The following are the APALSA announcements through 1/22/07.
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Community Service Opportunity !!!
Hey APALSA,
Everyone's favorite time of the year is rolling around again, and I'm not referring to the Mentor/Mentee event--The Tax season is coming upon us! In addition to the wonderful opportunity for Uncle Sam to take his cut of your summer job money, it's a great time to get involved. Many APALSA members participated last year in helping folks fill out their Tax Return forms through CTA, the Community Tax Aid of Boston.
For those that are looking to chip in a couple hours each week for a few months (February to April), this is a very rewarding opportunity. People get really excited when you show them how much money you've helped them to get back in their tax return check! Doing this requires no extraordinary math skills or tax talent. Just the brain on your head that got you into BC Law. Plus, there is a licensed CPA on hand so you've always got someone competent looking over your shoulder.
If you are interested, EMAIL your Community Service chair, Anthony at: anthony.nguyen.3@bc.edu for a registration form.
The MANDATORY training session is this Saturday at Northeastern, and is only a few hours.
http://www.ctaboston.org/
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REMINDER!!
All of APALSA is invited to come join us on Tuesday night (January 23) for a study break with FREE food at 10:00pm!
We know you guys are stressed and school just feels like it's never going to end. However, 1Ls you're half way done with your first year! 2Ls you're just PLAIN HALF WAY DONE! And 3Ls..wow, you're practically graduated at this point. Some come meet APALSA members and have some fun while stuffing your belly with goodies at Applebees.
We will be meeting at 10:00pm at Applebees in Cleveland Circle. It's located next to circle cinema, adjacent to chestnut hill park, and at the last stop on the C line. There is parking lot and it is conveniently located by the B, C, and D lines.
Applebees Information:
381 Chestnut Hill Ave.
Brighton, MA 02135
617.731.0159
www.applebees.com
APALSA will be providing massive amounts of free appetizers only, beverages will be the responsibility of each individual who orders it. If you order a beverage you must pay for it at the time of the order. APALSA unfortunately is unable to provide any drinks.
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College to Career Program
The Partnership’s College to Career Program Provides Students with the support they need to connect with Boston based employers to make a successful transition from a college student to a career professional.
When: Thursday, February 22, 2007, 4:00-7:00pm
Where: John Hancock Hall, Dorothy Quincy Suite, 180 Berkeley Street Boston MA
Meet representatives from Greater Boston and build pivotal business relationships. We encourage you to bring extra copies of your resume and dress in business attire.
Get registered by February 16, 2007
Please email your name, college, major/concentration, GPA, and graduating year to hvassell@thepartnershipinc.org . To be included in our resume database please attach your resume (preferably one page in .pdf format).
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BLG NETWORKING EVENT
REMINDER: RSVP Deadline is Monday, January 22! More Attorneys have signed up for this event than students!
As you may remember, this is the first event in a series of events that the BLG hosts for 1L Students of Color. In the past, more than 100 law students from Boston-area law schools have attended to mingle with 40 - 50 attorneys from the BLG member organizations. This is a great event for law students to begin building their professional network. They will also receive important information about how to participate in all future BLG events.
Please let me know if you plan on attending the event after 6:30 p.m. Security will not allow anyone to use the elevators to reach the reception after 6:45 p.m.
Thanks for your continued support of The Boston Lawyers Group and its programs. As always, you are invited and welcome to attend all BLG events.
When: 5:30-7:30
Where: Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 856-8560
gbrockmeyer@brownrudnick.com
To RSVP: go to www.bostonlawyersgroup.org, click on News & Events/Event registration or call 617-946-9644
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Judicial Externship/Clerkship Program
http://www.jtbf.org/topic/?fDD=4-0
In September 2005, JTBF launched the JTBF Judicial Externship/Clerkship Program in conjunction with Judge Smith-Ribner of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. The purpose of the Program is to foster racial diversity among law clerks within the federal and state judiciary. To that end, the Program encourages and supports the advancement of eligible law students who desire stronger legal research, writing, and analytical skills, all of which are necessary to compete for and succeed in judicial clerkships.
