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NY City Bar Event on Minority Women Litigators: 10/25

NY City Bar Event on Minority Women Litigators: 10/25

From the NY City Bar website:

Are there experiences unique to minority women litigators? Our panel will discuss the paths of minority women lawyers as they navigate their way through the courts, law firms and other arenas. The panelists will discuss successful strategies that they have utilized, the role of mentors and sponsors, and how they can recognize and overcome any challenges that arise.

Panelists:

  • Honorable Margarita López Torres, Surrogate, Kings County (moderator); 
  • Christine Chung, Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP;
  • Seetha Ramachandran, Deputy Chief, Money Laundering and Bank Integrity Unit, Criminal Division, US Department of Justice;
  • Ghillaine Reid, Gibbons, P.C.

For more information, including how to rsvp, click the link in the title.

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USCIS Announces Entrepreneurs in Residence Initiative

USCIS Announces Entrepreneurs in Residence Initiative

On October 11, 2001, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced an initiative on its website:

WASHINGTON – US. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas joined the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in Pittsburgh to announce “Entrepreneurs in Residence."  This new innovative initiative will utilize industry expertise to strengthen USCIS policies and practices surrounding immigrant investors, entrepreneurs and workers with specialized skills, knowledge, or abilities.  Mayorkas announced the initiative at the Jobs Council’s High Growth Entrepreneurship Listening and Action Session at AlphaLab in Pittsburgh before the Council’s Quarterly meeting with President Obama.

Click here to read more on the USCIS website.

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Peggy Kuo Featured on PBS Series “Women, War & Peace”

Peggy Kuo Featured on PBS Series “Women, War & Peace”

AABANY member and 2010 honoree Peggy Kuo, General Counsel to OATH (Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings) and former Chief Hearing Officer for the New York Stock Exchange, was a prosecutor at the Hague.  She prosecuted Serb soldiers who repeatedly raped Muslim women in Bosnia during the war in the former Yugoslovia and helped to create law that defined rape as a crime against humanity.  She talks about her involvement in the case in part 1 of the PBS 5-part series “Women, War & Peace."  The first part is entitled "I Came to Testify,” and it airs tonight, October 11, on Channel 13.  Be sure to tune in for what should be a compelling series on an important and topical subject. Click on the link in the title for further details.

Peggy was also interviewed by Ms. magazine’s blog about her role in the landmark international war crimes tribunal case.  Click here to read the interview.

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Clara Ohr to Perform at NY City Bar on Oct. 14

Clara Ohr to Perform at NY City Bar on Oct. 14

Those who attended AABANY’s APA Heritage Month celebration of APA women attorneys and the arts, co-sponsored with Dewey & LeBoeuf and the Asian American Arts Alliance, might recall that Board member Clara Ohr, besides being a terrific lawyer, is a classically-trained pianist. If you would like to catch her performing live, you should attend Friday Evening Chamber Music at New York City Bar on Friday night, October 14, starting at 6 pm. The event is free (although a donation of $10 is suggested). Click the link in the title for full details.

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AABANY Leaders’ Speaking Engagements in October

We would like to recognize several AABANY leaders who will be speaking at various bar association programs this month.

  • Thursday, Oct. 13, Executive Director Yang Chen speaks at the New York State Conference of Bar Leaders Fall 2011 Workshop: “Leading Lawyers,” in the program on “Social Networking Part IV – Digging Deeper.”
  • Wednesday, Oct. 19, Solo and Small Firm Committee Co-Chair Pauline Yeung-Ha will speak at NYSBA Trust and Estate Law Section Diversity Committee’s program “Breaking it Down: the Nuts and Bolts of Estate Planning and Administration.” Pauline will speak on “How to Administer the Estate” on day two (October 19), during the Estate Administration portion of the two-day event (the first day is October 12).

Please join us in congratulating these AABANY leaders on their participation as speakers in events organized by other bar associations.

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Kin Ng to Speak on 10/12 at NYCLA Public Forum

For Immediate Release

CONTACT: Anita Aboulafia 212 267-6646 ext. 225 [email protected] 

NYCLA Public Forum: Multilingual Lawyering – Challenges and Opportunities on October 12

An examination of the burgeoning need of multilingual lawyers in the global marketplace and the challenges they face.

New York, NY – October 6, 2011 – On Wednesday, October 12, at 6:30 PM, the New York County Lawyers’ Association (NYCLA) is presenting a free public forum, “Multilingual Lawyering – Challenges and Opportunities,” at the NYCLA Home of Law, 14 Vesey Street. Panelists will present an overview of: their career paths; the job opportunities and career development resources available to multilingual attorneys; the challenges that can arise when working with multilingual clients and intermediaries, such as interpreters and translators; and the interrelationship between language and cultural identity/understanding. The panelists are: Lauren Buonome, associate, Jones Day; Sandra Bryan, coordinator, Court Interpreting Services, OCA, NYS Unified Court System; and Kin Ng, director of training, Kings County District Attorney’s Office.   

The event is sponsored by Transperfect, a family of companies providing global business services in over 100 languages. NYCLA’s Young Lawyers’ Section is the co-sponsor.

To register, visit: http://bit.ly/ogSdoe

 

About the New York County Lawyers’ Association

The New York County Lawyers’ Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as the first major bar association in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

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