2014 Jung Foundation/IAKL Public Interest Scholarship
2014 Jung Foundation/IAKL Public Interest Scholarship
The Charles Jung & Melita Sun Jung Foundation (Jung Foundation) and the International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL) are happy to co-sponsor a public interest attorney scholarship to the 2014 IAKL Annual Conference in New York City. The Conference will be held at the Hudson Hotel from October 2-5. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage public interest attorneys (or law students committed to public interest work) to participate in IAKL.
The scholarship recipient will receive the following: (1) Hotel: the Jung Foundation will reimburse the cost of a 3-night hotel stay at the Hudson Hotel; (2) Flight: the Jung Foundation will purchase for the recipient a round trip domestic ticket on Southwest Airlines; (3) Registration Fee: IAKL will waive the conference registration fee.
All public interest attorneys are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is September 2, 2014.
2014 NAPABA Convention: Convergence Program Proposals
There is still time to submit program proposals for the 26th Annual NAPABA Convention, Convergence: Collaborating for a Grand Tomorrow, taking place in Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ from November 6–9, 2014. Topics that celebrate the diversity and unity of NAPABA and provide practical solutions and advice for our attendees’ development are encouraged.
Please note the extended deadline. Program proposals must be submitted to this online form by 8:00 pm ET on Friday, April 25. The program proposal submission guidelines can be viewed here. Please email NAPABA Special Events Coordinator Pia Rivera with any questions.
MCGUIREWOODS/NAPABA LAW FOUNDATION SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The NAPABA Law Foundation (NLF) is accepting applications for the McGuireWoods/NLF Internship Program. The Program will support students interested in the legal profession and will help students develop a commitment to advocacy on behalf of the APA community. The Program seeks to achieve these goals by providing undergraduate and law school students with meaningful internship experiences at the Washington DC offices of NAPABA and NLF.
About the Program
Each law clerk and undergraduate intern shall be assigned projects that will further the missions of NAPABA and NLF, including:
- Promoting justice, equity and opportunity for APAs;
- Fostering professional development, legal scholarship, advocacy and community involvement; and
- Developing and supporting programs to educate the legal profession and APAs about legal issues affecting those communities.
Please note the deadline to apply has been extended to March 21, 2014. Click here for more information.
AABANY Board: Call for Nominations – Deadline March 13, 2014
The amendment to AABANY’s By-Laws approved at our 2014 Annual Meeting increased the number of Directors by two thereby creating two new Director vacancies that the Board intends to fill at its March 18, 2014 Board Meeting. The Nominations Committee welcomes and will accept applications to fill these vacancies immediately, and will select a slate of candidates to be recommended for the Board’s consideration at its March 18, 2014 meeting.
If you wish to run for any of the above vacancies, you must be a current, paid member of AABANY. If you are unsure of your membership status, contact Irene Tan, Membership Secretary, at [email protected]. Please also submit (i) a statement of interest declaring your intent to run; and (ii) a current resume, biography or CV listing your experience and accomplishments and any honors received to date. As part of item (i) please indicate your experience with AABANY if you have been an active member, describing any activities that you have participated in or helped to organize. If you have not been an active member in AABANY, explain what capabilities, resources, talents, skills, expertise, experience or any other contributions you would be able to make as a Board member. Please also identify any activities indicating a dedication and commitment to issues of importance to the Asian Pacific American community.
For a description of the qualifications, duties and obligations of Directors please see Articles IV of AABANY’s By-laws which can be found at:
Deadlines for submissions: March 13, 2014
You can e-mail your submissions in Word or PDF to [email protected]. You can also fax them to (718) 228-7206 if you prefer to use fax. If you have any questions about any of the above, please contact Mike Huang, Chair of the Nominations Committee, at [email protected].
AABANY Co-sponsors ABA Section of International Law 2014 Spring Meeting
AABANY and the ABA Section of International Law invite you to attend the 2014 Spring Meeting from April 1-5, 2014 at the Waldorf Astoria New York. ABA International’s Spring Meeting is one of the world’s most important gatherings of international lawyers and we anticipate this year’s conference to break all attendance records with over 1,500 leading attorneys, corporate counsel, government officials, academics and NGO lawyers expected to attend. This conference will offer cutting edge programming on international legal and ethics issues, as well as amazing networking opportunities with colleagues, decision makers, and potential clients from around the world. In addition, the meeting will feature a complimentary day of programming for Corporate Counsel on April 2nd and evening receptions at some of the most exclusive venues in New York City.
The more than 70 substantive CLE sessions at the 2014 Spring Meeting will feature prominent speakers from start to finish, making it a “must-attend” meeting for lawyers with a practice or interest in international legal issues. The meeting begins Wednesday morning with Courageous Counsel, including prominent women General Counsels from the Fortune 500, and concludes Friday afternoon with a look at the future of the legal profession with former Senator Evan Bayh, the Honorable Judith Kaye, Bernard Nussbaum, Richard Revesz, and Frederic Ury. In between, you can hear from many prominent speakers, including Chancellor Leo Strine from the Delaware Court of Chancery and Lord Michael Burton, Chief Judge of Commercial Courts, Royal Courts of Justice, London.
The Early Bird registration deadline is Monday, February 24th and members of AABANY are entitled to register at discounted ABA member prices by submitting a hard copy form, downloadable here.
For more information on the meeting and to download the hardcopy form, please visit http://ambar.org/ILSpring2014 . Questions on registration? Contact [email protected].
2014 NAPABA-PRUDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM: Feb 16 Deadline
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is pleased to announce a partnership with Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) and Gibbons, P.C. (Gibbons) to provide a fellowship opportunity to a highly-motivated, third-year law school student. Through this partnership, NAPABA will select a third-year law school student to be the 2014 NAPABA-Prudential Law Fellow.
The Fellow will be hired to the position of a full-time, fall associate at Gibbons and will be expected to begin work on a date to be determined between the Fellow and Gibbons. The date is expected to be set after law school graduation and completion of the July 2014 bar examination.
The deadline to apply is February 16. Go to the AABANY Fellowships page for more details.
AABANY Annual Dinner: Early Bird Deadline Extended to Feb. 7
It’s time to lock in your sponsorship for AABANY’s 25th Anniversary Annual Dinner! The deadline has been extended to Feb. 7.
This event is taking place on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Cipriani Wall Street at 6:00 p.m.
Premier 25th Anniversary Level $20,000
Platinum Level $15,000
Gold Level $10,000
Silver Level $7,500
Sponsor Level $4000 (for firms of 25 persons or smaller)
For those who wish to purchase Individual Tickets, February 7 is the extended early bird deadline.
Please see below a table of ticket prices for the Annual Dinner:
To secure a sponsorship or individual ticket, please click on our annual dinner link: http://bit.ly/aabany25.
We look forward to seeing you at this momentous event.