ABOUT THE JTBF JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP/CLERKSHIP PROGRAM
The Program is only open to rising second and third-year law students who plan to seek judicial clerkships after graduation. JTBF matches law students with federal and state judges across the country. The program encourages judges to provide law students with assignments that will enhance their legal research, writing and analytical skills, such as developing effective outlining techniques, drafting of memoranda of law, and briefing of judges about case-related issues. Students should complete at least one high quality memorandum of law or other key legal document each semester of the externship. Students are encouraged to interact with the assigned judge and chambers' law clerks.
Program externs receive a quarterly stipend in an amount determined by JTBF. Also, course credit may be obtained, depending upon the students' law school curriculum policy. To receive course credit, law students must perform the amount of time required by their respective law schools. Course credit, however, is not a prerequisite for participating in the Program. Law students may not receive academic credit and a stipend simultaneously.
The JTBF Judicial Externship/Clerkship Program has two components
Academic year externships require at least a one semester commitment. However, many externship terms are for the full academic year. During the law school academic year, law students work a minimum of ten (10) hours per week on externship assignments to receive a quarterly stipend
A limited number of summer externships are also available. Law students selected for a summer externship must perform at least thirty-five (35) hours per week of work during the summer for at least eight (8) weeks to receive a summer stipend.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
APALSA Announcements through 1/15/07
BLSA Mock Interview Workshop
Attention 1Ls: In preparing for your interviews, please take advantage of the BLSA Mock Interview workshop. The mock interview workshop is scheduled to take place during the week of January 22nd; however if you have an interview scheduled before that date, accomodations will be made. Please email Bianca ( fordebi@bc.edu) if you wish to participate by Wednesday, January 17th. 1Ls will be paired with upper classmen interviewers. Each pair will schedule a time according to their respective schedules. 2Ls & 3Ls
are encouraged to sign up as interviewers.We eagerly anticipate strong interest & participation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
International Legal Studies Colloquium
Welcome back! I hope that the early days of the second semester and 2007 have been treating you well. It is my pleasure to announce that the next meeting of the International Legal Studies Colloquium will feature BC Law's own Professors Hugh Ault, Frank Garcia and David Wirth in a panel discussion entitled "International Dispute Resolution: Current Patterns, New Models." The panel will focus on recent developments in two institutional contexts: the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is sponsored by the LL.M. Office and the International Law Program. The colloquium will be held on Tuesday, January 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Professor Ault will be participating from Paris, but the rest of us will be meeting in Stuart 414. Bring your own lunch; dessert will be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fordham Summer Program/Internships in Korea
Fordham University School of Law and Sungkyunkwan University College of Law are pleased to co-sponsor the second annual Summer Law Institute, a three week academic program in international and comparative law in Seoul, Korea from June 12-29, 2007. The first Institute, in 2006, was attended by 87 law students and practitioners, with students coming from 35 U.S. and Canadian law schools including UC-Berkeley, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Hastings, North Carolina, NYU, and UCLA. Students may enroll in three credit hours by taking one of the following courses: International Human Rights Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Business Transactions, and Corporate Governance in a Global Era. These courses will be taught in English by distinguished tenured or tenure-track faculty from Fordham, Columbia, and the University of Washington Law Schools. The program will also offer optional Korean language lessons for those students interested in learning some basic Korean. Students will be able to enroll in three credit hours during the program, and the courses are approved by the ABA for credit toward the J.D. degree.Following the program, students who would like to stay on for internships at Korea's largest multi-national companies, the Korean supreme and constitutional courts, human rights organizations, the Foreign Ministry, as well as some summer associate positions at leading Korean law firms, will have the opportunity to do so under the auspices of the Institute's non-credit internship program. Program students will also tour the Korean National Court, the Supreme Court, the National Prosecutor's Office and the Foreign Ministry, and attend an extensive selection of extra-curricular tours and social events that enable students to experience Korean cultural life. To find out more about this extraordinary program, please visit our website at: https://mail.bc.edu/Redirect/law.fordham.edu/korea/ or contact the Program Coordinator, Leighanne Yuh, at lyuh@law.fordham.edu , 212-636-7571. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!! We look forward to seeing you in Seoul.Leighanne YuhProgram CoordinatorFordham-SKKU Summer Institute in Korea33 West 60th Street, Room 223New York, NY 10023212-636-7571
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Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship!
