The Litigation Committee met on September 28, 2012 and was privileged to have the Honorable George A. Yanthis speak at the meeting.  Anna Mercado and the staff of Phillips Lytle LLP did a wonderful job hosting. 

The meeting was well attended thanks to Judge Yanthis, who discussed preferred practices, notable cases and his path to the Judiciary.  Judge Yanthis also shared the importance of diversity and public advocacy, as exemplified by his own experience.  Attendees had the opportunity to ask practical questions on how to better advocate for their clients.  Afterwards, attendees remained to continue networking with each other. 

Thanks to Francis Chin for the photos.

NYIC Town Hall Meeting on DACA

Town Hall Meeting on
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Learn more about Deferred Action and where to get help with your application

11:00 – 12:30, Sunday, October 7, 2012
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue
(Enter Community Entrance on Van Dam Street & 47th Avenue)
Long Island City, New York

  Please Join Host
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney

and her special guest:

Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez

Along with Representatives of

American Immigration Lawyers Association
CUNY Citizenship Now
New York Immigration Coalition
& United States Citizen and Immigration Service

To view the flyer please click here.

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On Saturday, September 22, at the Subotnick Center in Brooklyn Law School, more than 30 law students, including many from Brooklyn Law School and some from the law schools at Fordham, Cardozo and St John’s, spent a few hours in the afternoon meeting the leaders of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) and learning about different career paths for law students and the skills needed to survive and thrive in law school.

Irene Tan and Ben Chan, Co-Chairs of the Student Outreach Committee, planned and organized this first-time event.  It began with an introduction to AABANY given by Executive Director Yang Chen, followed by several Committee Chairs talking about the work of the committees and how law students can get involved.  This panel included Liza Sohn, Co-Chair of the Women’s Committee, Will Ng, Co-Chair of the Student Outreach and Communication Committees, Karen Lim, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee, Rio Guerrero, Co-Chair of the Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, and Richard Tsai, Co-Chair of the Government and Public Sector Committee.

After the law students were introduced to AABANY and some of its Committees, the discussion turned to a career panel that included Jean Lee, AABANY President and in-house counsel at JP Morgan Chase, who spoke about practicing litigation as a civil litigator and as an in-house lawyer; Sam Yee, Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Attorney General’s office, who spoke about litigating as a prosecutor; Michael Huang, AABANY President-elect and Partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner, who spoke about practicing as a corporate transactional lawyer; Tim Wong, past AABANY Treasurer and solo practitioner, who spoke about opening up his own general practice in Chinatown; Rio Guerrero, founder of Guerrero Yee, who talked about starting his own immigration practice; Chris Chan, past AABANY president, who shared his experiences as a criminal defense lawyer; and Richard Tsai, court attorney for Hon. Michael Stallman, who discussed working in public service.  The panel was moderated by Yang Chen.

After the career panel, Ben Chan spoke about exam-taking and other skills that new law students need to master to survive in law school and to success beyond it.

The workshop concluded with a networking session that gave the law students a chance to speak directly with all the panelists to ask questions one-on-one or in smaller group settings.

Thanks to BLS APALSA for hosting the event, and thanks to everyone who came.  To learn more about the Student Outreach Committee, contact Ben and Irene, the Co-Chairs at [email protected]. (Thanks to Francis Chin for the photos.)

John Jay Iselin Memorial Lecture Series on The United States Constitution

Burt Neuborne, Inez Milholland Professor of Civil Liberties and founding legal director of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, will be delivering Cooper Union’s John Jay Iselin Memorial Lecture Series on The United States Constitution.

The lecture series begin on Thursday, October 4, and run every Thursday evening (except for November 22) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., ending on December 13. The lecture series is supported in part by the New York State Archives Partnership Trust and will take place in Cooper Union’s historic Great Hall located at 7 East 7th Street, New York, New York.

The lecture series is free, but registration is required. If you would like to take this opportunity to register online, please visit http://cooperunion.eventbrite.com.

For more information on the lectures, please visit the Cooper Union website at http://cooper.edu.

NYC Screening: Harvest of Empire

From our friends at the New York Immigration Coalition:

Dear Members and Friends,

I would like to recommend a very powerful film about Latinos in America – Harvest of the Empire – opening at the Quad New York City next Friday, September 28th. The film is based on a book by Juan Gonzalez, a good friend of the NYIC and a renowned journalist. I believe the film will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of the immigration issue by shedding very much needed light on some of the factors that spur immigration from Latin America. The film has some incredibly moving stories, gripping and rare historical footage and much more. Please see below for more information.

Chung-Wha Hong Executive Director New York Immigration Coalition

Friday, September 28th through October 4th
Quad Cinema NYC
34 West 13th St. New York, NY
Showtimes:1:00 // 2:50 // 4:40 // 6:30 // 8:20 // 10:20 pm
www.harvestofempiremovie.com