AABANY Fall Conference: Program Submission Form
AABANY Fall Conference: Program Submission Form
The Fall Conference is taking place on Saturday, September 22, at Fordham Law School. We will be taking program submissions this year via Google Form, which you can see by clicking on the hyperlink under the words “Google Form” or in the title of this post. We invite submissions from AABANY Committees, AABANY members, and our sister bar associations.
The basic items that the form calls for are:
- Program Title and Description and how it aligns with AABANY’s 2018 theme “Serving Our Community, Advancing Our Profession”
- CLE or not and CLE category (AABANY is an accredited CLE provider)
- Speaker names and moderator name
- Sponsor names, if any
The deadline to submit the form is May 31, 2018.
With regard to speaker names, moderator names and potential sponsors, you can submit names even if they are not yet confirmed, but we will follow up with you after the May 31 submission deadline to lock down those details.
If you have any questions, please send them to [email protected]
We hope to see you at our Ninth Annual Fall Conference on September 22.
Important Information for Those Interested in Attending the Diversity Career Fair and Expo (DCF) at the 2017 AABANY Fall Conference
If you are planning to attend the DCF please note the following:
- The DCF is being held in conjunction with AABANY’s Fall Conference at Fordham Law School, on Saturday, September 23. To attend the DCF you must first be registered for the Fall Conference. You must also complete an intake form. DCF is scheduled to take place from 10:30 am to 4 pm. More details here on the Fall Conference website.
- Registration is open via the AABANY website at http://bit.ly/fc17reg
- If you are an AABANY member who has not paid to attend the Fall Conference, you can attend DCF – and only DCF – for free. You may NOT attend any of the programs at the Fall Conference, including the lunch session and the cocktail reception at the end of the day.
- To register to attend DCF for free as an AABANY member, click here.
- If you are not an AABANY member, you can join online and pay the appropriate membership fee at http://www.aabany.org/?page=J2. Once you have done that, follow the instructions above in paragraph 4.
- If you are not an AABANY member and you are not interested in joining but you wish to attend DCF, then you must register for and pay to attend the Fall Conference at http://bit.ly/fc17reg.
- The deadline to sign up for onsite interviews passed on Sept. 7.
- If you have not already done so, please submit a copy of your resume to [email protected] by Thursday, Sept. 14. In the subject line, please list 2017 DCF, your name and “Informational Tables.” Your resume will be included in a resume book that will be circulated to participating employers.
If you have any questions about DCF, contact [email protected].
Third Annual Diversity Career Fair and Expo
Get excited! The Career Placement Committee will host the Third Annual Diversity Career Fair and Expo on September 23, 2017 as part of AABANY’s Fall Conference. The Diversity Career Fair is an exciting opportunity to meet with a variety of public sector and private sector employers that are looking to hire diverse candidates with all levels of experience. Employers will set up informational tables, collect resumes, and/or conduct on-site interviews. More than 20 employers have already committed to participating this year. More information will follow in upcoming newsletters and on the Fall Conference website, but in the meantime, feel free to send any questions to the Career Placement Committee Co-Chairs at [email protected]
ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK HONORED WITH BAR LEADERS INNOVATION AWARD FROM NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2017
Contact: Yang Chen, Executive Director
(212) 332-2478
New York – January 30, 2017 – The Asian American Bar Association
of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that it was honored with a 2016 Bar
Leaders Innovation Award for its Seventh Annual Fall Conference: Speak Up | Rise Up |
Lift Up. The award was bestowed
by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), Committee for Bar Leaders of New
York State, at the NYSBA Annual Meeting held at the Midtown Hilton in
Manhattan, during the final day of the conference on January 27.
According to NYSBA, “the award is presented in statewide
recognition of local, minority, ethnic, specialty, special purpose bar
associations, and the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York for outstanding
service to the public and the profession through innovative projects and programs
that serve to enhance public understanding of the law, advance and promote the
work of the legal profession, and support the best interests of the public.”
