Official blog of the Asian American Bar Association of New York
Come march with the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (”KALAGNY”) at the Korean Day Parade on Saturday, October 3, 2015, starting at 11 a.m., and join the celebration of the robust Korean culture and people! Join them for the Parade, then have lunch on KALAGNY. RSVP required. Rain or shine!
Please click here to RSVP and KALAGNY will contact you with further details.
The Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (“KALAGNY”) is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 KALAGNY Mentorship Program. This will be the seventh annual edition of this program, and it has become a model for several similar programs around the United States.
KALAGNY is seeking practicing attorneys who graduated from law school in
2011 or earlier to join as mentors and offer their wisdom and experience to our
law student and less experienced attorney members. All current law student
members and attorneys who graduated from law school in 2012 or later are
invited to sign up as mentees. All participants must be dues-paying members of KALAGNY in good standing. Please register here to join this year’s program.
The Mentorship Program has steadily grown each year since its inception, from
about 55 participants in 2009-2010 to nearly 170 participants in 2013-2014.
Our mentors include judges, prosecutors, in-house attorneys, public interest
attorneys, lawyers from large, medium and small firms and solo practitioners.
Our mentees have included law students from every law school in the Greater
New York area and young attorneys in a variety of practices.
Our program is designed to provide law students and new attorneys access to
a broad network of attorneys who have volunteered their time to share their
wisdom and insight into the day to day practice of law and broader career issues and goals.
The program includes both formal and informal events throughout the year
to foster the mentoring relationship and to help participants get to know one
another. These include a formal reception, a KALAGNY-subsidized dinner for
each group, a picnic, and a resume and interviewing workshop. We also strongly encourage our mentors and mentees to set up their own meetings and to stay in touch by email, telephone, and in person.
Registration is now open for our 2015-16 Mentorship Program. For
questions, please contact: [email protected]. Thank you.
Our formal mentorship reception, during which we introduce our mentors and
mentees will be announced shortly. Registration for the Program will include the
opportunity to RSVP for the reception. Only program participants may attend this reception.
Please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected] with any questions. We look
forward to having you join us!
Sincerely,
Michael Yim and Julie Cho
Co-Chairs, KALAGNY Mentorship Program
Are you a lawyer seeking opportunities to serve your community?
Chhaya CDC, New York City’s leading South Asian serving non-profit organization is seeking lawyers interested in applying their pro-bono time to help new immigrants seek assistance with their citizenship applications and immigration cases.
Note: Bangla, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and Tibetan languages are greatly appreciated but not required.
Sign up NOW for one or more of these clinics and workshops!
WHERE:
Chhaya CDC
37-43, 77th Street, 2nd Fl.
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(Directions: Take the E,F,R,M, or 7 train to Roosevelt Avenue/74th Avenue Stop)
Upcoming Immigration Legal Clinic
Dates:
TIME: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Upcoming Citizenship Workshop
Dates:
TIME: 2:00-6:00 PM
For more information or to register for a workshop, please email Rasel Rahman, Senior
Community Organizer at [email protected] or call (718) 478-3848
Chhaya CDC is a HUD approved 501 © 3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to
serve New Yorkers of South Asian origin to advocate for and build economically
stable, sustainable, and thriving communities. We work in the areas of housing, asset
building, community organizing and advocacy, and neighborhood planning and
development. Find out more about our work and achievements on our website.
A Symposium presented by: The New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health
A Discussion on the Impact of Problem Gambling among Asian Americans: Implications for Treatment and Prevention
EVENT DATE: October 1, 2015 from 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
PRESENTATIONS:
Gambling Disorder as a Behavioral Addiction
Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A., Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Chief of Service, University Hospital
Personal Experience with Problem Gambling by Consumers
Gambling Disorder among Asians
Jackie Xu Z. Chen, M.D., Board Certified Psychiatrist
Chairman of CSH, Affiliation with Maimonides Medical Center
Panel on Cultural and Psychosocial Aspects of Problem Gambling
JJ Hung, LMHC, CASAC, Director, Asian Recovery Program, Hamilton Madison House
Sung Min Yoon, D.S.W., Project Director, Asian Outreach Clinic, The Child Center of NY
Private Practice – The Yoon Behavioral Health Center.
Shahid A. Faaroqi, Director of Outreach, The ICNA Relief, USA Problem Gambling
Support and Treatment Resources – OASAS
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No fees, but limited seating – rsvp by September 25, 2015 recommended
CO-SPONSORS:
Asian Gambling Addiction, More than Just Chance
“Research shows Asians in the U.S. have a disproportionate number of pathological gamblers (i.e. addicted) as compared to the general American population. According to Dr. Timothy Fong, an associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, the rate of gambling addiction ranges from 6 percent to nearly 60 percent, depending on the specific Asian ethnicity (Southeast Asian refugees scoring highest) as opposed to the national rate of 1-2 percent.”
— Post published by Sam Louie MA, LMHC on Jul 09, 2014 in Minority Report
The APAICS Regional Leadership Academy is a two-day leadership training and policy summit for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community stake holders and those seeking to run for elected office at all levels across the country.
October 2-3, 2015
Google
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
*subject to change
Friday, October 2
8:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday, October 3
9:00am – 3:00pm
Registration is complimentary. Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.
Airfare and accommodation not included.
For questions, please contact Amy Watanabe
at [email protected] or 202-296-9200.