In This Edition
- AABANY 2019 Annual Dinner: After Party Tickets Are Available
- Call for Nominations: Secretary
- Press Release: Asian American Bar Association of New York Recognizes Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as the 2019 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award Honoree
- Press Release: Asian American Bar Association of New York to Hold 30th Anniversary Annual Dinner on February 27, 2019 at Cipriani Wall Street
- AABANY Partners with AARP to Prevent Immigration Fraud
- AABANY Co-Sponsors a Book Release Event: Practical Equality, by Robert Tsai, March 11
- Congratulations to Michael J. Rhee
- Please Support AABANY's Pro Bono Clinic
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Join the AABANY Community Response Task Force
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AABANY Clerkship Directory
- 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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AABANY’s 2019 Annual Dinner, marking AABANY’s 30th anniversary, will take place on February 27 at Cipriani Wall Street. We are pleased to recognize the following honorees:
Deneen Donnley
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary for USAA
Gabrielle Lyse Brown
Executive Director, Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Stanley
Hon. Gurbir S. Grewal
For more information, click here
Online ticket purchases for the Annual Dinner closed on Friday, Feb. 22.
After party tickets are available for purchase. To learn more click here.
For questions about the Annual Dinner, email ad19@aabany.org.
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AABANY thanks everyone who submitted nominations for the election taking place at the Annual Meeting scheduled for February 13, 2019. We did not receive any qualified submissions for the position of Secretary and therefore it was marked as vacant for the meeting. The Board will fill this vacancy pursuant to Section 7.05 of the bylaws. If you are interested in applying for the Secretary position, please submit your nomination materials by no later than 5:00 PM on Wednesday, March 6.
For more details, click here.
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NEW YORK – Feb. 21, 2019 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (“Davis Polk”) has been selected to receive the 2019 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award. Davis Polk will receive the award at AABANY’s Annual Dinner on February 27, 2019, at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, in New York City.
To read the full press release, click here.
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NEW YORK - Feb. 25, 2019 - On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) will be hosting its Annual Dinner to celebrate our 30th anniversary at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, in New York City. The Annual Dinner is one of the signature events of the Asian Pacific American legal community and we are expecting to draw over 700 attorneys, judges, supporters and other business and community leaders. The theme for the 2019 Annual Dinner is “United in Action and Vision: Towards 2020 Together.”
To read the full press release, click here.
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AABANY Immigration Committee Co-Chairs Susan Akina and Amanda Bernardo are working with AARP to prevent immigration fraud in the Chinese and Filipino communities.
- To learn more about Susan Akina and to watch her video, click here.
- To learn more about Amanda Bernardo and to watch her video, click here.
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Join us for a book release event with Prof. Robert Tsai and Hon. Denny Chin, Practical Equality: Forging Justice in a Divided Nation, a path-breaking account of how Americans have used innovative legal measures to overcome injustice—and an indispensable guide to pursuing equality in our time.
Equality is easy to grasp in theory but often hard to achieve in reality. In this accessible and wide-ranging work, American University law professor Robert L. Tsai offers a stirring account of how legal ideas that aren’t necessarily about equality at all—ensuring fair play, behaving reasonably, avoiding cruelty, and protecting free speech—have often been used to overcome resistance to justice and remain vital today. For more information and to register go to https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1163728
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On February 21, 2019, the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) at St. John’s University School of Law recognized Michael J. Rhee as the 2019 APALSA Honoree during their Lunar New Year Reception at China Blue-Tribeca. AABANY congratulates Michael J. Rhee on his recognition as the 2019 APALSA Honoree.
To learn more, click here.
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In this season of giving, we count among our blessings being part of the great community that is the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY). Our strongest asset is you, our members, and we are writing now to appeal to you for support of AABANY’s Monthly Pro Bono Clinic.
From its beginning, AABANY has sought to serve the community and to advocate for it. In that spirit, AABANY started the Monthly Pro Bono Legal Advice and Referral Clinic. By leveraging expertise and language skills of AABANY’s active and diverse membership, the Clinic effectively expands access to justice and provides the Asian American community a way to receive high-quality legal services that are also culturally sensitive and linguistically competent.
The Clinic can only operate with the generosity of donors and volunteers. During this holiday season, please consider supporting this vital project that is close to our hearts by donating to the Clinic. The Clinic has grown in the last year to the point that we are sometimes seeing nearly 50 clients in a short two-hour span. Your donations will help to pay for much needed administrative support and supplies that currently come out of the limited budget allocated to the Pro Bono and Community Service Committee that is charged with running the Clinic.
AABANY’s 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), is accepting charitable donations and can issue a tax receipt to you for your generous support. Any amount, large or small, would help, but if you can spare $25, $50, $100 or more, it would go a long way. The community members coming to the Clinic will greatly appreciate it!
When you go to the AALFNY website to make your donation, please be sure to indicate in the memo field that you are donating to the Pro Bono Clinic. Please take a moment today to visit this link and make a donation:
https://www.asianamericanlawfund.org/donate/
Read more here: https://blog2.aabany.org/2018/12/10/please-support-aabanys-monthly-pro-bono-clinic/
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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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Did you clerk for a judge? Have you served as a court attorney? If so,please fill out our AABANY law clerk/court attorney survey!
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 here. 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. Emailmain@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 Career Placement Committee Intake Form is now available.Click here to 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 to bit.ly/Lgl_Intrn_Details.
Please direct any questions to Executive Director Yang Chen at yang.chen@aabany.org.
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- Letter from the Executive Director
- Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy
- Hon. Lillian Wan
- Helen Ahn, In Memoriam
- NAPIPA Dinner
- Biannual Report
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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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- February 27: AABANY 2019 Annual Dinner. For more information, click here.
- March 5: AABANY Presents: Coming Out for Asian Lawyers. For more information, click here.
- March 6: AABANY Co-Sponsors: Real Estate Fraud - Red Flags and War Stories. For more information, click here.
- March 11: AABANY Co-Sponsors a Book Release Event: Practical Equality, by Robert Tsai. For more information, click here.
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- February 25: KALAGNY Litigation Committee Seminar: Opening and Closing Statements. For more information, click here.
- February 25: NYU APALSA 19th Annual Korematsu Lecture Feat. BJay Pak. For more information, click here.
- February 26: New York Women's Bar Association's Annual Judges Reception. For more information, click here.
- February 27: Brooklyn Women's Bar Association’s Lunch with the Honorable Matthew D'Emic. For more information, click here.
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- Staff Attorney, Economic Justice Unit, Manhattan Legal Services, NYC
- Intake Paralegal, Bronx Legal Services, NYC
- Staff Attorney- Entry Level, Appellate Advocates, New York, NY
- Assistant Corporate Counsel – Contracts, NRDC, New York, NY
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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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