NYSBA President-elect Glenn Lau-Kee speaking on New York State Conference of Bar Leaders Spring 2013 Workshop, “Partners for Diversity: Improving Participation and Retention in Bar Associations,” in the first panel, “Diversity Trends: What Progress Are We Making within Bar Associations?” The workshop was held at Patterson Belknap on April 19.

Brooklyn Jubilee is providing free legal services to Coney Island residents, primarily concerning FEMA, housing, public benefits, and insurance questions.  We need Mandarin, Cantonese, Urdu and Russian interpreters all week long, but primarily on Saturdays.  Interpreters will assist attorneys and paralegals conducting new client intake.

No legal expertise is required for this volunteer position.  This opportunity is not limited to attorneys and law students.  Brooklyn Jubilee is in critical need of translators in order to better serve the Chinese-speaking community, so please consider volunteering and inviting any of your non-lawyer friends who have Chinese language skills!

Intake hours are 10-3 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.  Intake hours are 2-7 on Thursday.  Interpreters would be appreciated for 2-3 hours of the intake session any day of the week, but especially on Saturdays.  Please contact Executive Director Sandhya Reju Boyd at director@brooklynjubilee.org if interested in volunteering.

Brooklyn Jubilee also provides opportunities for legal volunteers, which requires attendance at a training (next one is scheduled for 2/23).  A follow-up announcement regarding that opportunity will be forthcoming soon.

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Lotsa people here at #DUMBO for AAPI Heritage Festival. Come and join us! http://t.co/JBj3y2hL

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NAPABA Contact: Emily Chatterjee (202) 775-9555

September 23, 2011

AAJC Contact: Leonie Campbell-Williams (443) 803-1465

NAPABA AND AAJC APPLAUD NOMINATION OF
JUDGE JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN TO THE FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, the National…

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NEW YORK – September 19, 2011 – President Linda S. Lin officially announced the formation of the Asian American Bar Association of New York’s (AABANY) first law review, The AABANY Law Review, at AABANY’s Second Annual Fall Conference held on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom LLP.  President Lin states, “This undertaking represents a first-of-its-kind endeavor by AABANY, and we hope that it will provide a platform for important works of legal scholarship on issues that matter to the Asian Pacific American community.”

The AABANY Law Review will provide comprehensive analyses of law and commentary on groundbreaking cases and legislation that impact the Asian Pacific American community, and serve as an effective research tool for practicing attorneys and law students.  President Lin also introduced Jen Yue Connor Yim, who will serve as the law review’s first Editor-in-Chief.  Mr. Yim is an associate at the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.  He is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and served as Production Editor of the Brooklyn Law Review.  “Our team is very excited to take part in a publication that will foster intellectual and meaningful discourse on relevant legal issues that directly and indirectly affect the Asian Pacific American community,” says Mr. Yim, Editor-in-Chief.   Mr. Yim will lead a team of three executive editors and fourteen articles editors. 

To read the full press release, click on the title of this post.

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Alex Lee, past president of APALA/NJ, friend of AABANY and active member of NAPABA, is a candidate for NAPABA VP-Communications and send this message to everyone at AABANY:

Dear AABANY member:

This email is a reminder to vote in this year’s NAPABA elections - you have until 11:59PM PDT, this…

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Thanks to our Fall Conference sponsor, Sprint, we will be giving away a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC to one lucky winner from a random drawing that we will conduct after the conclusion of the Fall Conference. How can you enter the drawing for your chance to win this great prize? We offer…

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BlackBerry has entered the tablet PC market with its own brand, the PlayBook. Pretty sharp looking, huh?  Would you like one?  Don’t want to shell out upwards of $500 for one?  Come to the AABANY Fall Conference on Sept. 17 and enter a drawing to win one by using social media, commenting on our Fall Conference blog posts, completing our survey or signing up to be a mentor.  Details coming soon.  Stay tuned.

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NY1 covered the Sept. 7 Queens public hearings held by LATFOR, the state legislative commission on redistricting, at which members of ACCORD, including AABANY, AALDEF and MinKwon, presented testimony in support of fair redistricting that gives Asian Americans a meaningful voice in the electoral process.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Goodwin Liu, a University of California law professor whose confirmation to a federal appeals court was blocked in the U.S. Senate, was confirmed on Wednesday to serve as a justice on California’s top court.

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