Below are the announcements for the week of March 30-April 3

Below are the announcements for the week of March 30-April 3:

1. APALSA Film Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin?--Mar 30 Kim's Office Hours—Mar 25**
2. Kim's Office Hours--Apr 1
3. Inaugural BC/BU APALSA Reunion Night--Apr 9
4. SAVE THE DATE: Inter-APALSA Karaoke Night--Apr 10

5. Diversity Bar Review--Mar 31
6. A Little Peace: a Dessert Tasting--Apr 4
7. Boston College MBA International Consulting Project Asia--deadline Apr 6
8. Goodwin Procter LLP Diversity Event for Class of 2011--RSVP Apr 3
9. Cooley Godward Kronish Diversity Fellowship--deadline Apr 15
10. 2009 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference--Apr 24, 25
11. Northwest Minority Job Fair--deadline May 15
12. APAICS 2009-2010 Fellowship Programs--May 31**
13. National Black Prosecutor's Association Job Fair--July 21
14. DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair--Aug 8

Note: The APALSA announcements can also be found on our blog at http://bcapalsa.blogspot.com/
**New additions to the announcements

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1. APALSA Film Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin?

APALSA Film Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Monday, March 30 @ 4:45 PM
EW 200

Come join APALSA for dinner and the screening of this Academy Award-nominated documentary. Dinner will be available starting at 4:45 PM. The film will start promptly at 5 PM.

Film Synopsis:
In June of 1982, Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat outside a Detroit strip club by Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and Ebens’s stepson, Michael Nitz. Motivated by their belief that the decline of American automobile sales was the fault of the Japanese, the two men attacked their Asian victim, who happened to be Chinese. Despite the fact that Chin was held by Nitz and beaten repeatedly in the head by Ebens until his skull was visibly fractured, the two men received only three years of probation and a fine of only $3,000.

Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña’s 1987 Academy Award–nominated documentary explores the events leading up to the murder and following the trial’s surprising verdict. More than a simple regurgitation of the case, it sets out with the question posed by the film’s title to show the greater sociological setting of the incident. By studying the conditions of the people working in the plants and the effects of the Japanese automobile industry on Detroit, the documentary attempts to explain why an incident like this could have come to pass. Perhaps the boldest touch of the film’s narrative is that, despite the unnerving emotional detachment of Ebens when interviewed, the filmmakers draw connections between Vincent and Ronald’s pasts. Both men moved to Detroit in hopes of finding better jobs, managed to “fit in,” and yet collided in tragedy.

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2. Kim's Office Hours

Kim, president of APALSA, will be holding office hours on Wednesday, April 1 from 1:00pm-2:00pm in the APALSA office (Stuart F320). Feel free to stop by to discuss your job search, have your resume or cover letter looked at, do a mock interview, or just chat.

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3. Inaugural BC/BU APALSA Reunion Night

Boston College's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) invites you to our

Inaugural BC/BU APALSA
Reunion Night 2009
.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
8:00 - 10:30 pm
The Kells of Boston (Private Party Room)
161 Brighton Ave.
Allston, MA 02134

Entrance fee: $10
All money will be collected at the door

Dress code: Casual
Please RSVP to bcapalsa@gmail.com

In an effort to introduce law students to the greater Boston Asian American legal community and to strengthen the network of alumni in the area, BC and BU have teamed up to host this special event. There will be a raffle, private cash bar, and free appetizers throughout the evening. A trivia contest will also begin at 9pm.

All proceeds will support BC APALSA-sponsored events. Your presence will support our effort to create an annual tradition of connecting past and present APALSA members.
We hope to see you there!

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4. SAVE THE DATE: Inter-APALSA Karaoke Night

Friday, April 10 (Note: We have no class because of Good Friday)

Come join APALSA members from BU, Harvard, Suffolk and Northeastern for karaoke! More details to come.

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5. Diversity Bar Review

The Boston College Law School Alumnae Association & the Law Student Association Diversity Committee invite you to the first Diversity Bar Review to bring together BC alums and students invested in the advancement of diversity in the field of law

Tuesday, March 31st at 5pm
at Boston College Law School, Snack Bar

Open Bar and Hor d'oeuvres will be served

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6. A Little Peace: A Dessert Tasting

The 3rd Annual "A Little Peace: a Dessert Tasting" is a fundraiser benefiting local Asian American organizations. We support each other and build community with sweet things so that we can build a stronger (and sweeter!) effort for a better and more progressive society.

Please join us and taste for yourself the creativity of the community's best bakers!

Saturday, April 4, 2009
7 pm - 10 pm

Vietnamese American Community Center (VACC)
42 Charles Street
Dorchester, MA

info: bostondessertnight@gmail.com
Tickets can be purchased at: www.aarw.org/dessert2009
The deadline for purchasing tickets in advance is Midnight Tuesday, March 31. After this date, the price for Adult tickets will be $27, and all tickets after this date will only be available at the door.

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7. Boston College MBA International Consulting Project Asia

Below is an email I received from Greg Stoller, the course instructor for the MBA course International Consulting Project Asia. If anyone has any questions about the course feel free to email me (Aimee) at hartonoa@bc.edu. I took the class this past Fall and had an amazing time. It's an excellent opportunity for those of you who would like a little break from the law and explore what else BC has to offer. And who wouldn't want to go to China for school credit?

