AABANY Prosecutors Committee 8th Annual Reception
AABANY Prosecutors Committee 8th Annual Reception
Check out the link above for a video from NTDTV which reported on AABANY’s Prosecutors Committee 8th Annual Reception on June 9th, 2016. The segment featured Alexander Jeong (Justice of the New York State Court of Claims, Deputy Administrative Judge, New York City Criminal Court) and Diane Gujarati (Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York).
Executive Director Yang Chen, along with Kin Ng and James Lin from the Prosecutors’ Committee, appear on camera to offer a few thoughts about the event.
NCVAA 10th Annual Conference & VABANC 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner: October 14-15, 2016 San Jose, CA
The National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Conference will be held on October 14-15, 2016 in San Jose, California. The 2016 conference will take place in conjunction with the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California’s (VABANC) 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner on Friday, October 14, 2016.
VABANC is honored to co-host the combined event this year as NCVAA returns to San Jose, where VABANC co-hosted the very first conference in 2006. This year’s conference, based on the theme Innovate provides an opportunity for attendees to network with attorneys, members of the judiciary, prominent legal scholars, jurists, and law students from all over the nation. Attorneys can receive valuable CLE credits on a number of stimulating current topics taught by scholars and practitioners.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
Register today to take advantage of early bird prices. After August 7, 2016, registration prices will increase. To register, please click here.
GENERAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
*Schedule and speakers are subject to change.
VABANC 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner
- Date | Friday, October 14, 2016
- Time | 5:30 p.m.
- Cocktails | 7:00 p.m. Program
- Location | Dynasty Restaurant – Grand Century Mall
- Address | 1001 Story Road, 2nd Floor | San Jose, CA 95122
- Keynote Speaker | Professor Joseph Thai | The University of Oklahoma, College of Law
- Honoree | Ann A.P. Nguyen | Robinson & Wood, Inc.
NCVAA 10th Annual Conference
- Date | Saturday, October 15, 2016
- Time | All day CLE Presentation and Reception Gala
- Location | San Jose City Hall Rotunda
- Address | 200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA 95112
- 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Breakfast/Registration/Networking -Welcoming Program – Panel Discussions – Lunch Plenary Session – Panel Discussions – Judge’s Panel – Installation of NCVAA Officers
- 5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Reception Gala
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND CLE PANEL PROGRAM INFORMATION
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING WRITER VIET THANH NGUYEN will be a Keynote Speaker during NCVAA’s conference on Saturday, October 15, 2016. Viet Thanh Nguyen is an associate professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America (Oxford University Press, 2002) and the novel The Sympathizer from Grove/Atlantic (2015). Among other accolades, The Sympathizer won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To learn more about Viet Thanh Nguyen, please click here.
PROFESSOR JOSEPH THAI will keynote VABANC’s 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner on Friday, October 14, 2016. Professor Thai is the Watson Centennial Chair and Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he teaches and writes about constitutional law and the Supreme Court. Professor Thai’s family immigrated from Vietnam to America when he was two. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended Union Public Schools. He later attended Harvard College, where he studied English literature, and Harvard Law School. Following law school, Professor Thai clerked for Judge David Ebel of the Tenth Circuit, and Justices John Paul Stevens and Byron White of the Supreme Court. Professor Thai has practiced in both the public and private sectors. He frequently engages in pro bono litigation in the areas of civil rights, criminal law, and constitutional law. He served on the legal team that successfully challenged Oklahoma’s “Anti-Sharia” law, and before the Supreme Court decided the issue nationally, he served as co-counsel in the successful challenge to Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage bans. Professor Thai has frequently been named outstanding professor by students at OU. His three children have also occasionally named him “best dad.” In 2015, the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys honored Professor Thai with the Trailblazer Award. To learn more about Professor Thai, please click here.
Dr. Tung Thanh Nguyen, Chair of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, will be a Keynote Speaker during NCVAA’s conference on Saturday, October 15, 2016. Dr. Nguyen is Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, where he provides medical care to a diverse patient population and teaches clinicians. He also serves as Director of the Asian American Research Center on Health, Director of the Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, ad a Co-Principal Investigator of the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training. In these roles, he has conducted research in health care prevention for Asian Americans, including studies to increase breast, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer screening among Asian Americans as well as on tobacco use among Asian Americans. Dr. Nguyen holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University and an M.D. from the Stanford School of Medicine. Dr. Nguyen was appointed to the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs in 2011.
Our CLE panel programs will present experienced and distinguished attorneys and scholars covering various topics including:
- (i) the EB-5 investment visa and the very different new wave of immigrants from Vietnam,
- (ii) landmark recent developments in patent and intellectual property law,
- (iii) the much-discussed Trans-Pacific Partnership and its potential impact for the United States and Vietnam,
- (iv) proactive strategies to minimize e-discovery risks and expenses in light of considerable changes in the law and technology, and
- (v) share/gig/on-demand economy and whether existing laws are keeping up with a society being changed by innovation.
Stay tuned for additional details.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For sponsorship information or any general questions, please contact:
- Mai D. Luu, Sponsorship Chair at [email protected] | (408) 975-9321
- Kim Nguyen Gray, NCVAA President at [email protected]
For more information about the conference and NCVAA, please visit www.ncvaa.org.
For information about VABANC, please visit www.vabanc.org.
Thomas Tang Moot Court – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Thomas Tang Moot Court – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
The Thomas Tang Competition, held by the NAPABA Law Foundation, is open to all law students but is especially designed to reach out to APA law students and provide them with an opportunity to showcase their writing and oral advocacy skills and compete for scholarships totaling $10,000.