We are proud to announce that the 2007 Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship is open for applications. I've attached both a PDF and Word version of the application for you. The application is also available online at: https://mail.bc.edu/Redirect/www.finnegan.com/careers/diversity.cfm . The scholarship is available to students enrolled in an ABA accredited law school either as a first-year full-time student or second-year part-time student as of April 15, 2007. We award $12,000 per year to the winner. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2007. Please pass this announcement on to anyone you know who may be interested in the scholarship, as I may have missed some organizations. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to receiving your applications! Best,Tracie Tracie R. GoldthorpeProfessional Recruiting AssistantFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-4413202.408.4227 202.408.4400 (f)tracie.goldthorpe@finnegan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
APALSA CONFERENCE!
I'm writing to you guys to see if I couldn't get you to come to Philly for the weekend of January 26-28 to attend the APALSA conference on the 27th. Hopefully the APALSA's at your individual schools have distributed the information, but just in case, I've attached a schedule with speakers and times. Hopefully your schools will be able to provide for transportation and housing, but if they cannot or are reluctant to do so, we should be able to provide housing as long as you guys get down here. See below for full conference schedule!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AALDEF Internships
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education. Current program priorities include economic justice for workers, immigrants' rights, voting rights and civic participation, language rights, affirmative action, the elimination of anti-Asian violence and police brutality, youth rights and educational equity, and the assistance of low-income Chinatown residents and workers affected by 9-11.
For more information about AALDEF, visit our website at www.aaldef.org. Included in this email are details regarding the following internships: Spring 2007 Undergraduate InternshipsWinter 06/Spring 07 Voting Rights InternshipsSpring 2007 Legal Internships
**APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE SEND ASAPSPRING LEGAL INTERNSHIPS 2007
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy, and community education. Legal internships are available in the following program areas:
Anti-Trafficking Project, legal research on the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA), as well as outreach, community education, and advocacy on the rights of women and youth trafficking survivors .
Community Health Care Initiative, legal research, as well as community education and outreach in the areas of immigration, government benefits, language rights, and health care access;
Economic Justice for Workers, litigation on behalf of garment, restaurant, and other low wage workers;
Educational Equity and Youth Rights, legal services, policy work, community education, research and litigation concerning educational equity, juvenile justice, affirmative action and post 9-11 hate violence and racial targeting;
Immigrant Access to Justice, litigation, legal services, and organizing/outreach with communities impacted by 9-11, including special interest detainees, special registration, voluntary interviews by the government, the 9-11 absconder initiative, and local and state enforcement of immigration laws;
New Jersey Asian American Legal Project, community outreach, education, and legal services to Asian Americans in New Jersey, as well as community organizing and litigation on employment-related claims for Asian immigrant workers in New Jersey.
Korean Community Law Project, direct legal services and litigation on employment-related claims for Korean immigrant workers, and community education /advocacy in collaboration with YKASEC - Empowering the Korean American Community;
South Asian Workers Project, direct legal services on employment-related claims to South Asian immigrant workers, as well as community education and advocacy; and
Voting Rights, legal research and fact development under the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection challenging anti-Asian voter discrimination, advocacy on bilingual ballots, and state and local election reform; produce reports and organize public forums.
Description of Internships.
Interns are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas. Legal interns will work on litigation, particularly legal research and writing, legal and policy advocacy, client intakes, and some community outreach and education. Each program area differs in emphasis. These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged. Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours per week. The internship usually commences with the start of classes or late January/early February through late April/early May.
To Apply: Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number of hours the intern is able to work per week and a possible schedule. Send a resume and cover letter to: Legal Intern Search Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) 99 Hudson Street, 12th floorNew York , New York 10013-2815 Fax: 212-966-4303 or Email: info@aaldef.org For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jweng@aaldef.org.
