In This Edition
- AABANY Reaches -- and Exceeds -- Membership Milestone of 1,500 Members!
- Call for AABANY Board Nominations
- AABANY Congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their Historic Election
- AABANY Announces New Legal Referral Service to Connect Asian Americans with Qualified Legal Counsel in New York
- Volunteers Needed for the 2021 AABANY Virtual Gala
- Membership Committee Hosts Mixer on November 13 with Naf Kwun
- Are You an AABANY Member Who Made the 2020 Super Lawyers List, New York Metro Edition?
- AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: NYC Zoning & Air Rights -- Changing the Face of Our City, November 18
- AABANY In-House Counsel Committee Presents: Collaboration and Growth During a Crisis and Beyond, November 18
- AABANY SSFPC Presents: Fishing For Clients (Part 2), November 19
- AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Matters, November 23
- AABANY Professional Development Committee Presents: ALDP Information & Networking Session, December 2
- AABANY Litigation Committee Presents: Trial Advocacy Program, December 5
- Highlight of Recent Events
- AABANY Congratulates Littler on Receiving the 2020 NAPABA Law Firm Diversity Award
- AABANY Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2021 Don H. Liu Scholars Program, Awarding $15,000 to Asian American Law Students
- Join AABANY’s Legal Referral and Information Service Panel
- 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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AABANY is excited to announce that it has exceeded its goal of reaching a milestone of 1,500 members! Thank you to all the individuals and Committees who have contributed to helping us reach our goal by referring friends and colleagues. Thank you to all the members who renewed their membership and welcome to all the new members who have joined. Without all your help, we would not have been able to reach this historic milestone and continue our growth as the largest bar association in New York dedicated to enhancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession! Please stay tuned for the announcement of which individual and which Committee won the 1,500 members campaign contest. |
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AABANY's Annual Meeting is taking place on Feb. 9, 2021. We hope to see you there! At our Annual Meeting, elections will be conducted to elect several Board Directors and 7 AABANY Officers for the coming year. The Officer positions include:
President-Elect,
Vice President of Programs and Operations - 2 Positions,
Director of Development,
Treasurer,
Secretary, and
Membership Director.
The Nominations Committee welcomes applications to fill the vacancies immediately. The Nominations Committee will select a slate of candidates to be included on a ballot form that will be sent out to the membership a month before the Annual Meeting. The Nominations Committee plans to interview candidates during the week of December 14.
For a description of the qualifications, duties and obligations of Board Directors and Officers, please see Articles IV and V of AABANY's By-laws, which can be found by clicking here.
Deadline for submission:
You may submit your nomination by regular mail, e-mail, or fax by December 8, 2020 at 5:30 P.M.
For more details, go to https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1449316 |
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NEW YORK -- November 10, 2020. The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) acknowledges the historical election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in their victorious bid for the White House
announced by the Associated Press on November 7, 2020. Vice President-elect Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is not only the first woman, but also the first South Asian and Black American to be elected to the
Vice Presidency of the United States. Read the full press release here.
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NEW YORK -- November 11, 2020 -- The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is proud to announce the launch of its Legal Referral and Information Service (LRIS). AABANY’s LRIS will connect members of the New York Asian American
community with qualified legal counsel, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers and increasing the accessibility of legal referral services in the Greater New York area for an under-served demographic. Click the flyer below to read the full press release.
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We are excited to let you know that the 2021 AABANY Virtual Gala is scheduled for February 24th. Volunteers are needed immediately to help plan the virtual event. AABANY relies on the support of volunteers to help ensure the success of the Virtual Gala. If you would like to help with planning this year's event, please let us know by emailing ad21@aabany.org. You can also direct any questions you might have to that address. |
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On November 13, 2020, the Membership Committee hosted their weekly virtual Membership Mixer, with 17 participants in attendance. This week AABANY had the honor of having Naf Kwun, Partner at Lee Anav Chung White Kim Ruger & Richter LLP and AABANY Board Member, as our guest speaker.