Competition rules, problem text and registration available online at the link above.
- Northeast Regional – Washington D.C., September 30, 2016 – October 1, 2016
- National Rounds – San Diego, CA at NAPABA Convention, November 4-5, 2016
The Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition was founded in 1993 by the APA Law Student Association of the South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas. It is administered by the NAPABA Law Foundation and the NAPABA Judicial Council. The Competition honors the late Judge Thomas Tang, a champion of individual rights, an advocate for the advancement of minority attorneys, an ardent supporter of NAPABA and the moot court competition. Judge Tang served on the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1977 until his passing in 1995. Judge Tang’s wife, Dr. Pearl Tang, continues the legacy and participates every year.
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
Calling All Those Similarly Situated: Hot Topics and Recurring Issues in Class Action Litigation
Class actions today come in all shapes and sizes, on behalf of all kinds of individuals, and seek broad relief for all types of infractions. For many publicly traded companies, highly regulated industries, manufacturers, retailers, service providers, and employers of a sizable workforce, the threat of a class action lawsuit can be palpable and constant. Our panelists will discuss some recent trends and noteworthy decisions in class action practice, as well as recurring themes and issues for practitioners prosecuting, defending, or counseling companies vulnerable to these bet-the-company lawsuits.
The panel will also seek to demystify class action practice by addressing some of the following questions: Why are class actions attractive for plaintiff’s attorneys and what are the risks and pitfalls of bringing them? Why are they so scary to defendants? What are some ways to potentially circumvent class actions? What is the anatomy of a typical class action? What are some practical tips and considerations for discovery, class certification, and settlement? How can these strategies vary depending on the nature of the suit (e.g., securities, labor, mass torts, antitrust, consumer protection)?
- Sung W. Kim, Esq., Special Counsel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
- Arun Subramanian, Esq., Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP
- Susan L. Shin, Esq., Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
- Phil Cha, Esq., Partner, Archer & Greiner, P.C.
- August T. Horvath, Esq., Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
LAST CALL! The Portrait Project: Asian Americans in the Law
LAST CALL! The Portrait Project: Asian Americans in the Law
The Portrait Project
Deadline | Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. EDT
A little over half a year ago, California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu and his research team reached out to invite your participation in a series of focus group sessions dedicated to examining and better understanding what it means to be an Asian American practicing in the legal profession. They received an overwhelming amount of support and enthusiasm. Many of you expressed excitement at the idea that your experiences would become part of The Portrait Project, the first systematic study of Asian American experiences in the law.
Today, we write to remind you to participate in their nationwide survey. The Portrait Project research team developed their questions over the course of several months, basing them in part on the themes that emerged out of their focus group discussions from the fall. Their questions probe identity, career advancement, and legal education, in addition to other subjects. Their goal is to provide a comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of Asian Americans in the legal industry.
The survey is open until Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. EDT, and should take an estimated 25-30 minutes to complete. The survey can be paused at any time, so there is no need to finish the questions in one sitting. All responses are anonymized. Upon completing the survey and submitting your responses, you may choose to separately enter your name into a prize drawing for your choice of an iPad Mini 4 16GB or a Vizio 38" 5.1 Channel Soundbar System with Wireless Subwoofer and Rear Satellite Speakers. Three winners will be selected at random. If you choose to enter the prize drawing, your name will not be associated with your responses.
We hope that you will find the time to share your experiences and contribute your voice to the report, which will be released in time for the 2016 NAPABA Convention in San Diego in November. If you are willing to participate, please fill out the survey by Aug. 8, at 11:59 p.m.
Please feel free to reach out to the study leaders by email at [email protected] if you have any questions.
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
Running for Elected Positions as the Asian Candidate – Lessons Learned
In this panel discussion, we’ll have Asian Americans who have won elections (and lost elections); they will discuss their experiences about the process, pitfalls and their successes.
- James Cho, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York
- Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, Justice, Appellate Term, First Department, New York State Supreme Court
- Jun Choi, CEO; former Mayor, Menlo Realty Ventures; Former Mayor of Edison, NJ
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
KALAGNY – 2016 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference
The ‘Business Case’ for Diversity & Inclusion: Lessons Learned from In-House, Government, and Law Firm Counsel
Today’s economic climate is one of constant change. Increased regulatory compliance, technological innovation, low interest rates, and other factors have together created a highly challenging business environment. In order to remain competitive, companies and law firms are placing a growing emphasis on legal teams that are resilient, creative, and diverse. Governmental entities are also beginning to recognize the importance of diversity and inclusion in their recruiting efforts.
This panel discusses the growing awareness that diversity and inclusion are not only helpful, but also critical towards the success of an enterprise. Senior in-house, government, and law firm counsels will discuss how staffing diverse legal teams has driven superior business results and contributed towards their organizations’ success. This panel will also discuss unique opportunities that exist for teams that can successfully apply diversity and inclusion to their practices. Finally, the panel will also discuss how APA attorneys may position themselves to identify and help meet these needs, stepping forward as leaders during this critical juncture.
- Sahang-Hee Hahn, Esq., Assistant Vice President and Counsel, MassMutual
- Dwight S. Yoo, Esq., Partner, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Austin K. So., Esq., General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, StoneMor Partners L.P.
- Sonia Low, Esq., General Counsel, The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc.
- Jimmy Yan, Esq., Special Counsel to the Chief Investment Officer & Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management, Office of the New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer