CONFERENCE INFORMATION
The National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Conference will be held on October 14-15, 2016 in San Jose, California. The 2016 conference will take place in conjunction with the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California’s (VABANC) 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner on Friday, October 14, 2016. VABANC is honored to co-host the combined event this year as NCVAA returns to San Jose, where VABANC co-hosted the very first conference in 2006. This year’s conference, based on the theme “Innovate”, provides an opportunity for attendees to network with attorneys, members of the judiciary, prominent legal scholars, jurists, and law students from all over the nation. Attorneys can receive valuable continuing legal education (CLE) credits on a number of stimulating current topics taught by scholars and practitioners.
For more information about the conference and NCVAA, please visit www.ncvaa.org.
For information about VABANC, please visit www.vabanc.org.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
Register today to take advantage of early bird prices. After August 7, 2016, registration prices will increase. To register, please click here.
VABANC STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP Deadline: August 1, 2016
VABANC is now accepting applications for its 2016 Scholarship Awards. The scholarship deadline has been extended to August 1, 2016.
Open to all currently enrolled law students, the scholarships are intended to provide assistance to students toward their public interest or social justice goals.
The 2016 scholarship recipients will be recognized during VABANC’s 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner on Friday, October 14, 2016. Attendance at the scholarship dinner is mandatory (i.e., the award is contingent on attendance). Click here for the scholarship application.
NCVAA | JUNG FOUNDATION PUBLIC INTEREST SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: September 12, 2016
NCVAA and the Charles & Melita Jung Foundation (Jung Foundation) are sponsoring a public interest scholarship to the NCVAA 10th Annual Conference. The scholarship is intended to encourage and make it easier for public interest attorneys to participate in NCVAA.
The award consists of the following: (1) Flight: the recipient will receive a domestic round trip ticket to San Jose, CA on Southwest Airlines, or reimbursement for a domestic round trip ticket up to $450; (2) Registration Fee: the conference registration fee will be waived by NCVAA; and (3) Hotel Stay: reimbursement for a 2-night stay at the Fairmont San Jose Hotel, up to $346.
Reimbursements will be net of any other scholarships received. All U.S.-based public interest attorneys are invited to apply. The application deadline is Monday, September 12, 2016 (but the applicants will be considered on a rolling basis beginning 8/19/16, so the earlier the better).
To apply, please click here.
CONTACT INFORMATION: For sponsorship information or any general questions, please contact: Mai D. Luu, Sponsorship Chair[email protected] | (408) 975-9321 Kim Nguyen Gray, NCVAA President [email protected]