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Registration is Open for the 2023 Tang Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the NAPABA Law Foundation

Registration is open for the 2023 Judge Thomas Tang and Dr. Pearl Tang Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the NAPABA Law Foundation. This year marks the 30th anniversary of an annual tradition that fosters crucial advocacy skills among law students nationwide. A total of $10,000 in scholarships is being offered to the top law student competitors in brief writing and oral advocacy.  
 
This year’s competition will adopt a hybrid format with regional oral arguments occurring virtually in October and culminating in the National Competition in person in Indianapolis, Indiana, coinciding with the 2023 NAPABA Convention on November 10-11, 2023.
 
The registration fee is $550 per team and each law school may enter up to two teams. Click here to learn more and register. The registration deadline is September 8, 2023, at 11:59 PM PST.
 

 

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NAPIPA & C.C. Yin Scholarships for Justice

The National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association (NAPIPA) is proud to announce
that the NAPIPA & C.C. Yin Scholarships for Justice will be awarded once again this year. The
Scholarship is named in honor of distinguished Asian / Pacific Islander (API) community leader
and entrepreneur C.C. Yin. It is intended to encourage law students who share NAPIPA’s
mission and goals into pursuing careers in prosecution and continuing to help the API
community. 

This year, NAPIPA will award a Kaplan Bar Review course and a cash scholarship ranging from
$500 to $1000 to each of three (3) law students. 

In order to be eligible for these scholarships, the applicant must: 

1) Be an enrolled law student as of September 1, 2017 and for the 2018 school year; 

2) Be a member of NAPIPA (applications may be submitted contemporaneously with
scholarship applications and can be found online at www.napipa.org); 

3) Be personally present at the Scholarship Banquet on September 21, 2018, at the Golden
Unicorn in New York, N.Y. 

4) If necessary, be available to be interviewed through video conferencing such as
FaceTime or Skype. 

5) Please note, students who are already enrolled in the Kaplan Bar Review course are not
eligible for the Kaplan course scholarship 

A scholarship application is available at 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTMxGkQFalfrLxfhem6FYZ2m61aZi5rAan13_4yXh6kJd95g/viewform

All application materials must be completed and received by 6:00 p.m. EST on
August 31, 2018. 

Please contact Albert Suh at (Albert.Suh@AABANY.org) if you have any questions.

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Scholarships – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Scholarships – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

NAPABA strives to keep the Convention affordable for our members and offers one of the best values among legal education conferences. Scholarships may be used towards Convention registration, airfare, lodging, and/or ground transportation. Apply for a scholarship today to defray the cost of Convention! 

Click the link in the title for further information.

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Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation Scholarships

The
Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation is pleased to
offer five scholarships of $2,000 each.  The scholarships are open to
law students with a demonstrated commitment to community service,
including but not limited to a commitment to serving the API community.
Additional factors may include financial need, adversity, academic
achievement, and desire to practice law in the Southern California area.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.  The application and instructions are also available at http://www.jabaonline.org/scholarships/

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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.

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Scholarship Application – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Scholarship Application – National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Deadline to Apply: July 13, 2015 at 11:59 pm PDT

NAPABA strives to keep the Convention affordable for our members and offers one of the best values among legal education conferences. Apply today and take advantage of NAPABA’s scholarship fund to help defray costs for attendees through registration fee waivers, travel stipends, and lodging stipends.

Application Requirements

  • Submission of this application is not a guarantee of assistance. The decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
  • If you are awarded a scholarship, you must be or become a direct member of NAPABA. To become a member, please click here.
  • Scholarships are non-transferable.
  • Group applications will not be accepted.
  • Please note that all monetary stipends shall be awarded in the form of reimbursements. Please fill out the reimbursement form, attach original receipts, and return by December 31, 2015.  

Registration Fees

To estimate your registration costs, please use the early-bird rates below:

  • Attorney: $595
  • Government/Judges/Public Interest: $325
  • Student: $150
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AALFNY Community Service Scholarships, Deadline Extended to Mar. 31

Each year, the Asian American Law Fund of New York awards up to three scholarships of up to $5,000 to law students that are committed to helping the Asian American community in New York. The Fund recognizes that at a time when money is tight, committing one’s time to our community service organizations can be a financial strain, especially when considering law school tuition and living expenses.

If you are a law student and are planning to work with a community service organization in the New York area during the summer 2015, you are eligible to apply. The completed Scholarship Application and all required materials must be postmarked by March 31, 2015. The recipients will be announced April 20, 2015. Click here to download the application.

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CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship

Application Due: June 30, 2015

The Thomas Tam Scholarship is funded by an endowment established by the City University of New York in recognition of Dr. Thomas Tam’s contributions as a former member of the CUNY Board of Trustees, founding Executive Director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute, and leadership in the Asian American community. The Scholarship awards $1,000 to an individual qualified undergraduate student that is currently enrolled at any of the twenty-one colleges within CUNY, who has demonstrated creativity in the communication of the concerns of the Asian American community in areas such as Health, Education, Culture, Media and Advocacy. Last year’s recipient was Ms. Baozhen Xie, a student at Brooklyn College for her project on health and nutrition among Asian seniors.

The 2015 CUNY Thomas Tam recipient will be honored at AAARI’s 14th annual gala on Thursday, November 19, 2015.

Details: www.aaari.info/tomtamscholar.htm

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