NAPIPA & C.C. Yin Scholarships for Justice
The National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association (NAPIPA) is proud to announce
that the NAPIPA & C.C. Yin Scholarships for Justice will be awarded once again this year. The
Scholarship is named in honor of distinguished Asian / Pacific Islander (API) community leader
and entrepreneur C.C. Yin. It is intended to encourage law students who share NAPIPA’s
mission and goals into pursuing careers in prosecution and continuing to help the API
community.
This year, NAPIPA will award a Kaplan Bar Review course and a cash scholarship ranging from
$500 to $1000 to each of three (3) law students.
In order to be eligible for these scholarships, the applicant must:
1) Be an enrolled law student as of September 1, 2017 and for the 2018 school year;
2) Be a member of NAPIPA (applications may be submitted contemporaneously with
scholarship applications and can be found online at www.napipa.org);
3) Be personally present at the Scholarship Banquet on September 21, 2018, at the Golden
Unicorn in New York, N.Y.
4) If necessary, be available to be interviewed through video conferencing such as
FaceTime or Skype.
5) Please note, students who are already enrolled in the Kaplan Bar Review course are not
eligible for the Kaplan course scholarship
A scholarship application is available at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTMxGkQFalfrLxfhem6FYZ2m61aZi5rAan13_4yXh6kJd95g/viewform
All application materials must be completed and received by 6:00 p.m. EST on
August 31, 2018.
Please contact Albert Suh at ([email protected]) if you have any questions.
Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Exemption From Minimum Standards for Ultra-Orthodox Schools | New York Law Journal
A carve-out in a state law passed this year as an amendment to the state education budget that exempts ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools from meeting minimum educational standards violates the establishment clause of the Constitution, an advocacy group alleges in a suit filed on Monday.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, representing the Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED) group, which advocates for improving educational curricula in ultra-Orthodox schools, alleges in a suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York that the amendment effectively creates a “dual oversight” regime for yeshivas and for nonpublic schools in New York, which are required to give instruction that is “substantially equivalent” of that provided to public schools students.
Quinn Emanuel partner Eric Huang, who was also present for the news conference, said his clients would consider filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the law from taking effect. Quinn Emanuel is taking the case on a pro bono basis.
“If the law is allowed to stand it will stand in the way of progress,” Huang said.
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We send our best wishes to longtime AABANY member Eric Huang for a successful outcome in this important case.
NAPABA Seeks At-Large Board Member Candidates
From NAPABA:
The NAPABA Board of Governors will appoint two at-large board members to each serve a two-year term beginning with the 2018-19 bar year. The NAPABA Nominating and Elections Committee invites all members in good standing to apply to be at-large board members.
- Review the complete guidelines and apply here.
- The deadline to submit an application is Aug. 3 at 5 p.m. EDT.
Questions
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