The icebreaker question posed to the group was: “What would you have done differently if you knew everything you knew about COVID before the lockdown?” Participants gave varied responses, such as invest in Pfizer, Zoom, and Amazon stocks; take a trip; clean their offices; buy more PPE.
Naf shared her path to success in the legal profession, starting with her attending AABANY’s second Fall Conference, in 2011, which led her to getting actively involved with AABANY’s quarterly newsletter, The Advocate, which then led to her becoming active on various AABANY Committees, including serving as a Co-Chair of the Women’s Committee. Naf also joined the Board and served as an Office and Director, including a highly productive tenure as Co-Vice President of Programs and Operations. Even as she was busy with AABANY, Naf got her legal career on track, first as a clerk to Criminal Court Justice Patricia DiMango, and then as an Associate at Lee Anav, where she rose to Partner after a few years. Naf also serves on the Board of AABANY’s 501(c)(3) affiliate, the Asian American Law Fund of New York. This year, Naf received recognition as one of NAPABA’s Best Under 40. Congratulations to Naf on this well-deserved honor and recognition, and thanks to Naf for sharing her inspiring journey with our members at our Weekly Mixer!
The Membership Committee previously hosted Monthly Mixers at bars, ballparks, stadiums, operas, etc, but due to COVID, we have moved online to offer members a weekly outlet to share their feelings, see old friends, and make new connections. Mixers start at 6:30pm on Friday and the main event ends at 7:30pm but many often stay on after 7:30pm for smaller breakout groups. Membership Committee will continue to host weekly virtual mixers until it is safe to gather together again in person.
We are giving away door prizes in some weeks. In order to win, you must be a member and must RSVP on the aabany.org calendar entry to get a raffle number. Non-members can join the mixer but won’t be eligible to win a prize.
Congratulations to Henry Man, for winning the weekly prize!
Please join us on November 20, 2020 for a Remo Room Mixer. Register by Thursday, Nov. 19, at https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1420338. |
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Congratulations to all the AABANY members who were listed among the Super Lawyers in the New York Metro 2020 edition. The recognition of Super Lawyers involves a very selective and rigorous process, in which each candidate is measured against 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. If you have been named a 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyer, please email AABANY at main@aabany.org so that we can recognize your outstanding achievement on our blog. Please let us know by no later than Friday, November 20. |
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Please see flyer for details and click on it to register.
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The panel will discuss the issues and challenges related to legal departments and law firms pivoting to remote working arrangements, and the implications for the future in-house and outside legal services. The panel will address the challenges
they are facing by working remotely, how they ensure continuity and quality in supporting internal and external clients and customers, how they are managing staff remotely, how they are staying involved and informed to ensure they
are identifying issues without the benefit of having all parties in one room, the expectations of in-house teams from their outside counsel, and best practices that have been put in place. The panel will also address the adoption of
legal technology as the need to be agile and cost effective in turning around volumes of work increases, how the current crisis has impacted legal operations and identified a need to use technology and tools more – whether it be collaboration
tools, contract management tools or tools to monitor and manage the work of staff working remotely, and the re-imagining of law departments and firms now and in the future.
Register here by the Nov. 17 deadline. Zoom codes will be sent to all registrants on the morning of Nov. 18.
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Please join the Solo & Small Firm Practice Committee for the next installment of its series "Fishing for Clients," with a stellar line-up of prominent GCs. A $100 gift card will be randomly given to a pre-registered member selected
at the end of the program; member must be present at drawing to win the prize. (AABANY directors, officers, employees, interns and the Chair of the SSFPC are ineligible to win.) Please see flyer for more details and click on it to
register.
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Please see flyer for details and click on it to register.
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Please come join us for an information and networking session for the AABANY Leadership Development Program (ALDP) on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 6:30-8:30pm ET. During the first hour, our panel of faculty members and past participants
will share their experience with the program and take questions from the audience. During the second hour, we will have an informal networking session for all of our participants. To learn more about ALDP, please visit: https://www.aabany.org/page/852.
Kindly register here or by clicking the flyer below by November 30, 2020. A REMO link will be provided to all registered attendees prior to the event.
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Please see flyers for details.
AABANY Members register here. Non-Members register here.
