Upcoming Manhattan Family Justice Center Core Trainings
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Upcoming Manhattan Family Justice Center Core Trainings
The NYC Family Justice Center in Manhattan is happy to announce our next round of core trainings. Our core training program provides professional development on the most relevant topics for service providers working with victims and survivors of intimate partner violence, sex trafficking, and elder abuse.
Ø Criminal Justice
Monday, June 23rd 9 am – 12 pm
Facilitated by Manhattan District Attorney’s Office & NYPD
Ø Immigration Law: Options and Remedies
Monday, June 23rd 1-4 pm
Facilitated by Her Justice
Ø Risk Assessment & Safety Planning
Tuesday, June 24th 9 am – 12 pm
Facilitated by MFJC Staff
Ø Shelter & Housing
Tuesday, June 24th 1-4 pm
Facilitated by New Destiny Housing & MFJC Staff
Ø Family & Matrimonial Law
Wednesday, June 25th 1-4 pm
Facilitated by NY Legal Assistance Group
Ø Domestic Violence Dialogue
Thursday, June 26nd 11 am – 1 pm
Facilitated by Urban Justice Project
Ø Self-Sufficiency & Economic Empowerment
Friday, June 27th 10 am – 1 pm
Facilitated by MFJC Staff
Ø Culture Conversations: LGBTQ Communities
Tuesday, July 29th 1-4 pm
Facilitated by NYC Anti-Violence Project and NY Legal Assistance Group
All trainings will be held in the MFJC Training Room at 80 Centre Street (cross street Worth St.), 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013. More training details will follow soon.
First Asian Pacific American attorney in New York
(photo credit: Wikipedia)
AABANY last week awarded posthumous membership to Hong Yen Chang (张康仁 ; also known as Hong Yeng Chang, Henry Chang, and Zhang Kangren). UC Davis law students are campaigning to posthumously admit Chang to the California Bar. He had applied in 1890, but was rejected because his U.S. citizenship was not recognized. He had previously resided in Brooklyn, and after studying at Columbia, Chang applied for admission to the New York Bar. While having “passed a very credible 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.
This Saturday, May 17, will mark the 126th anniversary of his admission. 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. We hope that the historical injustice Chang received in California will be corrected.
Source articles:
“Naturalizing a Chinaman: Hong Yen Chang’s Struggles to be Admitted to the Bar”, New York Times (Nov. 19, 1887)
“A Chinese Lawyer”, New York Times (May 18, 1888)
Session Law published in the Laws of New York 1887, Chapter 249:
Congratulations to Alice Hsu!
AABANY member Alice Hsu, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, has been named one of the New York Law Journal’s 2014 Rising Stars. This year, the 42 Rising Stars were selected from over 230 nominees by a panel of 20 esteemed judges. To read more, click here.
Please join AABANY in congratulating Alice on this well-deserved honor.
Congratulations to Vincent Chang!
AABANY member and Past President (2007) Vincent Chang, Partner at Wollmuth Maher & Deutsche LLC, has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award. The presentation of the award will take place at the Gala Award Dinner on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 6:00pm to 9:30pm at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, New York City.
We commend the Asian American Business Development Center on their selection. Please join AABANY in congratulating Vincent on this well-deserved honor.