Attention 1Ls: In preparing for your interviews, please take advantage of the BLSA Mock Interview workshop. The mock interview workshop is scheduled to take place during the week of January 22nd; however if you have an interview scheduled before that date, accomodations will be made. Please email Bianca ( fordebi@bc.edu) if you wish to participate by Wednesday, January 17th. 1Ls will be paired with upper classmen interviewers. Each pair will schedule a time according to their respective schedules. 2Ls & 3Ls
are encouraged to sign up as interviewers.We eagerly anticipate strong interest & participation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
International Legal Studies Colloquium
Welcome back! I hope that the early days of the second semester and 2007 have been treating you well. It is my pleasure to announce that the next meeting of the International Legal Studies Colloquium will feature BC Law's own Professors Hugh Ault, Frank Garcia and David Wirth in a panel discussion entitled "International Dispute Resolution: Current Patterns, New Models." The panel will focus on recent developments in two institutional contexts: the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is sponsored by the LL.M. Office and the International Law Program. The colloquium will be held on Tuesday, January 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Professor Ault will be participating from Paris, but the rest of us will be meeting in Stuart 414. Bring your own lunch; dessert will be provided. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fordham Summer Program/Internships in Korea
Fordham University School of Law and Sungkyunkwan University College of Law are pleased to co-sponsor the second annual Summer Law Institute, a three week academic program in international and comparative law in Seoul, Korea from June 12-29, 2007. The first Institute, in 2006, was attended by 87 law students and practitioners, with students coming from 35 U.S. and Canadian law schools including UC-Berkeley, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Hastings, North Carolina, NYU, and UCLA. Students may enroll in three credit hours by taking one of the following courses: International Human Rights Law, International Commercial Arbitration, International Business Transactions, and Corporate Governance in a Global Era. These courses will be taught in English by distinguished tenured or tenure-track faculty from Fordham, Columbia, and the University of Washington Law Schools. The program will also offer optional Korean language lessons for those students interested in learning some basic Korean. Students will be able to enroll in three credit hours during the program, and the courses are approved by the ABA for credit toward the J.D. degree.Following the program, students who would like to stay on for internships at Korea's largest multi-national companies, the Korean supreme and constitutional courts, human rights organizations, the Foreign Ministry, as well as some summer associate positions at leading Korean law firms, will have the opportunity to do so under the auspices of the Institute's non-credit internship program. Program students will also tour the Korean National Court, the Supreme Court, the National Prosecutor's Office and the Foreign Ministry, and attend an extensive selection of extra-curricular tours and social events that enable students to experience Korean cultural life. To find out more about this extraordinary program, please visit our website at: https://mail.bc.edu/Redirect/law.fordham.edu/korea/ or contact the Program Coordinator, Leighanne Yuh, at lyuh@law.fordham.edu , 212-636-7571. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!! We look forward to seeing you in Seoul.Leighanne YuhProgram CoordinatorFordham-SKKU Summer Institute in Korea33 West 60th Street, Room 223New York, NY 10023212-636-7571
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Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship!
We are proud to announce that the 2007 Finnegan Henderson Diversity Scholarship is open for applications. I've attached both a PDF and Word version of the application for you. The application is also available online at: https://mail.bc.edu/Redirect/www.finnegan.com/careers/diversity.cfm . The scholarship is available to students enrolled in an ABA accredited law school either as a first-year full-time student or second-year part-time student as of April 15, 2007. We award $12,000 per year to the winner. The deadline for applications is February 15, 2007. Please pass this announcement on to anyone you know who may be interested in the scholarship, as I may have missed some organizations. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to receiving your applications! Best,Tracie Tracie R. GoldthorpeProfessional Recruiting AssistantFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-4413202.408.4227 202.408.4400 (f)tracie.goldthorpe@finnegan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
APALSA CONFERENCE!
I'm writing to you guys to see if I couldn't get you to come to Philly for the weekend of January 26-28 to attend the APALSA conference on the 27th. Hopefully the APALSA's at your individual schools have distributed the information, but just in case, I've attached a schedule with speakers and times. Hopefully your schools will be able to provide for transportation and housing, but if they cannot or are reluctant to do so, we should be able to provide housing as long as you guys get down here. See below for full conference schedule!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AALDEF Internships
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, is the first organization on the East Coast to protect and promote the legal rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy and community education. Current program priorities include economic justice for workers, immigrants' rights, voting rights and civic participation, language rights, affirmative action, the elimination of anti-Asian violence and police brutality, youth rights and educational equity, and the assistance of low-income Chinatown residents and workers affected by 9-11.
