From FALANY: Panel on Minority Attorneys’ Perspectives on Friday, March 28, 2014
There will be a panel on March 28 hosted by Sedgwick LLP and Fordham University School of Law to address different career paths from a minority attorney’s perspective. Anna Mercado, one of FALANY’s Steering Committee members, will be a panelist. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Two Brookfield Place (formerly Two World Financial) at 225 Liberty Street in Battery Park City (Sedgwick’s offices). After the presentation, light refreshments will be served and an opportunity to network.
Please RSVP to Dirk Haarhoff ([email protected]) and cc: Anna Mercado ([email protected]). If you are an attorney, please note that on your RSVP.
The 103rd Official Commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
12:00pm The 103rd Official Commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
At the site of the fire, the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street (23-29 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003)
The theme of this year’s anniversary commemoration is We Are All Workers, in recognition of the struggle of workers everywhere to find safety and dignity. The legacy of outrage following the tragic deaths of 146 workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory urges us to demand lasting change now. We hope you can join us and please spread the word on facebook!
5:30pm From Triangle Shirtwaist to Bangladesh: The Garment Industry, Tragedy, and Workplace Safety Reform
Roosevelt House at Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th Street (btwn. Park and Madison Avenues), New York, NY 10065
Please join us for a panel discussion of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and its effect on labor laws and workplace safety in the US, and of recent factory fires and collapses in Bangladesh and how these tragedies might help drive similar reforms in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the developing world. The event is organized by Hunter College Human Rights Program and will feature:
- Judy Gearhart, Executive Director, International Labor Rights Forum, Washington, D.C.
- Dan Katz, Provost, National Labor College, Washington, D.C.
- Alice Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University
- Dina Siddiqi, Professor of Anthropology, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Moderated by: Donna Haverty-Stacke, Associate Professor of History, Hunter College.
All are welcome for this free event, but please RSVP.
NAPABA Law Foundation’s 2014 NLF Public Interest Internship Program
SUMMER INTERNSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS
The NAPABA Law Foundation is pleased to announce its 2014 NLF Public Interest Internship Program. The internship program will fund at least one legal intern at a public interest organization(s) that provides either direct legal services or impact litigation on behalf of the Asian Pacific American community. Qualified organizations may apply for more than one internship and grants of up to $6,000 per intern will be provided to the finalist organization(s).
Click here to download the application. Applications are due on March 28, 2014.
If you have any questions after reviewing the application, please email [email protected].
From AAF: State of Asian American Children – National Report and Conference
From our friends at the Asian American Federation comes this announcement:
The Asian American Federation is preparing a first ever national report to examine changes in demographics and socioeconomic status of Asian American children. The report will help us better understand the characteristics and growth of Asian American children, identify family support, as well as financial, educational and health related needs.
A conference to discuss the report’s findings, policy implications and philanthropic responses will be held:
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Time Warner Center, New York City
8:00am breakfast & registration
8:30am program
This full day event will include continental breakfast, plenary sessions, concurrent workshops and a networking reception. Discussion topics include:
- Early childhood development including health disparities and access to care
- Health policy that promotes healthy children in Asian American communities
- Social policy towards working poor families
- Education policy to promote academic success for at-risk youth
- Depression and suicide among adolescent females
- Philanthropy as an advocacy tool
SDNY ANNOUNCES A NEW EDITION OF ELECTRONIC CASE FILING RULES & INSTRUCTIONS
NOTICE TO THE BAR
CONTACT: ECF Help Desk, 212-805-0800
SDNY ANNOUNCES A NEW EDITION OF ELECTRONIC CASE FILING RULES & INSTRUCTIONS
On March 17, 2014, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a new edition of the Court’s Electronic Case Filing (ECF) Rules & Instructions. [Here is a link to the PDF: http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ecf/ECF%20Rules%20Revision%20031714.pdf]
The ECF Rules & Instructions were revised to reflect the new requirement for parties to file electronically amended pleadings in civil cases through the Court’s ECF system. Summonses for amended pleadings must also be requested through the ECF system. In response, the Clerk will issue summonses suitable for printing through the ECF system.
Pro se parties who do not have permission to file electronically are exempt from any requirement to file through the ECF system.
Please visit the court’s website at http://nysd.uscourts.gov/ecf.phpto view the new Electronic Case Filing Rules & Instructions and online ECF training materials.
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Congratulations to Karen Lim on becoming a Partner at Fross Zelnick
Congratulations to Karen Lim on becoming a Partner at Fross Zelnick
Karen Lim, AABANY Director and founding co-chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, was recently named a Partner at Fross Zelnick. Please join us in congratulating her on this great achievement. The full text of the firm’s press release announcing Karen’s elevation can be found by following the link in the title.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT KAREN LIM has become a partner of the firm. Karen’s practice focuses on the selection, clearance, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of trademarks in the U.S. and globally; managing worldwide trademark portfolios; and preparing agreements and licenses pertaining to intellectual property.