In This Edition
- Be Sure to Activate Your NAPABA Affiliate Membership
- Join Us in Reaching a Membership Milestone of 1,500 Members!
- AABANY Publishes Flyer with COVID-19 Legal Relief Resources
- AABANY Co-Sponsors: GAPABA Women's Leadership Network Presents Pathbreakers!, July 22
- AABANY Presents: Real Estate Closings in the New Norm: The New Rules & Practices in Condos and Coops, July 23
- AABANY x KALAGNY Joint Membership Mixer, July 24
- AABANY Hosts Talent Show and Weekly Mixer on July 17
- Highlights of Recent Events
- Census 2020: Together, we can ensure that our community receives the resources it needs
- Read AABANY's 2019 Year End Report
- Join the AABANY Community Response Task Force
- AABANY Clerkship Directory
- Discounted Membership - New York City Bar Association
- AABANY Speakers Bureau
- Career Placement Committee Intake Form Now Available
- NAPABA News
- AABANY Seeks Legal Interns
- 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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Last week, some AABANY members may have received the following notification from NAPABA: "To be eligible to vote in the 2020-21 NAPABA Board of Governors election, you must be an active member of NAPABA by August 3." Most likely you
got this email because you did not activate your FREE affiliate membership earlier this year. To get the code to do so, contact membership@aabany.org. As we indicated previously, NAPABA memberships
are based on the calendar year, meaning that your NAPABA Affiliate Membership will expire on December 31. Therefore, if you waited until now to contact us for your code, you will have about five months left to your NAPABA Affiliate Membership.
Please update your membership asap.
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AABANY is excited to announce that it now has more than 1,400 paid members! In celebration of reaching this historic milestone, we invite you to join us in a push to add 100 more members by the end of this summer, so that we can celebrate 1,500
members! With your help, we hope to continue our growth as the largest diverse bar association in New York.
AABANY members include a wide cross-section of legal professionals: attorneys, law students, judges, prosecutors, public
interest lawyers, law professors, paralegals, among others -- all brought together by our Asian American, Pacific Islander, and South Asian heritage, and our common goal of enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession.
We
host numerous CLE events throughout the year at which our members can develop professionally and expand their professional networks. In addition to advancing our members’ professional careers, we pride ourselves on our commitment to
giving back to our communities. We have actively made resources available online to those adversely affected by COVID-19 and have continued our Pro Bono Clinic as a remote operation. We also host a variety of social and cultural events
that have included Mets and Yankee games in the summer and a Night at the Opera for our members. If you wish to join a professional community dedicated to career advancement, community impact, and fun, please consider joining AABANY.
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To encourage non-members to join and former members to renew, we are offering 20% off all memberships from now until August 31, 2020. Help us get to 1,500! Help AABANY make history!
Please contact membership@aabany.org for
the discount code, or if you have any questions.
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On June 16, AABANY published a flyer with a comprehensive list of digital resources for those seeking legal relief arising out of COVID-19 related issues.
The flyer provides links for resources in multiple areas, including Small
Business Labor and Employment, Restructuring and Bankruptcy, and other pages listing more general information, such as knowing your rights if you encounter anti-Asian racism or harassment and frequently asked questions.
Many
of the resources are available in other languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese.
Click on the image to the left to access the flyer as a PDF, which includes embedded links to the resources mentioned above.
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Click on the flyer below to register.
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Click here or the image below to register.
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What better way to cap off the week than to see old friends and meet new colleagues? Join us as we bring you a joint collaboration with the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (KALAGNY). Please register by July 23 and we will send you the Zoom link and details on the morning of the mixer.
Click here or the image below to register.
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On July 17, 2020, the Membership Committee hosted their weekly Zoom Membership Mixer, with 26 participants in attendance. The icebreaker question posed to the participants was: “What is your talent, or if you don’t have a talent,
what talent do you wish you had?” Members overwhelmingly said they were piano players. For the people who didn’t have special talents, they wished they could speak foreign languages, sing, play musical instruments or code their own
video games. To read the full blog post and to see images of the Talent Show participants, read here.
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Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing groups in the United States. For Asian American communities to be properly represented in government decision making and to receive a proper allocation of funding, we must complete the census.
Respond by clicking on the following link: https://www.2020census.gov/
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The Year End Report reviews the various events and initiatives undertaken by AABANY to further the interests of APA lawyers and recognizes the accomplishments of its members during the past year. Please click on the image below to read
the report.
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| AABANY’s Issues Committee is pleased to invite you to join the 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. During these challenging times,
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.
PLEASE NOTE that the Community Response Task Force form has been updated. Even if you have already filled out the form, we kindly ask that you resubmit your interest 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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Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2020 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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Fellowship announcements can be found on AABANY's website under Career Center, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." Communities Resist is now accepting applications for its 2021 Legal Fellowship. To see this and other current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
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- July 22: AABANY Co-Sponsors: GAPABA Women's Leadership Network Presents Pathbreakers! For more information, click here.
- July 23: AABANY Presents: Real Estate Closings in the New Norm: The New Rules & Practices in Condos and Coops. For more information, click here.
- July 23: APABA-DC Presents: Who’s Going to Law School? For more information, click here.
- July 24: AABANY x KALAGNY Joint Membership Mixer. For more information, click here.
- July 27: GAPABA Presents Asian Americans: From Allies to Accomplices. For more information, click here.
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- July 21: From NYC Bar: “Estate Planning Misfires of the Rich and Famous." For more information, click here.
- July 22: From NYCLA: “The Impact of COVID-19 on a Client’s Life Insurance." For more information, click here.
- July 23: SABANY Presents: New York's Bail Reform. For more information, click here.
- July 23: From NYC BAR: 16-Hour Bridge-the-Gap: Practical Skills, Ethics & More... (Day One). For more information. click here.
- July 23: From NYSBA: Negotiating In The Age Of Coronavirus And Beyond: The Mediator’s Perspective. For more information, click here.
- July 23: From NYSBA: How Attorneys & Their Clients Might Evaluate New Technologies to Decide Whether to Adopt. For more information, click here.
- July 23: From NYWBA: Zoom with a Judge, Featuring the Honorable Lucy Billings. For more information, click here.
- July 24: From NYSBA: Handling The Virtual Hearing – NYSBA Trial Academy Virtual Conference. For more information, click here.
- July 27: From NYC Bar: “Obtaining NYC Civil Orders of Protection During COVID-19." For more information, click here.
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- Staff Attorney, Family Law Project, Sanctuary For Families Inc., New York, NY
- Attorney, Disability Rights New York, Rochester, NY
- Associate General Counsel, StepStone Group, New York, NY
- Attorney Advisor, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington DC
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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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