KALAGNY at Korea Day Parade
Come march with the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (”KALAGNY”) at the Korean Day Parade on Saturday, October 3, 2015, starting at 11 a.m., and join the celebration of the robust Korean culture and people! Join them for the Parade, then have lunch on KALAGNY. RSVP required. Rain or shine!
Please click here to RSVP and KALAGNY will contact you with further details.
KALAGNY’s 2015-2016 Mentorship Program
The Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (“KALAGNY”) is pleased to announce its 2015-2016 KALAGNY Mentorship Program. This will be the seventh annual edition of this program, and it has become a model for several similar programs around the United States.
KALAGNY is seeking practicing attorneys who graduated from law school in
2011 or earlier to join as mentors and offer their wisdom and experience to our
law student and less experienced attorney members. All current law student
members and attorneys who graduated from law school in 2012 or later are
invited to sign up as mentees. All participants must be dues-paying members of KALAGNY in good standing. Please register here to join this year’s program.
Our Network
The Mentorship Program has steadily grown each year since its inception, from
about 55 participants in 2009-2010 to nearly 170 participants in 2013-2014.
Our mentors include judges, prosecutors, in-house attorneys, public interest
attorneys, lawyers from large, medium and small firms and solo practitioners.
Our mentees have included law students from every law school in the Greater
New York area and young attorneys in a variety of practices.
Our Philosophy and Approach
Our program is designed to provide law students and new attorneys access to
a broad network of attorneys who have volunteered their time to share their
wisdom and insight into the day to day practice of law and broader career issues and goals.
The program includes both formal and informal events throughout the year
to foster the mentoring relationship and to help participants get to know one
another. These include a formal reception, a KALAGNY-subsidized dinner for
each group, a picnic, and a resume and interviewing workshop. We also strongly encourage our mentors and mentees to set up their own meetings and to stay in touch by email, telephone, and in person.
Sign me up…
Registration is now open for our 2015-16 Mentorship Program. For
questions, please contact: [email protected]. Thank you.
Mentorship Program Reception
Our formal mentorship reception, during which we introduce our mentors and
mentees will be announced shortly. Registration for the Program will include the
opportunity to RSVP for the reception. Only program participants may attend this reception.
Please feel free to e-mail us at [email protected] with any questions. We look
forward to having you join us!
Sincerely,
Michael Yim and Julie Cho
Co-Chairs, KALAGNY Mentorship Program
I Will Not Be Silent: A Comfort Woman’s Road to Activism
I Will Not Be Silent: A Comfort Woman’s Road to Activism
Please join the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, KACE and KALAGNY on this special evening as we welcome Korean Comfort Woman Survivor Young Soo Lee to Queensborough Community College from Korea. She will share her story and journey to activism with the community. KALAGNY has been a leader and ongoing supporter in raising awareness on this issue. We extend a warm invitation to our members and friends to join us for this special program.
For more information, click here.
KALAGNY 2015 Law Student Scholarship Award
KALAGNY 2015 Law Student Scholarship Award
The Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York is now seeking
the submission of applications from its law student members for its Fifth Annual KALAGNY
Law Student Scholarship Award. Thanks to the generosity of KALAGNY’s donors, they are
pleased to announce an increase in this year’s scholarship award to $3,000, which will
be presented to the winner at KALAGNY’s upcoming 29th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday,
June 10, 2015, at Capitale in New York City. The scholarship will be given to the law student
member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment and support for KALAGNY and the
Korean American community in Greater New York, and who exhibits dedication to the use of
his or her legal knowledge and skills to further this commitment and support. The scholarship
will be awarded based on merit.
Applications are due by May 20, 2015.
For more information, click on the link in the title.
[Advocacy Alert] Citizenship for Adoptees: The Plight of Adopted Koreans in America
KALAGNY recently learned of Adam Crapser and his story. Adam is an adoptee from Korea, who is facing deportation, and his story is, unfortunately, not unique. We are in contact with our sister bar, The Korean American Bar Association of Washington, which is diligently working with Adam’s attorney, Lori Walls, Esq., from the Washington Immigration Defense Group and a group of grassroots adoptee activists and allies to advocate on his behalf. As we learn more about Adam and his situation, and of others similarly situated, we will continue to update you at KALAGNY’s newly formed Advocacy Alert Page.
To see a recent New York Times article re Adam, click here.
To sign the petition in support of Adam (#KeepAdamHome), click here.
To call your legislators to amend the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 to support all non-citizen adoptees like Adam to be granted U.S. Citizenship, click here.
In the meantime, we ask you to learn about Adam and others like him. If you wish to join KALAGNY’s effort, please email us at [email protected].
Congratulations to Jean Lee
Congratulations to AABANY Past President and Board Director Jean Lee, recipient of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York’s Trailblazer Award! Jean Lee will be honored alongside Korea Ambassador Oh Joon at KALAGNY’s 29th Anniversary Gala on June 10, 2015 at Capitale.
Jean has been making waves for quite some time now. She was also recently honored as a Council of Urban Professionals Catalyst for Change. Since her AABANY presidency in 2012, she has served on AABANY’s Board of Directors. We’re lucky to have her passion and guidance.
To purchase tickets to the KALAGNY Gala, click here. If you have any questions regarding their gala, contact [email protected].
Pictured here: Jean Lee introducing the Don H. Liu Scholarship Program at the AABANY 2015 Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street
Pictured here: Jean Lee (third from the left) among friends/AABANY members at CUP’s Lawyers Forum
KALAGNY Congratulates the Honorable Kathryn Paek
AABANY joins the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York in congratulating the Honorable Kathryn Paek on her historic appointment.
Here’s the announcement from KALAGNY:
The Honorable Kathryn Paek was appointed as a Judge of the New York City Criminal Court. She is the first Korean American woman judge in the New York State courts.
Judge Paek is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and appointed to the bench this year by the New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio. Prior to her appointment, she was the Chief of Staff for the Office of Policy and Planning for the New York State Court System. She was also a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society in the Criminal Defense Division and the Immigration Unit.
Congratulations, Judge Paek!