Below are the announcements for the week of November 3-7

Below are the announcements for the week of November 3-7:

1. Office Hours
2. Third Annual Inter-APALSA Cruise
3. LALSA General Body Meeting
4. Alum Bar review
5. International Law Student Career Panel Discussion
6. A Day in the Life of an Assistant District Attorney
7. Volunteer for the Silk Gala 2008
8. APALSA General Body Meeting
9. University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review Accepting Submissions
10. Participants Needed for Paid Focus Group at the Institute for Asian American Studies

Note: The APALSA announcements can also be found on our blog at http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com/

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1. Office Hours

Aimee (Secretary): Aimee will be having office hours this Tuesday, November 4 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in the APALSA Office.

Kim (President): Kim will be holding her office hours this Wednesday, November 5, from 1pm to 2pm in the APALSA Office.

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2. Third Annual Inter-APALSA Cruise

Harvard Law's APALSA presents:

The Third Annual Inter-APALSA Cruise

Come spend a wonderful evening with your fellow law students from
Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, BU, Suffolk and BC. Enjoy the Boston
skyline on our very own Majestic Princess yacht!

Date: Saturday 11/8
Cruise Board Time: Boarding at 8:30 PM, Cruising will go from 9PM - 12AM
Location: 60 Rowe's Wharf (right behind the Boston Harbor Hotel)
Cost: $25 for APALSA members, $35 for non-members (including significant others)
For details on the yacht, please see: http://www.princessyacht.com/

Hors d'oeuvre, desserts, and drinks will be provided.
Dress: Optional Semi-Formal Attire

READ THIS CAREFULLY:

BC has been allocated a total of 15 TICKETS. (There is a cap on the number of people that can be on the boat.)

The first 15 people to email Kim by SUNDAY at MIDNIGHT will get tickets. For now, tickets are open to BC students only. If there are still tickets left on Monday, I will open up ticket sales to non-BC students (aka significant others, friends, etc.) for $35. If tickets run out, I will put you on a wait-list and check with Harvard if we can have more tickets.

If you email for a ticket and receive it, you must get Kim your money ($25 per ticket) by WEDNESDAY.

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3. LALSA General Body Meeting

Save the Date: LALSA General Body Meeting - Thursday, November 6

Time and Place TBD. Lunch will be provided!

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4. Alum Bar Review

Friday, November 7 at 3 PM in the Yellow Room

APALSA highly encourages its members to attend the Alum Bar Review. Alums from all over the country are gathering at BC for reunion weekend, and this event is a great opportunity to network with them. For those who want to work in a place other than Boston or have not yet found a job, this is an especially worthwhile event for you to attend. There is no other time during the year when so many alums will be on campus.

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5. International Law Student Career Panel Discussion

APALSA is hosting an International Law Student Career Panel Discussion on Nov. 12th, Wednesday, at 3:30pm (exact location TBA).

We have invited a couple of BC APALSA graduates, Director of OISS (Office of Int’l Students and Scholars) and an immigration lawyer from Mintz Levin. The panel will talk about their law school experience, job search, visa issues, and their current involvements in the legal industry.

Light refreshments will be provided.

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6. A Day in the Life of an Assistant District Attorney

Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone along with staff and Boston College alumni from their office will be holding a panel and informational seminar at Boston College on Wed., November 12th from 4:30 to 6 pm. Location TBA.

They will be talking about "a day in the life of an Assistant District Attorney" and career opportunities and internships available at the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. They will discuss what it is like to be a prosecutor and how rewarding a career in public service can be. There will also
be a question and answer session.

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7. Volunteer for the Silk Road Gala 2008

Silk Road Gala Volunteering - Saturday, November 15 The Silk Road Gala is the annual fundraising benefit for Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence (ATASK). This is a great networking opportunity to meet Asian American attorneys and other law students in the area while also working to benefit our own community. Volunteering will consist of a brief training session and volunteering the day of the gala. Please consider saving the date to volunteer. To volunteer, please fill out the following form on the ATASK website: http://www.atask.org/silkroad_volunteer_form.php

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact our President, Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin.2[at]bc.edu.

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8. APALSA General Body Meeting

2nd APALSA General Body Meeting of the Fall Semester! APALSA ongoings and updates, as well as break-out groups to facilitate conversations about class registration (for 1Ls, 2Ls and 3Ls). FREE LUNCH will be provided. Tuesday, November 18th at 12:45pm. EW 115A.

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9. University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review Accepting Submissions

The University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review is now accepting submissions for our next issue scheduled for publication in May 2009. The mission of the East Asia Law Review is to provide a forum for the study of the law of East Asian nations. Thus, submissions should pertain to the law and its practice, implementation or implications in East Asian nations. Additionally, we welcome submissions of a comparative nature that examine legal issues faced by East Asian nations alongside similar issues of other Asian or non-Asian nations.

The recently published Volume 3 is available at our website, http://www.pennealr.com. As we begin preparing Volume 4, the East Asia Law Review hopes to substantially expand our distribution. To that end, all of our previous volumes will be available via Westlaw and on our website. We are currently soliciting library subscriptions and considering distribution via other channels. The Review will make a strong effort to broadly disseminate your work.

For further information or to submit a manuscript visit our website at http://www.pennealr.com or contact us at articles@pennealr.com. The East Asia Law Review will accept submissions for Volume 4 through January 15, 2009, with the potential for extensions with prior approval of the Editorial Board.

Attached in .pdf format is the formal request for submissions.

Sincere Regards,
The University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review

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10. Participants Needed for Paid Focus Group at the Institute for Asian American Studies

Hello, my name is Nga-Wing Anjela Wong and I am a research associate at the Institute for Asian American Studies (IAAS) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I am writing to you in regards to a focus group study that we are conducting.

We are recruiting 1.5 and second generation Asian American and Latina/o graduate and professional students, who live in Massachusetts and whose parent(s) is/was a business entrepreneur, to participate in a focus group study that examines the factors involved in their life choices.

The focus group entails filling out a brief questionnaire and a two-hour focus group in the Boston area. Participants will receive a stipend of $50.

In the context of this study,
1. 1.5 generation refers to children of immigrants who came to the U.S. before the age of twelve,
2. Second generation refers to children of immigrants who were born in the U.S.;
3. The term "children of immigrants" refers to both U.S.-born and foreign-born children who have immigrant parents.
4. Asian Americans refers to anyone of East Asian, South Asian, or Southeast Asian heritage; and
5. Latina/o refers to anyone of Mexican, Central American, South American, or Caribbean heritage.

If you or anyone in your organization is interested in participating,
please forward all queries to me at: iaasfocusgroup[at]gmail.com.