Month: September 2011

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Press Release: Joint Minority Bar Judicial Screening Panel

Press Release: Joint Minority Bar Judicial Screening Panel

Recently, AABANY, together with representatives from the Association of Black Women Attorneys, Black Bar Association of Bronx County, Dominican Bar Association, Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the South Asian Bar Association of New York, interviewed judicial candidates for Civil Court and Supreme Court in Kings County and New York County and issued ratings for each candidate that appeared before the panel.  The report of the qualification ratings appears in a September 9, 2011, press release, the text of which is contained in the link in the title.  AABANY was privileged to serve with the other minority bar associations to carry out the important work of this screening panel.

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Citizenship Clinic on 9/17 Presented by MinKwon Center and AABANY

Citizenship Clinic on 9/17 Presented by MinKwon Center and AABANY

This Free Legal Clinic provides a great opportunity for AABANY attorneys to give back to the Asian American community members by providing basic legal consultation and application assistance for Citizenship Application.

It is scheduled to take place on Sept.  17 from 11 am to 5 pm at MinKwon’s offices in Flushing, Queens. CLE training available for non-expert attorneys.

Click on the image to download the flyer, or click on the link in the title for more details.

Citizenship Clinic flyer

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Free Webinar: How to Get Started with Twitter

Free Webinar: How to Get Started with Twitter

Julie Huang, President of her own PR firm Kaimen Company, will be presenting a free webinar entitled “Twitter 1.0 for Executives: How to Get Started."  It will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15 from 4 pm to 5 pm.  Julie is an award-winning public relations professional with 15 years of success to her credit.  She has greatly assisted AABANY this year with its communications strategy.  Notice how we’re amped up to the gills with social media now? Credit goes to Julie for that.  But how do you as a busy lawyer get started with this thing called Twitter?  Is it useful to your practice as a lawyer?  In a word: YES!  If you have a computer with headphone or speakers and an internet connection, you can find out how.  Get more details and sign up by clicking the link in the title.

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WSJ Law Blog’s “Rethinking Associate Pay”

WSJ Law Blog’s “Rethinking Associate Pay”

Interesting article on law firm associate pay.  Does this article merely confirm what we already knew? 

What does it take to keep associates happy and committed to their firms?

Heaping wads of cash, right?

Not necessarily. In its annual associate satisfaction survey, the American Lawyer found that associates worked hard last year, logging 2,037  billable hours, on average. That averages out to almost 8 billable hours every single week day of 2010. Ouch.

The fact that associates billed more hours last year, in comparison to 2009, is good news for the industry. But, not surprisingly, associate satisfaction was down last year, according to AmLaw. (Click here to read an overview of the survey’s findings.)

If higher pay and special bonuses don’t make associates satisfied with their jobs, what will it take?  Better work assignments? More courtroom experience? Less hours?  More mentoring?

Is the billable hour to blame or does job satisfaction depend on each law firm’s culture and philosophy? Are associates expecting too much?

Let us know your thoughts.

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Slideshow of photos from AABANY Happy Hour at Roam on Aug. 31, 2011.  Thanks to everyone for coming!

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Download Fall Conference Brochure in PDF

Download Fall Conference Brochure in PDF

Reminder: AABANY’s Fall Conference taking place on September 17 at Skadden and sponsored by Wells Fargo and Veritext, has an early bird deadline that closes today, Sept. 1. Sign up today and save. AABANY members, who get discounted rates, will save even more. Click here to be taken to the registration page. Click on the link in the title to download the Fall Conference brochure that describes the 16 programs you can choose from. We hope to see you there.