For more information about AALDEF, visit our website at www.aaldef.org. Included in this email are details regarding the following internships: Spring 2007 Undergraduate InternshipsWinter 06/Spring 07 Voting Rights InternshipsSpring 2007 Legal Internships
**APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE SEND ASAPSPRING LEGAL INTERNSHIPS 2007
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, legal advocacy, and community education. Legal internships are available in the following program areas:
Anti-Trafficking Project, legal research on the Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (TVPA), as well as outreach, community education, and advocacy on the rights of women and youth trafficking survivors .
Community Health Care Initiative, legal research, as well as community education and outreach in the areas of immigration, government benefits, language rights, and health care access;
Economic Justice for Workers, litigation on behalf of garment, restaurant, and other low wage workers;
Educational Equity and Youth Rights, legal services, policy work, community education, research and litigation concerning educational equity, juvenile justice, affirmative action and post 9-11 hate violence and racial targeting;
Immigrant Access to Justice, litigation, legal services, and organizing/outreach with communities impacted by 9-11, including special interest detainees, special registration, voluntary interviews by the government, the 9-11 absconder initiative, and local and state enforcement of immigration laws;
New Jersey Asian American Legal Project, community outreach, education, and legal services to Asian Americans in New Jersey, as well as community organizing and litigation on employment-related claims for Asian immigrant workers in New Jersey.
Korean Community Law Project, direct legal services and litigation on employment-related claims for Korean immigrant workers, and community education /advocacy in collaboration with YKASEC - Empowering the Korean American Community;
South Asian Workers Project, direct legal services on employment-related claims to South Asian immigrant workers, as well as community education and advocacy; and
Voting Rights, legal research and fact development under the Voting Rights Act and Equal Protection challenging anti-Asian voter discrimination, advocacy on bilingual ballots, and state and local election reform; produce reports and organize public forums.
Description of Internships.
Interns are supervised by attorneys in specific program areas. Legal interns will work on litigation, particularly legal research and writing, legal and policy advocacy, client intakes, and some community outreach and education. Each program area differs in emphasis. These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be arranged. Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours per week. The internship usually commences with the start of classes or late January/early February through late April/early May.
To Apply: Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability is helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number of hours the intern is able to work per week and a possible schedule. Send a resume and cover letter to: Legal Intern Search Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) 99 Hudson Street, 12th floorNew York , New York 10013-2815 Fax: 212-966-4303 or Email: info@aaldef.org For more information, contact Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or jweng@aaldef.org.
UPENN APALSA Conference
I hope everyone had a good holiday break and a happy new year! I'm writing to you guys to see if I couldn't get you to come to Philly for the weekend of January 26-28 to attend the APALSA conference on the 27th. Below is the Conference Schedule
Con11:30 – 12:00 Registration
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch, Keynote from The Hon. Denny Chin, USDJ, SDNY
1:30 – 2:45 Panels A and B
3:00 – 4:15 Panel C
4:30 – 5:45 Panel D
6:45 – 7:30 Employer Reception
7:30 – 10:00 Dinner, Speaker The Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, NY County Supreme Court
10:00 - ??? Party
A. Current Issues Facing Asian-Americans
Shereen Chen, Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Vincent Eng, Deputy Director, Asian American Justice Center
Alexander Nguyen, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Khin Mai Aung, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
B. Asian-Americans in Academia.
Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law and Director of the Technology & Entertainment Law Program, Vanderbilt University Law School
Alfred Yen, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Edward Lee, Associate Professor of Law, Moritz Law at Ohio State University
Jim Chen, Associate Dean and James L. Krusemark Professor of Law, Minnesota Law School (Dean of University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law effective January 2, 2007) – Not confirmed
C. International Issues in Legal Activism: Examining the Role of Asian-Americans in Asia.
Libby Liu, President, Radio Free Asia
Adrian Hong, Executive Director, Liberation in North Korea (LiNK)
