AABANY Joins 2nd Circuit Amicus Brief on Sexual Discrimination

AABANY is pleased to announce that it is a co-signatory to the amicus brief in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. 

In that case, Donald Zarda filed suit against his former employer, Altitude Express,
alleging that he had been terminated due to his sexual orientation, in
violation of the New York State Human Rights Law and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The amicus brief asks the 2nd Circuit to overturn existing precedent and expand the definition of

“sex” in Title VII of the Act to include sexual orientation in employment discrimination.

The following bar associations and organizations have also signed on:

  • The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York
  • Anti-Defamation League
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Legal Aid at Work
  • The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York 

Please click here to read the amicus brief.

Pauline Yeung-Ha

Pauline Yeung-Ha

2018 2L NAPABA/Mayer Brown/Prudential Law Fellowship Now Accepting Applications

Application Deadline | Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. EDT

Learn More and Submit an Application
Here

NAPABA is pleased to partner with
Prudential Financial Inc. (Prudential) and Mayer Brown to provide a fellowship
opportunity for a highly-motivated second-year law student. Through this
partnership, a talented law student will be selected as the 2018 NAPABA/Mayer
Brown/Prudential Law Fellow. The Fellow will join Mayer Brown in its New York
or Chicago office in the summer of 2018 following successful completion of his
or her second year of law school.

To be eligible to apply, 2L law
students must be a NAPABA member.

We are accepting submissions from 2L
students until Aug. 14. Submission requirements are as follows:

To apply, you must submit in a single PDF
document
:

     

  • a discussion of how diversity and inclusion in the workplace or in the academic environment has had a personal impact;
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  • an example of a time when the candidate faced a challenging project or assignment (work-related, community service, school-related, etc.) that required working with others in a team (including the issues, resolutions, and overall results); or
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  • a discussion of how participation in the NAPABA/Mayer
          Brown/Prudential Fellowship Program will benefit and enhance the
          candidate’s experience at Mayer Brown.

All materials must be received by
5 p.m. EDT on Aug. 14
. Finalists must be available to participate in phone
interviews in August or September 2017. Selected candidates will be invited for
in-person interviews in New York, New York, or Newark, New Jersey, in August or
September 2017, with offers to be made shortly thereafter.

View the Fellowship Description Here

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NAPABA Elections: Renew Membership by July 1st to Vote!

Are you up-to-date with your NAPABA Membership? Be sure to renew by July 1 to be eligible to vote in the NAPABA Officer Elections, which will take place in August-September.

Check or renew your membership status by signing-in to your profile here.

As a reminder, membership dues operate on a calendar year, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
All members (direct and affiliate) must renew before the beginning of
each calendar year to ensure their membership status does not lapse.