PBCS was extremely active in April! We ran the pro bono clinic in Manhattan for the first time this year on April 9, 2022. We couldn’t have run our clinics without the dedicated help from AABANY, the Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee, Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York (CCCNY), and volunteers. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to all volunteers for participating!
Thank you to all the following volunteers:
| Francis Chin | Aaron Fong^ |
| Jackson Chin | Teresa Wai Yee Yeung^ |
| Karen Kithan Yau | Yvette Adiguzel^ |
| Kelly Tang (CCCNY)^ | Kwok Kei Ng |
| Min Jung Esther Choi | May Wong |
| ^ = non-attorney volunteer |
On April 9, we met with 17 clients – 3 spoke English and 14 spoke a second language (i.e., Mandarin or Cantonese). Many clients had mostly housing-related questions, as housing has always been a popular issue given the lack of resources and information available.
In fact, many legal services have stopped taking cases due to the shortage of staffing and heavy workloads. Unfortunately, due to space issues, we too will be suspending our Manhattan clinics until further notice.
However, we are continuing the Queens Pro Bono Clinics. In fact, on April 23, we had 14 AABANY volunteers present at our pro bono clinic! These volunteers assisted 13 clients who had questions related to immigration, torts, wills, trusts and estates, and referrals.
Thank you to all the following volunteers:
| Beatrice Leong | Jackson Chin* |
| Eugene Kim | Amanda Yang^* |
| Haoxu Li | Kwok Ng |
| Jennifer Park | Johnny Thach |
| May Wong | Ruihan (Yvette) Wang |
| Justina Chen^ | Meng Zhang |
| Yewei “Alex” Feng^* | Kevin Hsi |
| ^=non-attorney volunteers | |
| *=attended remotely |
Please feel free to volunteer with us at Flushing, Queens by signing up at this link [https://airtable.com/shrsLuv7MQN8Gtc0B]. We hope to see you there!
Our next clinic dates are –
6/25/2022, 12:30pm – 3:30pm [deadline to register 6/22/2022, 12pm]
7/23/2022, 12:30pm – 3:30pm [deadline to register 7/20/2022, 12pm]
To learn more about the Pro Bono Committee and what they do visit probono.aabany.org.