AABANY received its honor in the category of medium-sized bar associations (500-1,999
members). Other honorees included the Association of Black Women Attorneys, the
Dominican Bar Association, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Women’s
Bar Association of the State of New York, and the Caribbean Attorneys Network.
AABANY’s Seventh Annual Fall Conference took place on September 24,
2016 at the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP. As a primarily volunteer-driven organization with about 1,100
members, the 2016 Annual Fall Conference attracted more than 400 attendees. The
Conference offered 19 separate CLE and non-CLE programs, the second annual
Diversity Career Fair & Expo, Pitch Sessions, Judiciary Bootcamp and Group
Mentoring. Building on past successes, AABANY tackled each aspect of this
year’s conference with an innovative approach and an eye towards impact. The
Fall Conference accomplished many objectives: giving important updates on the
hottest legal trends, establishing a leadership pipeline to both the top of
AABANY’s organization and the top of the profession, providing a forum for
meaningful business and personal connections to be made, and exposing
participants to different career options in New York.
“On behalf of AABANY, we
thank NYSBA’s Committee for Bar Leaders of New York State for this important
award and its recognition of our innovative efforts to engage our membership and
the larger legal community to which it belongs,” said AABANY
President-elect Dwight Yoo, Partner at Skadden, Arps. “Organizing and
presenting this conference for the seventh consecutive year called upon
tremendous team work among AABANY’s leaders, members and supporters. This award
was truly earned by the talents and energies of all who participated in it. We
are humbled and pleased to receive this honor.”
For more information, please
contact Yang Chen, AABANY Executive Director, at (212) 332-2478, or direct any
inquiries to [email protected].
The Asian American Bar
Association of New York is a professional membership organization of attorneys concerned with
issues affecting the Asian Pacific American community. Incorporated in 1989, AABANY
seeks not only to encourage the professional growth of its members but also to
advocate for the Asian Pacific American community as a whole. AABANY is the New
York regional affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
(NAPABA).
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Press Release: Asian American Bar Association of New York Honors Sylvia Fung Chin as 2016 Norman Lau Kee Trailblazer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 2016
Contact: Yang Chen, Executive Director
(718) 228-7206
NEW YORK – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is proud to announce that Sylvia Fung Chin is the recipient of the Norman Lau Kee Trailblazer Award this year at AABANY’s Seventh Annual Fall Conference on September 24, 2016, held at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Named for Norman Lau Kee, a revered legal and community pillar of New York City’s Chinatown for decades, this Trailblazer Award honors an accomplished leader in the legal profession who is of Asian Pacific American (APA) descent or has demonstrated dedication to APA issues in the community. This award honors an individual who has carved a path for others to follow, served the community as a mentor and role model, and has made a lasting impact on the APA community through his or her dedication and commitment.
Sylvia Fung Chin, Partner Of Counsel at White & Case LLP, has risen to the summit of the profession and all the while has lifted up others as she rose. Elected to White & Case’s partnership in 1986, Sylvia has created a pipeline of leadership for women and minority attorneys. An accomplished corporate attorney who has practiced for nearly four decades, she has excelled in navigating complicated transactions and proposing creative solutions for unique situations. In addition to her current legal practice at White & Case, Sylvia also teaches as an adjunct associate professor at Fordham University School of Law and frequently lectures on the UCC, legal opinions, ethics and various other corporate finance topics. Sylvia’s continued excellence, perseverance, positivity, and creativity are unparalleled.
Sylvia has continuously given back to the APA legal community in countless ways. Among the founding board members of AABANY in 1991 and President of AABANY from 1994-1996, she led and built AABANY from the ground up and has served as a role model and friend to several leaders in the professional. For decades, Sylvia has opened the dialogue about minority advancement in the legal profession and created training programs for associates and young partners to build business and develop leadership skills. Sylvia has brought to fruition several initiatives to serve the APA community, including the Asian Crime Victims Project, which offered help to crime victims at a time when resources were limited, and the AABANY Foundation, now known as the Asian American Law Fund of New York, which provides scholarships and internship opportunities for APA and South Asian law students in New York. Sylvia founded and co-chairs the White & Case Asian Affinity Group and has been instrumental in producing two videos entitled Kicking Glass from the Courtroom to the Boardroom and Kicking Glass: Two Decades and Counting, which explored the experiences and perspectives of Asian American women attorneys.
