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Thank you to the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), and AABANY’s Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee, as well as our dedicated volunteers, for supporting our Manhattan Pro Bono Clinic on August 19, 2026.

Our volunteer attorneys and law students met with 21 clients to provide critical guidance on various legal issues, including housing, public benefits, family law, torts, immigration, trusts and estates, employment discrimination, and civil litigation.

One happy client remarked, “Francis took the time to listen to my situation and explained everything clearly.”

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the following volunteers who attended:

Attorneys:
Sam Chen
Ivy Chien
Francis Chin
Marcus Cheung
Carmen Huang
Justin Lee
Beatrice Leong
Susan Song
Gary Yeung
Evelyn Yu

Interpreters/Shadowers:
Cheri Chibut
Michael Chu
Helen Ding
Emily Kam
Nandar Win Kerr
Alexandra Ly
Jingjing Wang
Wendy Zeng
Shang Zhai

Thank you to our volunteers for your incredible service and for inspiring the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee.

We invite you to continue supporting our community by joining us at our upcoming Pro Bono Clinics:

– October 7 [Queens link here], from 6:30 – 8:30pm, AAFE One Flushing Community Center, 133-29 41st Ave, 2nd Floor, Flushing, NY 11355

– October 21 [Manhattan link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, AAFE, 111 Norfolk St., New York, NY 10002

–November 14 [ Brooklyn link here] from 12:30pm-2:30pm, CPC Brooklyn Community Service, 4101 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232

To learn more about our work, please visit probono.aabany.org. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming sessions.

On Sunday, April 28, AABANY co-sponsored the annual Asian Pacific American Women’s Conference at Pace University. Hosted by the Organization of Chinese Advocates and Families with Children from China, the Conference was a full day of fruitful panel discussions that revolved around the sociopolitical issues that affect the Asian Pacific American woman–from #MeToo to mental health. As part of the conference, AABANY hosted a pro bono clinic and the following members gave community presentations on their areas of practice:

Tsui H. Yee (Law Offices of Tsui H. Yee P.C.): Immigration Law
Karen Kithan Yau (Kakalec Law PLLC): Protection from Wage Theft and Employment Discrimination
Beatrice Leong (Parmet and Zhou LLC): Family Law
Samantha Sumilang (Lazarus, Karp & Kalamotousakis LLP): Landlord-Tenant Law

Beatrice Leong delivers a community presentation about Family Law

AABANY also had the opportunity to table at the resource fair and spread awareness about our monthly pro bono clinic. Thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello!

Thank you to all of the APA Women’s Conference Pro Bono Clinic volunteers! 24 volunteers in total showed up and provided valuable pro bono assistance.

Lawyers:

Kelly Diep
Kathy Yung
Angela Wu
Grace Pyun
May Wong
Dianna Lee
Elyssa Kates
Samantha Sumilang
Beatrice Leong
Cindy Mayumi Iijima
Nelson Mar
Gloria Tsui-Yip
Tsui Yee

Interpreters:

Henry Man
Justina Chen
Haruka Mori
Charles Tan
Carteneil Cheung
Alicia Chan

Special thanks to Pro Bono Committee Co-Chairs Karen Kithan Yau, Pauline Yeung-Ha, Judy Lee, Asako Aiba, Vice-Chairs Kwok Kei Ng and Jessie Zhixian Liu for their leadership!

If you are interested in volunteering at future Pro Bono Clinics, please contact Asako Aiba at [email protected]. AABANY’s Monthly Pro Bono Clinic occurs every second Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM in the Community Room at 33 Bowery Street .

Tag: employment discrimination

Thank You to the Volunteers at the August Manhattan Pro Bono Clinic

Thank you to our APA Women’s Conference Pro Bono Clinic Volunteers!