In This Edition
- NAPABA Northeast Regional/AABANY Fall Conference on Sept. 21, 2019
- AABANY Outing: Yankees Game, August 16
- AABANY Annual Picnic, August 17
- Swearing in Ceremony for Meredith Miller, President Of Network of Bar Leaders, August 20
- Pro Bono Clinic Call For Volunteers
- Applications are now being Accepted for the 2019-2020 Don H. Liu Scholars Program
- Congratulations to Kenneth Chin on his Election as a Member of The American Law Institute
- Join AABANY to Support Portrait Project 2.0
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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 AABANY's 2018 Year End Report
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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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| Registration has now opened for the 2019 Fall Conference, taking place on Saturday, September 21, at Fordham Law School. Early bird rates are in effect until September 6. Register now and save! For more details, click here.
AABANY is also pleased to announce that the website for the 2019 Fall Conference has launched. Visit the website at conference2019.aabany.org/.
A block of rooms has been reserved at Empire Hotel, 44 West 63rd Street New York, 10023 at a discounted rate.The room block will be available until Aug. 30 at 5 p.m. ET or until the block has sold out.
To book a room at the Empire Hotel at the special conference rate, click here.
Note that this website is still under construction and will be regularly updated so check back often for the latest information. If you have any questions, contact fall.conference@aabany.org.
We hope to see you at our 2019 Fall Conference.
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Come out for a night of baseball, fun, and networking with AABANY Members. Tickets are for the Standing Room section with one drink included (Beer, soda, bottled water). The event is co-sponsored by Membership and Prosecutors Committees. Thank you to Esquire Depositions Solutions for sponsoring the event!
For Members, there is a four ticket limit per person. Members can buy at the member price for non-members.
For Non-Members, there is a two ticket limit per person.
Only a few spots left! To view more details and to sign up, click here.
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The Young Lawyers Committee and Litigation Committee invite you to join us for AABANY's Annual Picnic on August 17, 2019. We will spend the afternoon basking in the summer sun, enjoying tasty food, and playing fun games. Please feel free to invite friends and family!
When: Saturday August 17, 2019, 11 am-4 pm
Where: Heckscher picnic area, Central Park
Note: The Heckscher picnic area is accessible from the 65th Street Transverse
To sign up for this event, please click here. Registration deadline is August 14.
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Join us at the New York County Lawyers Association for the swearing in ceremony for Meredith Miller, President of Network of Bar Leaders. The event will be held at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 20th.
Congratulations to Board Officer and Development Director Margaret Ling for her election to the Executive Council.
To register for this event, click here.
We hope to see you there!
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The AABANY Legal Advice Clinic offers members the opportunity to volunteer and provide valuable advice to community members. We are seeking volunteers for our next clinic on August 14th, 2019.
If you plan to volunteer at the clinic, please email Volunteer Coordinator, Asako by Friday, August 9th to register. Your advance registration will be essential for our smooth clinic operation. Please do NOT depend on your friends/colleagues to register for you.
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Our legal advice clinic will be held at the community room on the ground floor, 33 Bowery Street, New York, NY 10002 (NOT 3 Bowery Street).
For more details on volunteering, please contact Asako at Asako.Aiba@aabany.org.
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AABANY is proud to announce that applications for the Don H. Liu Scholars Program are now open. The Program was founded in 2014 by two past presidents of AABANY. The Program seeks to identify and cultivate future Asian American leaders in the legal community to address the single most important reality facing Asian American professionals today: the barrier to advancement. This year, the Selection Committee will select up to three scholars. Each scholar will be awarded $15,000 each and have access to prominent mentors, including Don H. Liu, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer of Target Corporation. The Program will also provide assistance in career development, including identifying potential internships.
Details and more information about the Program can be found at http://www.donhliuscholars.org.
For more details on the application process and eligibility requirements, please find the application package here: http://www.donhliuscholars.org/application/. To read AABANY's full press release, click here.
Application materials are due by 11:59pm (Eastern Standard Time), November 1, 2019.
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AABANY is proud to announce that as of July 2019, Kenneth Chin, Partner at Kramer Levin and AABANY member, has been elected to be a member of The American Law Institute (ALI). ALI is an academic and intellectual group that clarifies the law through Restatements, Principles, and Model Codes.
To read the full blog post, please click here.
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A recent Law360 article entitled “Why Are Law Clerks So White” reported:
Take any five federal law clerks, and at least four of them would probably be white. And nobody can be certain why.
California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu has some guesses about the reasons black, Asian and Latino lawyers are largely shut out of these prestigious positions that can turbocharge a lawyer’s early career. But he says it’s impossible to pinpoint reasons or patterns because so little data exists.
“We actually don’t even know the most basic things about those opportunities,” Justice Liu told Law360. “It would be interesting if we could know even basic things, like do women judges get more women clerks? We have impressions of that, but we don’t know with any precision whether these things are true.”
The article went on to talk about how Justice Liu plans to address these questions in Portrait Project 2.0. AABANY is supporting this research as a Silver Sponsor. AABANY challenges its members to donate to Portrait Project 2.0. AABANY will match member donations up to $5,000. Join AABANY in advancing the work of Portrait Project 2.0. Read more by clicking here
To read the full Law360 article go here
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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. 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 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 2019 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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The Year End Report reviews the various events and initiatives undertaken by AABANY to further the interest of APA lawyers and recognizes the accomplishments of its members during the past year. Please click here to read the report.
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A new fellowship opportunity has been added for Fall 2020 Legal Fellowships - Bronx Legal Services NYC. 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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- August 6: Tax Club Dinner. For more information, click here.
- August 6: Asia Practice Committee Dinner Social. For more information, click here.
- August 14: Monthly Pro Bono Clinic, click here.
- August 16: AABANY Outing: Yankees Game. For more information, click here.
- August 17: AABANY Annual Picnic. For more information, click here.
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- August 6: SABANY Presents: Doing Justice: An Evening with Preet Bharara and Anjan Sahni. For more information, click here.
- August 9: The Long Island Hispanic Bar Association Presents: Summer Mixer. For more information, click here.
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- Senior Staff Attorney, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, NYC
- Trial Attorney, United States Trustee Program (USTP), Nashville, Tennessee
- General Attorney, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington DC, District of Columbia
- Attorney Advisor, United States Trustee Program (USTP), Miami, Florida
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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.
For past weekly announcements, see the archives page. |
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