Peggy Kuo, Chief Hearing Officer, New York Stock Exchange
D. Breaking Through the Yellow Ceiling; Career Success at What Cost?
Daniel Vatanaviggun, Recruiting & University Relations Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP
William Uchimoto, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Sophia Lee, Counsel, Sunoco
Grace Manno, Counsel, Comcast
Con11:30 – 12:00 Registration
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch, Keynote from The Hon. Denny Chin, USDJ, SDNY
1:30 – 2:45 Panels A and B
3:00 – 4:15 Panel C
4:30 – 5:45 Panel D
6:45 – 7:30 Employer Reception
7:30 – 10:00 Dinner, Speaker The Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, NY County Supreme Court
10:00 - ??? Party
A. Current Issues Facing Asian-Americans
Shereen Chen, Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Vincent Eng, Deputy Director, Asian American Justice Center
Alexander Nguyen, Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Khin Mai Aung, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
B. Asian-Americans in Academia.
Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law and Director of the Technology & Entertainment Law Program, Vanderbilt University Law School
Alfred Yen, Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Edward Lee, Associate Professor of Law, Moritz Law at Ohio State University
Jim Chen, Associate Dean and James L. Krusemark Professor of Law, Minnesota Law School (Dean of University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law effective January 2, 2007) – Not confirmed
C. International Issues in Legal Activism: Examining the Role of Asian-Americans in Asia.
Libby Liu, President, Radio Free Asia
Adrian Hong, Executive Director, Liberation in North Korea (LiNK)
Peggy Kuo, Chief Hearing Officer, New York Stock Exchange
D. Breaking Through the Yellow Ceiling; Career Success at What Cost?
Daniel Vatanaviggun, Recruiting & University Relations Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP
William Uchimoto, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Sophia Lee, Counsel, Sunoco
Grace Manno, Counsel, Comcast
Monday, January 08, 2007
APALSA Announcements through 1/8/07
Welcome back APALSA! The APALSA e-board hopes everyone has a great spring semester!
The following are the announcements through 1/8/07. The announcements can also be seen by going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com
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BLG EVENT!!
Dear Law School Students,
As we prepare to enter 2007, please save the date for an upcoming BLG event to kick-off the new year. On January 24, we will have a program called "Charting Your Legal Future," in Boston at Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP from 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. This forum is for 1L students of color to meet practicing attorneys from Boston for an open discussion on important issues such as: Job Searching, Conceptualizing Your Specialty, The Summer Associate Experience, Mentoring as A Survival Skill, Life as A Lawyer and Living & Practicing Law in Boston.
In the past, more than 100 law students from Boston-area law schools have attended to mingle with 40 - 50 attorneys from the BLG member organizations. This is a great event for 1L students to begin building their professional network. They will also receive important information about how to participate in all future BLG events.
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Career Services Office
Upcoming Programs and Events
Week of January 8-12, 2007
Listed below please find a listing of upcoming programs and events for the current week:
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
How to get paid for your summer internship , 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., East Wing 115A - This Career Services program will also include information on The Rappaport Fellowship.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
How to Impress a Legal Employer: Interviewing Skills for Law Students - 3:30 p.m., EW 200 - Come hear Elizabeth Brody Gluck, Esq., partner in the Boston office of Verrill Dana LLP. Learn how to connect with your interviewer during a twenty minute initial meeting or a callback, and to distinguish yourself from other candidates.
Additional Announcements:
Please be sure to check Symplicity for any new job postings - one in particular has a short turnaround time (1/12/07) - (1L/2L) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel.
1Ls: New semester, please feel free to come in and schedule your mandatory 1L meeting.
2L/3L: You'll be receiving an email shortly requesting you to complete an employment survey. We would appreciate your completing it at your earliest convenience.
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TO: Minority 1L Students Interested in Clerking At One Of "America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree"
RE: "Fun, Pride and Profit"
Warner Norcross & Judd offers the rare combination of a sophisticated practice that still leaves time for a life outside of the office. As a result, we are one of two firms in Michigan, and one of only 115 firms in the nation to be named in America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree. Forty percent of the firm's partners are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. We are currently accepting resumes from 1L students interested in 2007 summer clerkships in any of our four Michigan offices - Metro Detroit (Southfield), Grand Rapids, Muskegon or Holland.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP strives to have a workforce that reflects the realities of today's diverse national and global community. We recognize that the differences in heritage, culture, and perspective that each individual brings to WNJ make us better able to serve the needs of our clients. We also understand that our respect for and understanding of those differences makes our firm a better and more collegial place to work. You can learn more about our firm's commitment to diversity by reading our 2006 Diversity Annual Report on our website at www.wnj.com. While on the site, you may also wish to learn more about our $5000 scholarship to minority law students and print an application.