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The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates Littler Mendelson P.C. (Littler) on receiving the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s (NAPABA’s) 2020 Law Firm Diversity Award. Littler is the world’s largest employment and labor law firm with over 1,500 attorneys in 95 offices globally and AABANY is honored to have the support of Littler as a Silver Sponsor.
The NAPABA Law Firm Diversity Award honors law firms that actively and consistently recruit, retain, and promote Asian Pacific American (APA) lawyers to equity partnership and firm leadership. It also celebrates law firms’ successes in their support for APA lawyers. Through its many initiatives, Littler is creating a welcoming environment for its employees, accepting of different backgrounds, and is continuing to look for ways to become a more diverse and inclusive employer. Read more here. |
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The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that applications for the Don H. Liu Scholars Program (“DHL Program”) are now open. The DHL Program was founded in 2014 by two past presidents of AABANY and
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 and will have access to prominent mentors, including Don H. Liu, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer of Target Corporation. The DHL
Program will also provide assistance in OCI (on campus interview) bidding strategy, professional and soft-skills development and networking opportunities, including identifying potential internships. Details and more information about
the DHL Program can be found at http://www.donhliuscholars.org/.
To be eligible for the scholarship, the applicant must (i) be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident of Asian descent;
(ii) be enrolled full-time as a 1L in a J.D. program at an ABA-accredited and approved law school in the U.S.; (iii) demonstrate exceptional academic accomplishments and leadership; (iv) demonstrate financial need; and (v) intend to
practice in the private sector in the New York City metropolitan area following graduation. For more details on the application process and eligibility requirements, please find the application package here: http://www.donhliuscholars.org/application/.
Application materials are due by 11:59pm (Eastern Standard Time), December 31, 2020.
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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.
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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 2021 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." The Public Policy Litigation & Law Department of Planned Parenthood Federation of America is now accepting applications for its two-year fellowship position of Associate Staff Attorney in New York City or Washington, DC. To
see this and other current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
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- November 18: AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: NYC Zoning & Air Rights -- Changing the Face of Our City. For more information, click here.
- November 18: AABANY In-House Counsel Committee Presents: Collaboration and Growth During a Crisis and Beyond. For more information, click here.
- November 19: AABANY SSFPC Presents: Fishing For Clients (Part 2). For more information, click here.
- November 20: Weekly AABANY Membership Mixer. For more information, click here.
- November 23: AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Matters. For more information, click here.
- December 2: AABANY Professional Development Committee Presents: ALDP Information & Networking Session. For more information, click here.
- December 5: AABANY Litigation Committee Presents: Trial Advocacy Program - AABANY MEMBERS. For more information, click here.
- December 5: AABANY Litigation Committee Presents: Trial Advocacy Program - NON-MEMBERS. For more information, click here.
- December 8: AABANY Board Meeting. For more information, click here.
- December 8: Call For AABANY Board Nominations: Open Meeting. For more information, click here.
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- November 17: Brooklyn Women's Bar Association Presents: Immigration Law CLE - What Every Attorney Needs to Know. For more information, click here.
- November 17: The New York City Bar Association Presents: The Diversity Gap Part 1. For more information, click here.
- November 18: Westchester County Bar Association Presents: Mindfulness for Lawyers: Stress Reduction (Week 7). For more information, click here.
- November 19: CALA and SAICBA-Q Present: Inaugural Fireside Chat with Justice Sherwood, NYC Commercial Division. For more information, click here.
- November 19: Queens County Women's Bar Association Presents: Virtual Roundtable on Mental Wellness. For more information, click here.
- November 24: The New York City Bar Association Presents: The Diversity Gap Part 2. For more information, click here.
- November 25: Westchester County Bar Association Presents: Mindfulness for Lawyers: Stress Reduction (Week 8). For more information, click here.
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- Associate General Counsel, Center for Reproductive Rights, NYC
- Staff Attorney, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, NYC or Washington, D.C.
- Assistant United States Attorney, USAO Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
- Law Student Volunteer (Summer 2021), USAO Southern District of California, San Diego, CA
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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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