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    Check out the latest issue of the AABANY Advocate: 2018 Annual Dinner Issue. It includes:
• Breaking Barriers: Kin Ng, First APA to Lead Major Trial Bureau in NYC Prosecutors’ Office
• Practicing Immigration Law in the Age of Trump
• Enhancing Public...

    Check out the latest issue of the AABANY Advocate: 2018 Annual Dinner Issue. It includes:

    • Breaking Barriers: Kin Ng, First APA to Lead Major Trial Bureau in NYC Prosecutors’ Office
    • Practicing Immigration Law in the Age of Trump
    • Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the U.S. Executive Order: What It Means for the Crimmigation Lawyer
    • Immigration Executive Orders Signed in January 2017
    • The Day-to-Day Immigration Practice Under Trump
    • Letter from Outgoing President Susan Shin
    • Letter from Incoming President Dwight Yoo
    • 2017 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award Winner Spotlight: White & Case

    Click here to read the issue. Thank you, Naf Kwun, for once again leading as Editor-in-Chief.

    — 7 years ago

    #Editor-in-Chief  #Advocate  #Annual Dinner 
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    Super Happy Healthy Kids Brooklyn Bridge Walkathon 2016

    WHAT: Fun walk for the whole family from Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge 

    WHY: Join our Movement to Stamp Out Meanness and Bullying

    WHEN: Sun, 6/26/16 - starts 7:30 am (Manhattan) ends about 9:30 Am (Brooklyn)

    — 7 years ago

    #gay pride day  #brooklyn bridge  #we are orlando  #walkathon 
    Coalition Calls on Inspector General to Investigate Possible Profiling of Asian American Scientists

    WASHINGTON — The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice were joined by 77 Asian Pacific American, civil rights and civil liberties organizations in sending a letter today to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz seeking an independent investigation into what appears to be a trend of Asian American scientists being arrested and indicted for espionage-related crimes, only to later have all charges dropped, without explanation.

    60 Minutes recently highlighted the cases of Temple University Physics Department Chair Dr. Xiaoxing Xi and National Weather Service Hydrologist Sherry Chen, bringing these cases renewed national attention.

    Last November, NCAPA and NAPABA led a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch urging her to lead a Department of Justice investigation. Forty-two members of Congress also requested a full investigation, followed by a Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus letter to Inspector General Horowitz last month.

    In April 2016, the Department of Justice issued new rules to provide greater oversight, consultation, and coordination for all national security related cases. While these are welcome improvements, they leave unanswered critical questions about what happened in the cases of Dr. Xi and Ms. Chen and whether profiling played any role.

    “Members of Congress as well as the civil rights and legal communities continue to be concerned that individuals appear to have been targeted for investigations based on their perceived race, ethnicity, or national origin,” said NAPABA President Jin Y. Hwang. “As we have seen in the cases of Dr. Xiaoxing Xi and Ms. Sherry Chen, these investigations upend lives and have lasting impacts even after charges are dropped. We continue to urge the Department of Justice to conduct thorough and independent investigations to assure the American public that the protections afforded by the Constitution and enshrined in Department policy prohibiting profiling are being followed in the interest of preserving a fair and unbiased legal system.”

    “OCA is concerned with the apparent practice of racial profiling in national espionage cases. Both Sherry Chen and Professor Xi’s cases highlight the very human costs of charges brought to court with insufficient evidence,” said OCA Chief Executive Officer Ken Lee. “The treatment that both of them endured must never happen again. That is why we, along with our partners at NCAPA, NAPABA, and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice network, sent a letter to the Inspector General’s office. We remain committed to ensuring that there is an independent investigation of the Department of Justice by the Inspector General’s office to determine whether or not race, ethnicity, and national origin is a determining factor in all national espionage cases, particularly in the cases against Asian Americans. To allow our nation’s headquarters for legal justice to use such underhanded tactics to persecute individuals would be a mockery of the advances our country has made in civil rights and equal and equitable treatment for all Americans.”