The Warner Difference
Our summer associates and attorneys possess credentials that rival those of their counterparts at leading national law firms. They came to Warner Norcross for the quality of our practice, the depth and breadth of our national client base, for firm policies that foster collegiality and balance, and for the exceptional quality of life in Michigan. That combination is difficult, if not impossible, to find in a large law firm in a large city.
Warner Norcross differs from most large law firms in several significant ways. Associates and summer associates choose their own areas of practice and are not slotted into groups. Our lockstep compensation system eliminates internal competition for hours and clients, making the work environment a very collegial one. With our extensive Career Development Program, a full time Director of Professional Development, and our policies that address life/balance issues, WNJ is committed to helping its associates develop into leading members of the profession and partners in the firm.
Our summer class of 2006 was composed of 22 summer associates from ten different law schools, including five minority students and 12 women. As a summer associate at Warner Norcross, you won't be bored and you won't be stuck in the library. Our program allows you to explore all areas of our practice and does not limit you to one or two practice groups during the summer or when you receive a permanent offer. Work assignments are channeled through a central system to ensure that you'll get work from a variety of practice areas, especially the areas in which you have an interest. It also ensures that you will receive feedback on all your work.
We Would Like to Hear from You
Although we are not able to visit your campus this fall, we hope you will send us your resume. To apply for a clerkship, please send a cover letter, your resume and a copy of your law school transcript to me at the following address or by email. I look forward to hearing from you!
Cathleen Meriwether
Director of Lawyer Recruitment
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon Street, N.W.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487
Email: cmeriwether@wnj.com
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Cambodian Health Crisis Forum
On Saturday, January 13th, Khmer Health Advocates and Brown Medical School will host a public awareness seminar on the current Cambodian Health crisis. The forum will be held at Brown University and will include an overview of the Cambodian refugee community. Discussion topics include:
Health issues affecting Cambodian-Americans
Medical approaches to treating victims of trauma and torture
Cambodian concepts of health
Type 2 diabetes in Cambodian refugees
Integration of Eastern and Western health approaches.
A strategic meeting with Cambodian leaders will be held directly after the public awareness forum.
This event is limited to 120 people. Registration by e-mail is requested before January 10th. Please include your name, affiliate organization, address and phone number, and send to htan@khmerhealthadvocates.org, or call (860) 561-3345.
Please see attachment for further details.
Heang K. Tan
Khmer Health Advocates, Inc.
Email: htan@khmerhealthadvocates.org
Tel: (860) 561-3345
Fax: (860) 561-3538
www.CambodianHealth.org
The following are the announcements through 1/8/07. The announcements can also be seen by going to http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com
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BLG EVENT!!
Dear Law School Students,
As we prepare to enter 2007, please save the date for an upcoming BLG event to kick-off the new year. On January 24, we will have a program called "Charting Your Legal Future," in Boston at Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP from 5:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. This forum is for 1L students of color to meet practicing attorneys from Boston for an open discussion on important issues such as: Job Searching, Conceptualizing Your Specialty, The Summer Associate Experience, Mentoring as A Survival Skill, Life as A Lawyer and Living & Practicing Law in Boston.
In the past, more than 100 law students from Boston-area law schools have attended to mingle with 40 - 50 attorneys from the BLG member organizations. This is a great event for 1L students to begin building their professional network. They will also receive important information about how to participate in all future BLG events.
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Career Services Office
Upcoming Programs and Events
Week of January 8-12, 2007
Listed below please find a listing of upcoming programs and events for the current week:
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
How to get paid for your summer internship , 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., East Wing 115A - This Career Services program will also include information on The Rappaport Fellowship.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
How to Impress a Legal Employer: Interviewing Skills for Law Students - 3:30 p.m., EW 200 - Come hear Elizabeth Brody Gluck, Esq., partner in the Boston office of Verrill Dana LLP. Learn how to connect with your interviewer during a twenty minute initial meeting or a callback, and to distinguish yourself from other candidates.
