2015 Bryan Cave / NAPABA Law Foundation Community Service Scholarship
Deadline: May 29, 2015 at 9 pm ET
Diversity is a core value of Bryan Cave LLP and an engrained part of our culture. Bryan Cave LLP has partnered with the NAPABA Law Foundation to offer the Bryan Cave / NLF Community Service Scholarship, which will provide a $2,500 scholarship award for one law student who is a summer law intern that works on issues on behalf of, or that benefits, the Asian Pacific American community. Click here to apply or for more information.
PALS Summer Reception & Panel Discussion: Thriving as a Summer Associate or Intern of Color, May 27
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Panel: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Networking & Cocktail Reception: 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Mayer Brown
1221 Avenue of the Americas (49th and 6th – The McGraw Hill Building)
The PALS Thriving as a Summer Associate or Intern of Color Panel will provide students with career development tips to maximize their summer experience. In addition to best practices for doing excellent work, panelists will discuss handling mid-summer evaluations, proper methods of obtaining feedback and developing relationships that will last beyond the summer.
The reception following the panel is open to all attorneys and law students. We invite all practicing attorneys to join us, meet our students and catch-up with old friends. In particular, we encourage attorney mentors and student mentees paired through PALS to attend this event together.
Panelists:
Sean Fairweather
Managing Counsel
The Bank of New York Mellon
Erin Gladney
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Ronald Sarubbi
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
Additional Panelists To Be Announced
Moderator:
Christian Elloie
Assistant General Counsel
Deloitte LLP
RSVP Today!
Registration will close on Friday, May 22nd
PALS Mission Statement:
PALS is dedicated to enhancing the skills and careers of minority law students and early career attorneys. PALS does this by offering customized mentoring, educational and professional development opportunities. PALS provides resources to augment the law school and employer training of, respectively, minority law students and beginning lawyers, and will continue to offer its services free of charge.
PALS is a 501©(3) not-for-profit organization Providing Mentoring, Career and Skills Development for Minorities in the Legal Profession Since 1984
NYLJ Directory: Minority-Owned Law Firms
The Special Sections Editor at the New York Law Journal is pulling together a chart of minority-owned law firms in New York, with 50% or more minority ownership. Last year’s chart can be viewed here for reference.
If you would like to be included, please email Angela E. Turturro, Esq. the following information: firm name, address/telephone number, the name of managing partner(s), the number of permanent, full-time attorneys as of December 31, 2014.
The New York Law Journal also has a women-owned law firms chart (50% or more female ownership, see here), in case your firm qualifies. Please respond by May 13, 2015 for inclusion.
AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
AAARI.info – Asian/Asian American Research Institute
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) – NY Chapter
New York Asian Pacific American Workers Congress: Convening New Leaders, Sharing Our Skills
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015
Time: 8:30AM to 2:30PM
Place: Murphy Institute for Worker Education
25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
RSVP to eng5187@aol.com
Program is free of charge.
(Includes continental breakfast and lunch.)
The New York Asian Pacific American Workers Congress invites workers, union members, and advocates in labor-community alliances and immigrant rights campaigns, students and young people to come and work together for economic justice and worker solidarity! There will be panels of speakers to encourage Asian and Pacific American workers to take on the challenges of leadership in communities, unions, and society. Key topics include: Political Action, Organizing (labor and community), Immigration, and Communications (social media and public speaking).
Co-Sponsor
CUNY Murphy Institute for Worker Education
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
Congratulations to Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan
Congratulations to Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan
Congratulations to longtime AABANY member and friend Judge Doris Ling-Cohan, Justice, New York County, Supreme Court, who has been named one of the 75 most accomplished female attorneys today by the National Law Journal!
According the National Law Journal , factors considered when selecting the women were:
- Development of successful practices, especially new areas of law or practices typically dominated by men.
- Attainment of professional leadership roles.
- Performance in significant cases, including those that resulted in key, often precedent-setting rulings, victories at trial, and significant settlements.
- Influence and stature in the public sector, including high-level government work.
- Representation of the underserved or indigent.
- Demonstrated efforts to improve diversity in the profession.
Check out Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan’s feature in the National Law Journal by clicking the link the the title. (Subscription may be required.)