Month: April 2018

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NYC Family Justice Center, Manhattan (MFJC) Advanced Trainings April 2018

NYC Family Justice Center, Manhattan (MFJC) Advanced Trainings April 2018

Forced Marriage in the United States

April 30th 2018 2:00-4:00pm

Facilitated by Sanctuary For Families

General Training Information:

All Trainings are FREE of Charge

Trainings are held at the NYC Manhattan Family Justice Center

80 Centre Street 5thFloor  New York NY 10013

Accessibility Notice: 10 Hogan Place (around the left corner from 80 Center Street) is wheelchair accessible, including the entrance and restrooms. When you are at the indicated entrance, a building officer will bring down the electronic ramp for your use.  If you require any other accommodations, such as ASL interpretation, please contact Indhira Castro at 212.602.2857 or IndhiraC@fjcnyc.org upon registration and no later than 5 business days before the event date in order to make sure we have an interpreter.

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NYC Family Justice Center, Manhattan (MFJC) Advanced Training Offerings: April/May 2018

NYC Family Justice Center, Manhattan (MFJC) Advanced Training Offerings: April/May 2018

April Advance trainings:

 Animal Abuse April 25th

Wednesday, April 25 at 1:00-3:00 pm

Facilitated by: ASPCA

Disability and IPV

Monday, April 30th 10:00 am-1:00PM

Facilitated by Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence and Barrier Free Living

May Advance trainings

Conducting a Nuanced and Holistic Assessment in IPV Cases  

May 1st 1:00-3:00 PM

Facilitated by Steps to end Family violence

Mental Health Suicide Assessment training

May 7th 1:00-3:00pm

Facilitated by NYC Heath + Hospital

For questions or more information:

Indhira Castro

Director of Programs & Community Partnerships

NYC Family Justice Center, Manhattan

Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence

80 Centre  Street, 5th  Floor

New York, NY 10013

(212) 602-2857 Direct 212-602-2800 Main

[email protected] | www.nyc.gov/domesticviolence

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2018 NAPABA Law Foundation Summer Public Interest Internship Scholarship

2018 NAPABA Law Foundation Summer Public Interest Internship Scholarship

The NLF Public Interest Internship provides support for at least one law student to gain meaningful legal experience during a 2018 summer internship at a public interest organization that provides direct legal services, impact litigation, and/or legal advocacy on behalf of the AAPI community.

Who Applies: Host organizations

Deadline: May 14, 2018

Award Amount: $6000

Number of Awards: At least one award

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2018 Han C. Choi Scholarship

2018 Han C. Choi Scholarship

NLF has partnered with the Choi Family to create the Han C. Choi Scholarship, to honor a NAPABA Trailblazer, mentor and leader, who embodies grit and courage in the face of great adversity. This scholarship is for a law student who will summer at a public service, civic, or non-profit organization or a corporation that is not a law firm.

Who Applies: Law students who have already secured a summer placement

Deadline: May 7, 2018

Award Amount: $2500

Number of Awards: One

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The Careerist: Asian-American Women Are Filling the GC Suite

The Careerist: Asian-American Women Are Filling the GC Suite

Vivia Chen’s latest Careerist column talks about the uptick in Asian American women GCs in the US:

Of the 20 Asian-American lawyers now heading the legal departments of Fortune 500 companies, eight are women. And in China, where patriarchy rules and boys are still favored, over 50 percent of general counsel are women, reports legal consulting firm Acritas.

Past AABANY Presidents Jean Lee and Clara Ohr are quoted in the article.

To read more follow the link in the title (subscription required).

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Bereavement Notice – Han C. Choi

With great sadness, AABANY announces the passing of Han C. Choi on March 26, 2018. Known by many around the country as a leader, mentor, trailblazer and friend, Han was active in NAPABA and was the Managing Partner of the Atlanta office of Ballard Spahr LLP.

AABANY, together with KALAGNY and CAPABA, held a fundraiser on March 22, the proceeds of which were donated to the Han C. Choi Scholarship Fund, administered by the NAPABA Law Foundation.

As announced on the Ballard Spahr website:

A memorial service for Mr. Choi will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, 1328 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Han’s family has requested that memorial donations in his name be made to the NAPABA Law Foundation’s Han C. Choi Scholarship Fund, https://www.napabalawfoundation.org/foundation-scholarships,  or the Decatur Education Foundation’s Han C. Choi Memorial Scholarship, https://decatureducationfoundation.org/han/.

For more about Han and his life’s work, see the “Remembering Han C. Choi” page on the Ballard Spahr website: http://www.ballardspahr.com/the_firm/inmemoriam-han-choi.aspx

Our thoughts and condolences go out to Han Choi’s family.

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Welcome to the FY 2018 AABANY Board of Directors

AABANY’s 2018 Fiscal Year began on April 1. We are pleased to welcome this year’s Board Officers and Directors.

Officers

James Cho, President
Brian Song, President-Elect
Dwight S. Yoo, Immediate Past President
Jeff Ikejiri, Vice President of Programs and Operations
Charles Chen, Vice President of Programs and Operations
Edward Kim, Treasurer
Margaret Ling, Development Director
Francis Chin, Technology Director
David Sohn, Membership Director
Dai Wai Chin Feman, Secretary

Directors

Jung Choi
Marianne Chow
Diane Gujarati
Suzanne Kim**
Chris Kwok**
Naf Kwun
Bobby Liu*
Sonia Low*
Sapna Palla
Terrence Shen*
Manisha M. Sheth*
Irene Tan*
Larry Wee*
Andy Yoo**

Executive Director

Yang Chen

Officers serve one-year terms and Directors serve staggered two-year terms, except as noted below. Single asterisk next to a Director’s name indicates that he or she is in their second year. Double asterisks next to a Director’s name indicates that he or she is serving only a one-year term.

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating the new and returning Board Officers and Directors as they embark on another year of leading AABANY as an active and vibrant bar association promoting the interests of APA lawyers and the community they serve. 

This year’s theme, announced at the 2018 Annual Dinner, is “Serving Our Community, Advancing Our Profession.” We hope all our members and anyone interested in promoting our mission will help our new Board in fulfilling that theme.