Sylvia serves as Co-Chair of the First Judicial District of the New York Bar Foundation, President of the Asian American Law Fund of New York, President-Elect of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers, a director of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Law Foundation, a trustee of the Fordham Law Alumni Association and on the governing Council of the ABA Business Law Section and the governing board of the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity. She is a member of the American Law Institute, the ABA Legal Opinions Committee, the Tribar Opinions Committee, and the Association Advisory Board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions. She also served as Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, President of the American College of Investment Counsel, President of AABANY, President of the NAPABA Law Foundation, Board Secretary of Women’s World Banking, Treasurer of NAPABA, and a Director of the New York County Lawyers Association.
“Sylvia Fung Chin, a trailblazer, founding Board member and Past President of AABANY, represents the very best of our profession,” says Susan Shin, President of AABANY. “She has achieved tremendous professional and personal success, yet she has never faltered in her loyalty and service to our community. She is a shining example for generations of lawyers to follow and emulate. AABANY, its members and numerous attorneys have benefited greatly from her leadership, guidance and mentorship. We proudly recognize Sylvia Chin as our 2016 Norman Lau Kee Trailblazer Award honoree.”
For more information, please contact Yang Chen, AABANY Executive Director, at (718) 228-7206, or direct any inquiries to [email protected].
The Asian American Bar Association of New York is a professional membership organization of attorneys concerned with issues affecting the Asian Pacific American community. Incorporated in 1989, AABANY seeks not only to encourage the professional growth of its members but also to advocate for the Asian Pacific American community as a whole. AABANY is the New York regional affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).
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Important Information for Those Interested in Attending the Diversity Career Fair and Expo (DCF) at the 2016 AABANY Fall Conference
If you are planning to attend the DCF please note the following:
- The DCF is being held in conjunction with AABANY’s Fall Conference at Skadden, on Saturday, September 24. To attend the DCF you must first be registered for the Fall Conference. You must also complete an intake form. DCF is scheduled to take place from 2 pm to 5 pm. More details here on the Fall Conference website.
- The early bird registration deadline is today, September 9. Registration closes on September 16. Due to capacity limits, we cannot accept registrations after September 16.
- If you are an AABANY member who has not paid to attend the Fall Conference, you can attend DCF – and only DCF – for free. You may not attend any of the programs at the Fall Conference, including the lunch session and the cocktail reception at the end of the day.
- To register to attend DCF for free as an AABANY member, contact Margaret Langston at [email protected], so that she will have your name on a list that we can give to Skadden for building security. You must notify Margaret by no later than September 16.
- If you are not an AABANY member, you can join online and pay the appropriate membership fee at http://www.aabany.org/?page=J2. Once you have done that, follow the instructions above in paragraph 4.
- If you are not an AABANY member and you are not interested in joining but you wish to attend DCF, then you must register for and pay to attend the Fall Conference at http://www.aabany.org/events/event_details.asp?legacy=1&id=820602. Note the deadlines above at paragraph 2.
- If you wish to apply for onsite interviews, we have extended the deadline to apply to September 14. To apply, you must submit applications for on-site interviews to [email protected] and comply with these Pre-Screening Requirements. In the subject line, please list 2016 DCF, your name and the employers that you applying to (e.g., “2016 DCF – Jane Doe – Brooklyn and Queens DA”). You must do so by September 14, to give us enough time to review your application and match you for interviews. Either a member of the Career Placement Committee or the employer will notify you if you are selected for an interview.
- If you have not already done so, please submit a copy of your resume to [email protected] by Monday, Sept. 12. In the subject line, please list 2016 DCF, your name and “Informational Tables.” Your resume will be included in a resume book that will be circulated to participating employers.
