming Events on the AABANY Calendar
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Other Events on the AABANY Calendar
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Recent Job Postings on the AABANY Career Center
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On Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, AABANY held its 9th annual Fall Conference. For the second year in a row, the conference took place at Fordham Law School. We had 20 programs running concurrently throughout the morning and afternoon, most of which offered CLE credits, including two programs that offered credits in the new Diversity and Inclusion and Elimination of Bias requirement. Read more here.
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On Friday, September 21, AABANY was proud to co-sponsor the 5th Annual Scholarship Banquet of NAPIPA, the National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors’ Association. Held at Golden Unicorn in Chinatown, the event started with cocktails at 6 pm. Shortly after 7 pm, everyone was invited to take their seats as the program and dinner began. Opening remarks were given by the evening’s Masters of Ceremonies, Stephanie Pak and David Sohn of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. David is also serving this year as AABANY’s Membership Director. Read more here.
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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
Please register by September 25th at https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1151978
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The AABANY Real Estate and Solo Small Firm Committees, KALAGNY, Citrin Cooperman, and HSBC invite you to celebrate the Fall Harvest Moon Fesival. To register, click here.
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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.
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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.
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On Thursday, October 25, join KALAGNY and a distinguished panel at Fordham Law School for a workshop and discussion aimed at developing critical writing skills for practicing litigators. After a short reception (starting at 6:30 p.m.), participants will take a guided tour of the packet materials before concluding with a panel discussion featuring three important perspectives. Topics will include common pitfalls and helpful tips for composing your briefs, memos, letters, e-mails, and much more! Read more here.
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| 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
Read more 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 hereto 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 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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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In this Issue:
- AABANY Celebrates APA Heritage Month
- Sponsor Spotlight: Waterfall Mansion and Gallery
- Letter from the President
- Here to Stay: the Asian American Immigrant Experience
- AABANY Activity Report
- AABANY's Leadership Development Program
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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.
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- September 26: AABANY Co-sponsors Fall Harvest Moon Festival. For more information, click here.
- September 26: Monthly Membership Happy Hour. For more information, click here.
- October 10: Monthly Pro Bono Clinic. For more information, click here.
- October 10: AABANY Cosponsors: LGBT Law Student and Lawyer Diversity Mixer. For more information, click here.
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- September 26: Brooklyn Women's Bar Association Speed Networking Event. For more information, click here.
- September 26: NAPABA 2018 Immigration Update Webinar. For more information, click here.
- September 27: Long Island Hispanic Bar Association -17th Annual Scholarship Gala. For more information, click here.
- October 12: SAVE THE DATE: Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Fund Gala. For more information, click here.
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- Directing Attorney, Immigration, Legal Services NYC
- Unit Director - Disability Advocacy Project, Queens Legal Services
- Attorney for Health Care Bureau, NYS Office of the Attorney General
- EEO Investigator, NYC Department of Transportation
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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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