    “Dr. Xi and Ms. Chen have already suffered enough professionally and psychologically. They deserve answers–and so do the American people,” said NCAPA National Director Christopher Kang. “We are deeply concerned by even the appearance of anyone being targeted because of their race, ethnicity or national origin, and we must prevent any practice of profiling from happening again. The Department of Justice must preserve our fundamental values of fairness and due process and protect our civil rights and civil liberties.”

    For more information, the media may contact Brett Schuster, NAPABA communications manager, at 202-775-9555 or bschuster@napaba.org.

    — 7 years ago

    #NAPABA 
    KALAGNY - 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference →

    Special Announcement

    Early Bird Registration for the 8/19-21 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference Ending on July 1, 2016 - Hosted by KALAGNY

    — 7 years ago

    #KALAGNY NAPABA EarlyBird 
    Dwight Yoo (AABANY Member): Catalyst Spotlight

    What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field?
    I am a Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a global law firm. My practice focuses on capital markets and other corporate transactions, principally in the insurance and banking industries. My parents are first-generation immigrants; neither was a lawyer. After a brief experience as a paralegal at a law firm (after one year in Korea after college) to confirm my interest in law, I attended law school. I was a summer associate at Skadden and have been at the firm my entire legal career.

    What is the biggest challenge of your work?
    To succeed at the top level of legal service, I need to provide solutions (not just answers) fast, efficiently and ethically. Executing complex deals under tight deadlines while being available and on point 24/7 is gratifying, but takes stamina.

    What is your proudest achievement?
    Perhaps not my proudest achievement ever, but recent and of which I am proud. Since the New Year, I committed to being more present with my daughters in the early morning and walking the older one to pre-school each school day. Outside of travel or the occasional immovable meeting, I have been able to re-arrange my schedule to make it work daily. I owe a significant amount of thanks to my accountability group, comprised of a small number of professionals, each from a different company. The group was formed last year to advocate for each other professionally and to hold each member accountable to his or her near-term goals.  They certainly helped keep me on track.

    What leaders, thinkers or doers do you admire most?
    I try to adopt the best qualities of every person I meet or with whom I work. I nearly always see a trait or way of doing things that I want to adopt.

    Where do you see yourself in ten years?
    Still at Skadden. Our daughters, however, will then be teenagers. I plan to enjoy every minute until that time.

    What would be your advice to young people who want their careers and lives to have an impact?
    Do what you are passionate about.

    Did you have a mentor or do you mentor someone else? How has that experience changed you?
    I have several mentees, including at the firm, through bar associations and at other organizations. I also sponsor select associates. The successful mentor and sponsor relationships have been two-way streets. I have gained as much value from the relationship as I have given. Recently, I received feedback from an associate whom I sponsor that was as honest, incisive and behavior-changing as any I have received during my career.

    — 9 years ago

    CUP Conversations 2014 - Don Liu, AABANY Member, General Counsel, Secretary & Vice President at Xerox

    — 9 years ago

    WE blog @AABANY: AABANY Announces NAPABA Election and Endorsements. →

    aabany-group:

    Dear AABANY Members & Friends,

    As you may know, AABANY is an affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”). All dues paying members of AABANY as of August 1, 2013 are NAPABA members and have the right to vote in the upcoming NAPABA election.

    Certain NAPABA…

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    #endorsements  #napaba  #elections 
    WE blog @AABANY: STATEMENT OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK REGARDING THE SUPREME COURT’S RECENT VOTING RIGHTS ACT... →

    aabany-group:

    The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) urges the United States Congress to reinstate the enforcement provisions of the Voting Rights Act, Section 4, that were invalidated this past Tuesday, June 25, 2013 by the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder.

    — 10 years ago with 2 notes

    WE blog @AABANY: 2013 NAPABA Convention Scholarship Application Deadline: August 30, 2013 →

    aabany-group:

    NAPABA strives to keep the Convention affordable for our members and offers one of the best values among legal education conferences. NAPABA also maintains a scholarship fund to help further defray costs for attendees through full or partial registration waivers, travel stipends, and lodging…

    — 10 years ago with 2 notes

    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...

    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.

    — 10 years ago with 1 note

    #glenn lau-kee  #nysba  #new york  #state  #conference  #bar leaders  #diversity  #trends  #workshop