Talk on ‘Secret of a Thousand Beauties: A Novel’
Dear AAARI Friend,
Join us for a lecture on, Secret of a Thousand Beauties: A Novel, by Mingmei Yip, on Friday, December 12, 2014, from 6pm to 8pm, at 25 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan. This talk is free and open to the general public.
Mingmei Yip will discuss her new novel, Secret of a Thousand Beauties, illustrated with slides showing masterpieces of Chinese embroidery rarely seen outside Chinese museums. Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip’s enthralling novel explores one woman’s defiant pursuit of independence. Dr. Yip will also discuss what women’s crafts reveal about the lives of women in traditional China. Readings and book signings will be included.
Mingmei Yip is a novelist writing in English about the lives and struggles of Chinese women, both in China and America. Mingmei is currently finishing her seventh novel, The Witches’ Market, which will be released in 2015 by Kensington Books.
Dr. Yip’s debut novel Peach Blossom Pavilion, the story of the last musician-courtesan of China, has received numerous favorable reviews and is in its fifth printing. It has just been published by Harper Collins Avon in March, 2014. Mingmei’s novels have been translated into nine languages and are currently available in ten countries.
Dr. Yip is also a renowned qin musician, calligrapher and painter. She received her PhD in musicology from the Sorbonne, University of Paris.
To RSVP for this talk, please visit www.aaari.info/14-12-12Yip.htm. Can’t make it to the talk? View the live webcast on our homepage beginning at 6:15PM EST, or access the streaming video and audio podcast the following week.
Credit Suisse Summer Internship for Law Students of Color in NYC
The Credit Suisse General Counsel Division offers a paid 10 week Summer Associate program geared toward law students who have completed their first year of law school and are interested in gaining “in-house” exposure within the Financial Services Industry.
This program is being offered through the Credit Suisse General Counsel Americas Diversity Committee, which seeks to promote diversity among legal and compliance professionals. Credit Suisse seeks to hire applicants with a diverse range of geographic, socio-economic, experience backgrounds, and is interested in recruiting students from the PALS community.
Overview of the Summer Program:
Summer associates are placed in one or two practice areas in order to receive full exposure to the Legal and/or Compliance issues that practice area manages. The Credit Suisse General Counsel Division provides a number of legal and compliance functions including capital markets and disclosure advice, litigation, asset management and private banking advice, employment law, executive compensation and bank regulatory, derivative, futures and other trading documentation, anti-money laundering, and Dodd-Frank compliance. A summer associate’s practice group will be determined on a date closer to the start of the summer program based on the department’s need and the summer associate’s interest. Typical assignments range from research and writing, negotiations, and drafting legal documents related to the relevant practice area. The summer associate will also shadow their manager in the manager’s day-to-day tasks as they advise their internal clients.
In addition, various learning and networking opportunities are offered to support the development of each Summer Associate, including lectures from department professionals, cocktail receptions, breakfast with senior managers in the department, and training sessions with our partner law firms, which give 1L summer associates an opportunity to meet and interact with 2L summer associates from a variety of top tier law firms. While full-time offers are not generally extended after the 10 weeks program is complete, Credit Suisse sees this as the beginning of a relationship with up and coming legal talent, and as an opportunity for the summer associate to develop legal skills that are easily transferable to a law firm, government or other setting.
The program typically starts the first week of June and runs through the second week of August. While the summer associate program is paid, Credit Suisse will not reimburse summer associates for relocation costs or otherwise provide housing support.
Who should apply?
Only full-time first year law students of color that are considering career paths in financial services industry are encouraged to apply. Additionally, only law students attending one of the thirteen New York City metropolitan area schools PALS serves are able to apply. These schools are Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Brooklyn Law School, Columbia University School of Law, CUNY School of Law, Fordham University School of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, New York Law School, New York University School of Law, Pace University School of Law, Rutgers University School of Law (Newark), Seton Hall University School of Law, St. John’s University School of Law and Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
PALS commitment to your success:
The Credit Suisse 2015 PALS Summer Associate will also have a designated PALS Summer Mentor in addition to their general PALS Mentor. Furthermore, the Credit Suisse 2015 PALS Summer Associate’s training and professional development will also be supplemented by PALS legal writing skills workshops and other professional development training, career panels and networking receptions. At the conclusion of the program, the Credit Suisse 2015 PALS Summer Associate will be asked to provide insights and a brief presentation on their experience to the larger PALS community. The summer associate position is not expected to lead to an offer for full time employment.
Eligibility and qualifications:
- To apply you must be a law student of color;
- A first year law student matriculating at any of the thirteen law schools PALS serves (listed above);
- Have a strong commitment to excellence, personal and professional growth;
- Possess outstanding academic performance, preferably ranked in the top quartile of the class (we understand that first semester grades may still be coming in during the recruitment process);
- Possess leadership capabilities in extracurricular activities;
- Exhibit superior legal analysis, research and communication skills;
- Be a team player and individual contributor;
- Have a demonstrated interest in a career path in the financial services industry; and
- The applicant must be able to commit to a full-time position during the term of the program.
