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Tested Film Screenings: New York, May 23-26

It’s not often your film gets handed an award by an Oscar winning actress, but that’s what happened last week to Tested. Geena Davis and the Bentonville Film Festival gave us their Highest Diversity Award. 

Looking forward, we’re back in New York for a series of screenings this week:

Mon., May 23
La Guardia Community College
1:00pm, Room E-242, Queens, NY

Tues., May 24
Teach for America
6:30pm, 25 Broadway, 12th Fl, New York

Wed., May 25
SAYA @ NYU
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU
6:30pm, 255 Sullivan Street, New York

Thurs., May 26
Lincoln Center Film Society
(SOLD OUT)
5:00pm

We’re planning our Fall Tour including stops in Virginia, Massachusetts, Oregon, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, as well as Europe and Asia.  Whether you’ve seen Tested, or hope we bring a screening to your city, consider a tax-deductible donation to our efforts!

-Team Tested

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Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May marks Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. Yet, as the fastest growing population in the country, undocumented stories are often overlooked. FWD.us and MinKwon Center for Community Action are proud to present two short documentaries Halmoni and Dream Riders Across America to educate AAPI communities on pains of family separation as well as dreams and hopes of undocumented immigrant youth.

The documentary screening will be followed by a short community discussion; a special Open Mic Night will close the event.

Light fare and refreshments will be available. Event will start promptly at 7:00pm, screening will start at 7:10pm. WeWork Studio Square is kindly providing their Terrace space for this event.

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First Asian Pacific American attorney in New York

First Asian Pacific American attorney in New York

We hope that you have been enjoying APA Heritage Month! This month commemorates a number of important events, one of which is May 17, the day that New York State granted admission to the bar to Hong Yen Chang – reportedly the first Asian American attorney admitted to the bar in New York. While having passed the bar examination, he was first denied admission because of his lack of U.S. citizenship due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. A special act of the New York Legislature (N.Y. L.1887 c. 249) allowed his admission despite this bar, and Chang was finally admitted in 1888. 

As we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we honor the first Asian Pacific American member of the bar in New York, and reportedly anywhere in the United States. In May 2014, AABANY was also proud to grant him a posthumous membership.

Have a thoughtful rest of May, and check out our Calendar to see what upcoming events you can attend to celebrate Asian American history!

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The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys – Law360

The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys – Law360

Check out Law360′s Top 100 Firms for Minority Attorneys. 

The firms on this list have made some headway in shaking up a stubbornly bleak picture of diversity in the legal industry. Law360’s 2016 Diversity Snapshot revealed that less than 15 percent of attorneys at U.S. law firms surveyed by Law360 are minorities. Less than 9 percent of partners at U.S. law firms are minorities. 

We’re proud to count quite a few among our sponsors:

  • White & Case
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Paul, Weiss
  • Cleary Gottlieb
  • Davis Polk
  • Akin Gump
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Arnold & Porter
  • Perkins Coie
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Kelley Drye
  • Gibson Dunn
  • Cadwalader Wickersham
  • Sidley Austin
  • Shearman & Sterling
  • Hinshaw & Culbertson
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Sutherland Asbill
  • Reed Smith
  • Sullivan & Cromwell

For more information, click on the link in the title.

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The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners – Law360

The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners – Law360

Check out Law360′s Top 50 Firms for Minority Equity Partners.

While equity partnerships at U.S. law firms remain overwhelmingly white, 50 firms have widened the playing field for attorneys of color, according to Law360 data. These 50 firms have the highest percentage of minority equity partners out of the 308 U.S.-based law firms that disclosed their equity partner data by race to Law360 as part of the 2016 Diversity Snapshot.

AABANY is proud to recognize a few former and current Board Members who are Partners at firms who made the list:

  • Karen Lim, Fross Zelnick
  • Sylvia Chin, White & Case
  • Larry Wee, Paul, Weiss

Learn more about these firms by clicking the link in the title.

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NAPABA Solo & Small Firm Network Webinars, June 8 and June 22

SSF June Meeting

Please join SSF co-chairs Charles H. Jung, Eve Guillergan, and Sara Sakagami, for the NAPABA Solo & Small Firm Network’s monthly meetings, which are held on the second Wednesday of each month. The June meeting will be by conference call on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at 4 p.m. EDT.  The dial-in number is 202-847-6031 (no PIN required).

SSF Webinar Series

The NAPABA SSF Webinar Series highlights the talents of the SSF Network’s members. Please contact SSF if you are interested in presenting a future webinar. The next webinar is:

Insurance Issue Spotting for the Solo and Small Firm Practitioner

Webinar Date/Time: June 22 at 4p.m. EDT

Presenters: Debbie Crockett and Tacie Yoon

Please e-mail Peter Sabido at sabido@khpatent.com if you wish to propose a future SSF webinar.

Register here.

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