Additional Announcements:
Please be sure to check Symplicity for any new job postings - one in particular has a short turnaround time (1/12/07) - (1L/2L) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel.
1Ls: New semester, please feel free to come in and schedule your mandatory 1L meeting.
2L/3L: You'll be receiving an email shortly requesting you to complete an employment survey. We would appreciate your completing it at your earliest convenience.
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TO: Minority 1L Students Interested in Clerking At One Of "America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree"
RE: "Fun, Pride and Profit"
Warner Norcross & Judd offers the rare combination of a sophisticated practice that still leaves time for a life outside of the office. As a result, we are one of two firms in Michigan, and one of only 115 firms in the nation to be named in America's Greatest Places To Work With A Law Degree. Forty percent of the firm's partners are listed in The Best Lawyers in America. We are currently accepting resumes from 1L students interested in 2007 summer clerkships in any of our four Michigan offices - Metro Detroit (Southfield), Grand Rapids, Muskegon or Holland.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP strives to have a workforce that reflects the realities of today's diverse national and global community. We recognize that the differences in heritage, culture, and perspective that each individual brings to WNJ make us better able to serve the needs of our clients. We also understand that our respect for and understanding of those differences makes our firm a better and more collegial place to work. You can learn more about our firm's commitment to diversity by reading our 2006 Diversity Annual Report on our website at www.wnj.com. While on the site, you may also wish to learn more about our $5000 scholarship to minority law students and print an application.
The Warner Difference
Our summer associates and attorneys possess credentials that rival those of their counterparts at leading national law firms. They came to Warner Norcross for the quality of our practice, the depth and breadth of our national client base, for firm policies that foster collegiality and balance, and for the exceptional quality of life in Michigan. That combination is difficult, if not impossible, to find in a large law firm in a large city.
Warner Norcross differs from most large law firms in several significant ways. Associates and summer associates choose their own areas of practice and are not slotted into groups. Our lockstep compensation system eliminates internal competition for hours and clients, making the work environment a very collegial one. With our extensive Career Development Program, a full time Director of Professional Development, and our policies that address life/balance issues, WNJ is committed to helping its associates develop into leading members of the profession and partners in the firm.
Our summer class of 2006 was composed of 22 summer associates from ten different law schools, including five minority students and 12 women. As a summer associate at Warner Norcross, you won't be bored and you won't be stuck in the library. Our program allows you to explore all areas of our practice and does not limit you to one or two practice groups during the summer or when you receive a permanent offer. Work assignments are channeled through a central system to ensure that you'll get work from a variety of practice areas, especially the areas in which you have an interest. It also ensures that you will receive feedback on all your work.
We Would Like to Hear from You
Although we are not able to visit your campus this fall, we hope you will send us your resume. To apply for a clerkship, please send a cover letter, your resume and a copy of your law school transcript to me at the following address or by email. I look forward to hearing from you!
Cathleen Meriwether
Director of Lawyer Recruitment
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon Street, N.W.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2487
Email: cmeriwether@wnj.com
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Cambodian Health Crisis Forum
On Saturday, January 13th, Khmer Health Advocates and Brown Medical School will host a public awareness seminar on the current Cambodian Health crisis. The forum will be held at Brown University and will include an overview of the Cambodian refugee community. Discussion topics include:
Health issues affecting Cambodian-Americans
Medical approaches to treating victims of trauma and torture
Cambodian concepts of health
Type 2 diabetes in Cambodian refugees
Integration of Eastern and Western health approaches.
A strategic meeting with Cambodian leaders will be held directly after the public awareness forum.
This event is limited to 120 people. Registration by e-mail is requested before January 10th. Please include your name, affiliate organization, address and phone number, and send to htan@khmerhealthadvocates.org, or call (860) 561-3345.
Please see attachment for further details.
Heang K. Tan
Khmer Health Advocates, Inc.
Email: htan@khmerhealthadvocates.org
Tel: (860) 561-3345
Fax: (860) 561-3538
www.CambodianHealth.org
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