How do I apply?
To apply please fill out the application and provide the additional requested supporting documents. All applications must be sent to Priya Velji at coordinator@palsprogram.org by January 9, 2015. Applications submitted after this date, or formatted incorrectly, will not be considered.
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Please visit the PALS website for information on this opportunity and many more: http://palsprogram.org/by-audience/law-students/credit-suisse-internship.html
Super Lawyers: Diversity, not Divinity – Rotating careers and keeping true to self launched Don H. Liu
In Tim Harper’s recent "Diversity, not Divinity" in Super Lawyers, Harper tells the story of AABANY Advisory Committee Member and Xerox Executive Vice President and General Secretary and Secretary Don H. Liu.
From his boyhood businesses and bicycle deliveries, plans to attend divinity school, realization that he liked “sinning far too much” to become a minister, civil rights ambitions, and his one day a month on the Xerox 1-800 helpline, Don shares the gambles he’s made on his way to the top. As much as you may believe that you know Don, this article provides some real insight into the multi-faceted inspirations and experiences that shape him today.
Illustrating Don’s passion and influence, Harper writes, “Liu doesn’t just talk diversity. He lives it. In 1999 when Liu got his first general counsel job… he had to build a new 13-lawyer in-house counsel team. Liu hired an executive recruiter and told him he wanted diversity. Initially the recruiter kept insisting that he couldn’t find qualified women or minority lawyers. Liu said: ‘You are talking to one, and I can’t be the only one out there. Find me diverse candidates, or I will find another headhunter.’”
Click on the article to read more.
NAPABA APPLAUDS ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF ON IMMIGRATION AND CALLS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2014
Contact: Emily Chatterjee
(202) 775-9555
WASHINGTON – The National Asian Pacific American Bar (NAPABA) welcomes President Barack Obama’s decision to take executive action and provide immigration relief—an important step towards fixing our broken immigration system. A key part of the President’s executive action is providing temporary relief from deportation to an estimated 4.9 million undocumented immigrants, of which an estimated 1.3 million are Asian Pacific American immigrants.
“NAPABA has long supported the need for commonsense immigration reform and applauds the President’s efforts to take action and provide relief,” said George C. Chen, president of NAPABA. “We recognize that President Obama’s actions are only temporary and continue to stress the need for legislative action and call on Congress to pass legislation to fully address the problems within the immigration system.”
Of the 1.3 million undocumented Asian Pacific Americans, an estimated 400,000 will benefit from this temporary relief. However, Asian Pacific American immigrants who have been waiting for decades to reunite with family members due to the visa backlogs in the family immigration system will not obtain any relief. It is estimated that 1.8 million people from Asian countries are waiting for a family-sponsored visa to join loved ones in the United States.
Supporting the need for comprehensive immigration reform has long been a priority for NAPABA. For many years, the NAPABA Board of Governors has passed policy resolutions on immigration, and immigration reform has been a focus of advocacy efforts for NAPABA members on the Hill and across the country within NAPABA’s state and local affiliates. A few weeks ago, NAPABA was proud to present Jose Antonio Vargas, an Asian Pacific American undocumented immigrant and Pulitzer-prize winning activist, as the keynote speaker of the 2014 NAPABA Convention in Arizona. In light of the administrative relief announced last night, Mr. Vargas may, after more than 20 years, finally be able to return home to the Philippines to see his mother.
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The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is the national association of Asian Pacific American (APA) attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. NAPABA represents the interests of over 40,000 attorneys and approximately 70 national, state, and local bar associations. Its members include solo practitioners, large firm lawyers, corporate counsel, legal services and non-profit attorneys, and lawyers serving at all levels of government. NAPABA engages in legislative and policy advocacy, promotes APA political leadership and political appointments, and builds coalitions within the legal profession and the community at large. NAPABA also serves as a resource for government agencies, members of Congress, and public service organizations about APAs in the legal profession, civil rights, and diversity in the courts.
In a Queens Court, Women in Prostitution Cases are Seen as Victims
In a Queens Court, Women in Prostitution Cases are Seen as Victims
Long-time AABANY member Judge Toko Serita discusses victims at risk and Human Trafficking Intervention Court in the latest New York Times article by Liz Robbins, “In a Queens Court, Women in Prostitution Cases are Seen as Victims.”
Robbins discusses at length the less adversarial nature of Human Trafficking Intervention Court and its intention is to change the legal conversation around the multibillion-dollar sex trade by redefining the women in it as victims instead of criminals. “This court is not devised to solve the problems of trafficking,” Judge Serita said of the program, “but to address one of the unfortunate byproducts, which is the arrest of these defendants on prostitution charges.” Click on the link to the article to read more insights from Judge Serita and others.
