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2015 NAPABA Convention: Call for Programs – Open Now!

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association is now accepting program proposals for the 2015 NAPABA Convention, which will be held in New Orleans, LA, from November 5-8. We welcome program submissions on topics that celebrate the diversity of NAPABA and will provide practical solutions and advice for our attendees’ future development and advancement.

DEADLINE
Tuesday, March 31, 11:59 PST

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Visit the Call for Programs webpage on the NAPABA website for detailed submission information. Please carefully review the guidelines before beginning your submission.

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McGuireWoods LLP – NAPABA Law Foundation Internships

The McGuireWoods/NLF Internship Program supports students interested in the legal profession and will help students develop a commitment to advocacy on behalf of the Asian Pacific American 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.

Internship opportunities are now available for the spring and summer. More information can be found here.

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Central Regional Conference: Program Proposals Due March 1

The NAPABA Central Regional Conference is a unique opportunity for Midwest legal professionals to obtain CLE credits while building regional and national connections through networking. The Central Region is comprised of eight states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Members from other regions are more than welcome to attend the Central Regional Conference.

Program proposals are due March 1, 2015. Conference organizers welcome all CLE topics, but will give greater weight to those addressing marketing and business development, ethics and/or elimination of bias, and issues of particular interest to public sector lawyers, members of the judiciary, and in-house counsel.   Program proposal form

If you have any questions, please contact Loan Huynh, the Central Regional Conference content committee chair, at (612) 492-7165 or [email protected].

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NAPABA Southeast Regional Conference: Program Proposals Due March 20

Hosted by the Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association (GOAABA), the NAPABA Southeast Regional Conference, Ignite Your Voice, will take place on June 12, 2015 in Orlando, FL.

GOAABA invites you to submit program proposals for break-out sessions by Friday, March 20, 2015. 

For program proposals, please provide the following information:

• Program Title
• Program Contact (name, email address, and phone number)
• Program Summary
• Length of Program (60 minute programs are preferred)
• Proposed Moderator and Speakers (name, email address, and phone number)
• Whether the program has already been previously pre-approved for CLE credits. If yes, how many credits were granted and whether any ethics credits were granted.

In addition to program proposals, we are also seeking recommendations for keynote speakers for the Lunch Plenary session.

Please submit program proposals and recommendations for keynote speakers to Anna Meddin at [email protected] and Kim Nguyen at [email protected].

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NAPABA Western Regional Conference 2015: April 16-18, Honolulu, HI

The ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division (GPSolo) and NAPABA Hawaii are proud to be jointly hosting the 2015 GPSolo Spring Meeting and NAPABA Western Regional Conference on April 16 to 18, 2015 at the Westin Moana Surfrider in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Travel Discount

NAPABA has partnered with Hawaiian Airlines to provide attendees with a 5% discount on web fares. To receive your web fare discount, click here and use the code “NAPABA”. The booking period is now through April 15, 2015, for travel from April 1-30, 2015.

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How to Support the Families of Officers Liu and Ramos

NAPABA has received inquiries about donating funds to support the family of slain NYPD Detective Wenjian Liu, who has been reported to be the first Chinese-American NYPD officer killed in the line of duty.  Detective Liu and his partner, Detective Rafael Ramos, were shot to death on December 20, 2014, while sitting in their squad car in Brooklyn.  

After reaching out to APA-serving organizations, NAPABA recommends the following funds to its members:

The NYPD Asian Jade Society has established a fund to support Detective Liu’s family.  Detective Liu was a member of this organization for Asian Americans members of the NYPD.  Donations can be made by checks payable to “PO Wen Jian Liu Family c/o NYPD Asian Jade Society” and mailed to NYPD Asian Jade Society, P.O. Box 969, Peck Slip Station, New York, NY 10272. 

The New York Daily News has established the Ramos-Liu Fund.  All funds will be directed to the slain officers’ families.  More information is available here:  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/donations-ramos-liu-fund-climbed-384-349-article-1.2065893.

The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation has established a fund to pay the mortgages of the Ramos and Liu families’ homes.  More information is available here:  http://tunnel2towers.org/.

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2015 Summer NLF Public Interest Internship Awarded to Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County

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The NAPABA Law Foundation (NLF) is pleased to announce the 2015 Summer NLF Public Interest Internship grant has been awarded to Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA).  The NLF Public Interest Intern will work to identify emerging issues in healthcare and workers’ rights in the San Gabriel Valley’s APA community. This project will be a subset of NLSLA’s currently ongoing Legal Needs Study to determine specific legal needs in its service areas. The NLF Public Interest Internship will provide $6,000 in total to NLSLA to fund the NLF Public Interest Internship.

Specifically, the NLF Public Interest Intern will: 

  • Provide direct legal assistance to APA individuals through the Health Consumer Center and Workers’ Rights Clinic
  • Conduct outreach with APA-serving organizations, businesses, and ethnic media outlets to increase visibility of the Health Consumer Center hotline and Workers’ Rights Clinic
  • Survey existing APA services in the San Gabriel Valley and the private bar relating to healthcare access and workers’ rights; in doing so, identify at least three partners in priority cities and interview these partners for referral potential
  • Develop a pitch for NLSLA’s projects to share with elected officials and stakeholders in the San Gabriel Valley with an interest in helping expand legal services
  • Research demographic data of San Gabriel Valley populations from U.S. Census and other population surveys
  • Create two consumer education pieces on a health and workers’ right issue

This project furthers the mission of the NAPABA Law Foundation by placing a law student in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley to educate and serve the APA community. By immersing the legal intern in direct legal services, impact advocacy projects, and interactions with community leaders, attorneys will mentor the intern in the nuts and bolts of community lawyering and foster the intern’s interest in pursuing public interest work.

We thank all of the applicants for their excellent proposals and we encourage organisations to apply for the NAPABA Law Foundation Community Law Fellowship – a two-year fully funded fellowship (applications due on December 31, 2014).

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NAPABA Community Law Fellowship: Applications Due Dec. 31

The NAPABA Law Foundation Community Law Fellowship Program was launched in 2004 to address the need for attorneys working on behalf of the Asian Pacific American populations. Recognizing that many obstacles prevent committed attorneys from practicing public interest law, including the shortage of entry-level jobs, the NLF Community Law Fellowship provides an opportunity for a new attorney to gain substantive experience at a nonprofit national or community-based organization during the two-year Fellowship period.

More information can be found here. Applications due December 31, 2014

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NAPABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program: Applications Due Jan. 9

NAPABA is pleased to partner with Prudential Financial, Inc. to provide a meaningful summer internship opportunity for a highly-motivated first-year law student. Through this partnership, NAPABA will select one student to join the 2015 Prudential summer law intern class for a 10-week internship at Prudential’s New Jersey/New York offices.

More information can be found here. Applications due January 9, 2015.

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