On September 25 and 26, AABANY held its 11th Annual Fall Conference, this time on Zoom. We thank the nearly 400 registrants who made our first (and we hope last and only) virtual conference a success. From the GC Roundtable that kicked off the conference on Friday afternoon to the Plenary Session that closed out the conference on Saturday afternoon, we were privileged to present a total of six CLE programs on highly topical subjects relevant to the challenges presented by COVID-19 and the current racial reckoning that the country faces.
Thanks to all the Program Chairs for organizing the CLE programs and all the panelists who engaged, educated and enlightened our attendees with their expertise, knowledge and wisdom.
Thanks to our Gold Sponsor Broadridge and Silver Sponsor Con Ed as well as our year-round Annual Dinner sponsors for making the Fall Conference possible.
Be on the lookout for blog posts about the 2020 Fall Conference CLE programs. If you have any questions or feedback about the Fall Conference, please contact cle@aabany.org.
2020 NAPABA Convention Virtual Experience | Nov. 4-7 Just a Few Hours Left! Don’t Forget to Register Today before 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time
September 28 is the last day to take advantage of the Early Bird rate for the 2020 NAPABA Convention | Virtual Experience. Rates will increase by $50 tomorrow, so don’t miss out on these savings and the opportunity to learn, grow and connect with your NAPABA colleagues!
Register now and you will be entered in the raffle for a $125 Amazon gift card.
In partnership with Prudential, NAPABA will offer scholarships to waive the registration fee for the 2020 NAPABA Convention | Virtual Experience for our members who have been financially impacted by COVID-19. Submit an application by 5 pm ET, Monday, October 12.
The NAPABA Scholarship Program is generously supported by: Prudential
This fall, AABANY is launching a legal referral and information service (“LRIS”) as a public service primarily to help the general public, and especially the Asian American community. The goals of the LRIS are to provide information and referrals, to recommend lawyers or other resources to provide competent, ethical legal advice and representation, to educate the public about legal representation and to increase respect for the legal profession.
We are seeking qualified and experienced lawyers to serve on the panels of lawyers eligible to receive referrals from AABANY’s LRIS. Our current plan is to start the program on October 1st or as soon thereafter as possible.
This is a vital program for AABANY that we anticipate will greatly benefit our panelists and fellow members as well as the public, and especially the Asian American community. If you would like to apply to be considered for the LRIS panel, please contact main@aabany.org and we will send you an application form. If you have any questions, please send them to the same address.
We hope you can join us in the launch of this important new AABANY initiative.
Due to high demand, the AABANY Mentorship Program is in need of additional mentors! Please consider joining as a mentor—you can make a meaningful difference in the career of a more junior attorney. Even junior associates (with at least one year of experience) are eligible to serve as mentors, as many of our mentees are law students seeking advice on the transition from student life to professional life. Our mentors find the AABANY Mentorship Program to be highly gratifying, and many take on more than one mentee. The minimum time commitment is only one meeting with each mentee per quarter. Please consider joining today!
If you are interested in helping us as a Mentor, contact Shruti Chopra at shrutichopra14@gmail.com or Joseph Eng at jeng@kslaw.com, Co-Chairs of the Mentorship Program.
The typical Asian American formula for success goes something like this: Study really hard in school, graduate at the top of your class, attend an Ivy League college, meet an Ivy League spouse, attend an Ivy League grad school, land that six-figure job at a top law firm / bank / fund / hospital / Google… and then never stop working as hard as humanly possible. Be the first one in the office and the last one out. Keep your head down and let your work speak for itself. Say yes to everything. Please everyone.
I lived by this formula almost all my life. And now, I am trying to unlearn it all. Read more
The COVID-19 era has brought more challenges to our Asian American community in New York, with anti-Asian violence on the rise and many New Yorkers facing serious legal issues in housing and immigration, as well as challenges due to economic
hardships. Our Pro Bono Clinic has gone remote to provide legal information and assistance.
To raise funds for our Pro Bono Clinic,
AABANY member Joane Siyan Wong has created a "One Humanity Against the Virus" button. Buy one for $10 or two for $15 at
Please show your support by buying one, two or a dozen buttons. Help spread the message of unity, fight anti-Asian violence and harassment, and support the efforts of the Pro Bono Clinic. Thank you!
