In This Edition
- AABANY Virtual Gala 2021: Save the Date!
- AABANY 2021 Law Firm Diversity Award - Application Deadline Extended
- In the News: AABANY Mentioned in Law360
- NAPABA Affiliate Membership Code Now Available
- AABANY Professional Development Committee Presents: ALDP Information Session, January 13
- AABANY Legal Referral and Information Service Presents: New York's Chinatown Transformed, January 13
- SABANY, AABANY, and MuBANY Present: Fireside Chat with Hon. Shahabuddeen Ally, January 20
- AABANY Immigration Law Committee Presents: Immigration Policy Changes Under Biden, January 21
- Weekly AABANY Membership Mixer Featuring the Academic Committee, January 22
- AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: "CTC: Are We Cleared to Close?," January 28
- Highlight: Student Outreach Committee Hosts Successful Mock Interview Workshop in Collaboration with Columbia Law School APALSA
- 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's Annual Dinner is going virtual and will take place on February 24, 2021. Please save the date and make plans to join us there to celebrate 33 years of AABANY's advocacy for APA legal professionals and the APA community in New
York. For more information go to https://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=1452739.
Sponsors welcome! Download the sponsorship package here.
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Since 2014, AABANY has sought to recognize one law firm each year for its extraordinary efforts to improve the diversity of our profession by presenting AABANY’s Law Firm Diversity Award. The 2021 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award will be
presented at the Virtual Gala on February 24, 2021.
Nominees should be a law firm that has achieved significant success in the areas of recruiting, retaining and promoting women and diverse attorneys while also demonstrating
a commitment to raising awareness of, and influencing the legal community to address, the challenges faced by women and diverse attorneys in the legal industry.
For more information and to access the submission form, go
to https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.aabany.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/
LFDA_2021_SUBMISSION_FORM_fi.pdf
The application deadline has been extended to January 15, 2021.
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The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) was recently mentioned in a Law360 article on New York state bar associations’ reactions to the violence that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. The article states: “The Asian American Bar Association of New York, one of the state’s most vocal attorneys group, endorsed a statement published by its parent organization, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, decrying the storming of the Capitol as the act of militants.” Read more here (subscription is required). |
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One of the benefits of being an AABANY member is that you get a FREE Affiliate Membership to NAPABA. The code is now available. Please contact margaret.langston@aabany.org to get the code and instructions to activate your Affiliate Membership. Note that NAPABA's membership follows the calendar year, i.e., January 1 to December 31, so to maximize your membership, be sure to renew now. |
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In case you were not able to attend the first AABANY Leadership Development Program (ALDP) Information Session held on December 2, 2020 or would like to have a refresher on the program, we encourage you to attend our second Information Session to be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 6:30-7:30pm ET. Our panel of faculty members and past participants will share their experience with the program and take questions from the audience. Please RSVP on or before January 12, 2021 by clicking the flyer below. The application deadline for the 2021 AABANY Leadership Development Program has been extended to February 28, 2021. To learn more about ALDP, please visit: https://www.aabany.org/page/852. 
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Learn about the history of one of New York’s most iconic, historical neighborhoods — Chinatown — and how the pandemic has transformed New York's Chinatown. In this panel discussion with local community leaders, small business owners and legal experts, you’ll hear how Asian-owned business owners are faring through these unprecedented times of the pandemic, what’s at stake in the community and how legal affairs can play a critical, supporting role in keeping this cultural enclave alive for more generations to come.
This event is co-hosted by Welcome to Chinatown and AABANY’s Legal Referral and Information Service to raise funds for Welcome to Chinatown’s Longevity Fund, a small business relief fund that distributes $5,000 grants to small businesses in the Chinatown community to help relieve overhead costs and allowing them to focus on COVID-19 recovery.
In lieu of an admission fee, AABANY is asking that attendees consider making a donation to the Longevity Fund. During the event, attendees can donate via a text-to-donate line. The suggested donation is $15, and donations are tax-deductible. The law firm BakerHostetler will be matching donations up to $1,000. For more information and to register, click here.
Moderator: Tiffany A. Miao, Associate, BakerHostetler
Panelists:
- Karho Leung, Founder, 12Pell
- Jan Lee, Chinatown Activist
- William Hao, Counsel, Alston & Bird
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Please see flyer for 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 see flyer for details and click on it to register.
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On Monday, January 4, 2021, AABANY’s Student Outreach Committee hosted its first virtual Mock Interview Workshop in collaboration with Columbia Law School APALSA, AABANY Career Placement Committee, and the Columbia Law School Alumni Association. The event was part of the Student Outreach Committee’s pre-OCI series, held to prepare students for the interviews during a time of great uncertainty. 90 students from various law schools in and outside of New York received mock interviews and OCI advice from over 40 practitioners, public servants and general counsels from diverse backgrounds. Read more here. |
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This fall, AABANY launched 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.
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 joinlris@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 Office of General Counsel at New York University is now accepting applications for its one-year OGC Meloy Law Fellowship. To
see this and other current announcements for Fellowships, click here.
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- January 12: AABANY Board Meeting. For more information, click here.
- January 13: AABANY Professional Development Committee Presents: ALDP Information Session. For more information, click here.
- January 13: AABANY Legal Referral and Information Service Presents: New York's Chinatown Transformed. For more information, click here.
- January 15: Weekly AABANY Membership Mixer on Remo. For more information, click here.
- January 20: SABANY, AABANY, and MuBANY Present: Fireside Chat with Hon. Shahabuddeen Ally. For more information, click here.
- January 21: AABANY Immigration Committee Presents: Immigration Policy Changes Under Biden. For more information, click here.
- January 22: Weekly AABANY Membership Mixer Featuring the Academic Committee. For more information, click here.
- January 28: AABANY Real Estate Committee Presents: "CTC: Are We Cleared to Close?" For more information, click here.
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- January 13: NYSBA Presents: An Evening With The Honorable Robert Katzmann & Justice Ginsburg’s Former Law Clerks. For more information, click here.
- January 14: BWBA Presents: "Lunch with a Judge" series with Kings County Surrogate the Hon. Harriet Thompson. For more information, click here.
- January 14: MBBA’s Sports & Entertainment Law Section Presents: "Do You Have a Clue?" Bar Trivia Night. For more information, click here.
- January 19: WCBA Presents: “Roundtable with Judge Robert D. Drain - What's New and Relevant.” For more information, click here.
- January 20: WCBA’s Real Property Section Presents: “Do's and Don'ts of Housing Discrimination in Rentals.” For more information, click here.
- January 20: BWBA Presents: Handling Landlord & Tenant cases (in the COVID-19 era). For more information, click here.
- January 22: WCBA and WWBA Present: “Navigating Employment Law Matters in the COVID-19 Era.” For more information, click here.
- January 26: WCBA Presents: “Bar Association Trivia Night Challenge.” For more information, click here.
- January 27: WCBA Presents: “Does Video Conferencing Work for You?” For more information, click here.
- January 28: WCBA, HVHBA, and CAN Present: “Best Practices for Virtual Trials.” For more information, click here.
- January 28: BWBA Presents: Judiciary Night. For more information, click here.
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- Intermittent Legal Advisor, Criminal Division, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Cairo, Egypt
- General Attorney (RICO), Criminal Division, Organized Crime and Gang Section, Washington, D.C.
- Assistant United States Attorney, The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA
- Law Student Volunteer, USAO District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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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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