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 year, 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.
To encourage non-members to join and former members to renew, we are offering 20% off all memberships. 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.
AABANY is inviting all current members to participate in our contest to achieve our goal of reaching a membership milestone of 1,500 members! If you have enjoyed any of our events that we have hosted or co-sponsored and any of the resources that we offer, refer a friend! Whether it be a fellow attorney you may know, a judge, prosecutor, paralegal, law student, or even your law professor, let them know about AABANY. We are giving a prize to a current member who refers the highest number of new or renewing members. To be eligible, tell your friend to fill in your name where it says “Referred by a Member?” (See image below.) Help AABANY get to 1,500 in 2020!
In continuation of our “Students Meet Mentors” series, we are honored to feature distinguished panelists Edward T. Kang (Partner, Alston & Bird) and Karen King (Counsel, Paul, Weiss). This will be an opportunity for students to sit front-row, meet our panelists, and ask questions.
Ted Kang is the leader of Alston & Bird’s White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Team and is head of the D.C. office’s Litigation Group. Having tried numerous high-profile fraud and corruption cases as a veteran prosecutor for the DOJ’s Criminal Division, Ted brings a thorough understanding of white collar defense and compliance to clients under investigation by federal agencies. Ted recently has represented numerous entities and individuals in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election.
Karen King has extensive experience handling a wide range of complex commercial matters, including BSA/AML and OFAC matters, private securities litigation and arbitration, regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, corporate internal investigations and commercial litigation. She has represented multiple global institutions before state and federal regulators, including the New York Department of Financial Services, Federal Reserve, DOJ, SEC and FDIC. Her significant representations include Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Chase and other global institutions. Karen is a recipient of the Federal Bar Council’s Thurgood Marshall Award for Exceptional Pro Bono Service and NAPABA’s Pro Bono award.
We will have as a guest speaker, Anthony Fong, GC of Broadway Stages. As reflected in his bio:
As the General Counsel at Broadway Stages, Ltd., he handles the legal affairs of one of New York’s largest full-service TV and film production companies, consisting of over 50 sound stages throughout Brooklyn and Queens and location spaces throughout the New York City boroughs. At Broadway Stages, he handles and manages all of the legal affairs of one of the largest television and movie production companies in New York and its related or affiliated Real Estate Portfolio, including transactional matters, financing, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and litigation. A substantial amount of the day-to-day legal matters include drafting and negotiating studio and other contracts with major television networks, production companies, movie studios and other media outlets, including CBS, NBC, ABC, Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Amazon, Sony, Hulu, HBO, Paramount, and Fox, and dealing with every legal emergency that may arise. Anthony also hires, manages and coordinates with outside counsel on a discretionary basis and when necessary.
Mr. Fong will speak briefly about some of the factors he uses to assess and hire outside counsel.
For everyone looking to increase their client base, this is an invitation to learn from in-house counsel how to be a more effective marketer for you and your firm, and how to "up your game". To join us, please register by COB Wednesday, Sept. 30th here. The Zoom access information will be distributed on Thursday morning to all registrants.
Ever wonder what it's like to argue before a courtroom, take a deposition, or even what exactly a litigator does? Are you curious about the differences and similarities between litigators and transactional attorneys? The Litigation Committee and Student Outreach Committee invite you to join them for the Careers in Litigation Zoom Panel. You'll hear from a variety of different litigators, from biglaw to prosecution to clerks to boutique attorneys, and get to know about all the different ways one can be a litigator. At the end, panelists will answer any questions you may have about a potential career in litigation. Please RSVP through the event link on the AABANY calendar by Wednesday, October 7th.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fellowship announcements can be found on AABANY's website under Career Center, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." The Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLC Advocacy Fellowship is now accepting applications for its 2021 Legal Fellowship at the Korematsu Center. To see this
and other current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
Assistant District Attorney, Conviction Integrity Unit, The Queens County District Attorney’s Office, Kew Gardens, NY
Environmental Attorney, Nixon Peabody, Albany or Rochester, NY
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Law, Trenton, NJ
Clinician, First Amendment Clinic, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY
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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