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The following is an email from Professor Greg Stoller who teaches a business school class that law students can take this fall. The class culminates in an amazing trip to Beijing, China. For more details, please read the attached document. If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to contact Aimee Hartono at hartonoa@bc.edu, or Ben Uy at uyb@bc.edu, as both students have recently completed the course. Any students interested in working on international business deals, international consulting, or simply taking a break from law school classes (by taking a business school class) are encouraged to apply!

Have you ever dreamed of climbing the Great Wall of China? How about working overseas?

We are in the process of planning the 2009 International Consulting Project, a 3-credit course that involves consulting work during the fall semester on campus, with a trip to Beijing in January 2010 to deliver the team's recommendation personally to the client, at their offices. This is the 7th year in a row that this program has been offered.

Attached please find a course description and syllabus. A student blog of last year's trip is available at: http://www.bc.edu/sites/ides/stoller/leela/leela.html

We are looking for outstanding law students to be part of this class working in three separate teams. If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to gregory.stoller.1@bc.edu by no later than April 6, 2009. Language fluency is *not* a prerequisite for this course.

We are starting the planning process now, as we hope to choose the projects, in part, based around the students' academic and professional backgrounds.

Of course, if you have any questions beforehand, please let me know via email or telephone (617-233-5666). I look forward to hearing from you, and hopefully having you on the team.

Sincerely,

Greg Stoller

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8. Goodwin Procter LLP Diversity Event for Class of 2011 Students

Our Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (CRED) and our GLBT Initiative members are hosting an event in our Boston office on April 7th and we are hoping you will assist us in distributing this information to your Class of 2011 APALSA student members. The purpose of this event is to introduce Goodwin Procter to your first-year students, and give them the opportunity to mingle with our lawyers and learn about our various practice area groups. Our hope is that this will help them better understand the opportunities at our Firm as they go into the busy (and often-confusing) process of signing up for fall on-campus interviews.
The event will be an informal reception intended to briefly introduce the students to some interesting matters that we are handling, and also have them meet some of our lawyers in a relaxed setting.
The details of the event are shown below (and in the attached pdf) -- please circulate this information to all of your first-year (Class of 2011) student members via email and (if possible) also post on group bulletin boards, etc. If they have any questions, please direct them to Christina Ditolla at CDitolla@goodwinprocter.com. (Christina will also collect the RSVPs for the event.)
Thank you in advance for your help on this, and please let us know if you have questions. We look forward to meeting the first-years associated with BC APALSA.

Event: Goodwin Procter LLP Diversity Event for Class of 2011 Students
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Goodwin Procter Boston Conference Center, Exchange Place (53 State Street), 2nd Floor
Attire: Business Casual
RSVP: To Christina Ditolla at CDitolla@goodwinprocter.com -- please RSVP by April 3, 2009

Joan E. Tagliareni, Esq.
Sr. Legal Recruitment & Law School Relations Manager
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
Boston, MA 02109
T: 617-570-8720
F: 617-523-1231
jtagliareni@goodwinprocter.com
www.goodwinprocter.com

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9. Gooley Godward Kronish Diversity Fellowship

My name is Mary Ellen Quilty and I am the Recruiting Manager at Cooley Godward Kronish here in Boston. I wanted to reach out to members of APALSA at BC to let you know about a current opportunity our firm has. I thought that contacting you would be a good place to start, but if there is someone else I should contact please let me know.
We are so excited to offer Diversity Fellowships to outstanding first-year law students with a diverse background. Those who are interested are encouraged to apply for one of 8 fellowships consisting of awards up to $15,000 to assist with law school tuition and an invitation to join Cooley’s Summer Associate Program. Awards will be announced to the students in the summer following their first year of law school with the Summer Associate position to start following the successful completion of the recipient’s 2L year. Please note, this is not just for those interested in our Boston office. Students interested in any of Cooley's office locations should apply. (We have offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Broomfield (CO), New York, Reston (VA), Washington DC and Boston.)
I have attached a pdf which summarizes the fellowship and also included the link that should direct you to the webpage students should go to if they wish to submit an application. I was wondering if perhaps you could assist me in circulating this to the current 1L's who are members of APALSA? If you have their email addresses, I am happy to contact them myself, or if you have another suggestion on spreading the word, I would love to get your input! Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions about this. I appreciate your help with this, and we look forward to receiving some great candidate applications in the near future!

Sincerely,
Mary Ellen

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10. The 2009 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference

Hosted by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania, the conference will take place on April 24 and 25, 2009. There is a Friday evening welcome event and Saturday will be a day of networking and education with an impressive offering of CLE programs presented by judges and prominent attorneys from the Northeast and beyond. The Saturday programming will be followed by a banquet dinner.

Hotel
The Four Seasons Philadelphia at One Logan Square is offering a discounted rate of $195 for the nights of April 24 and 25. The deadline for booking this rate is March 12. Please make reservations directly with the Four Seasons at 215.963.1500 and say that you are affiliated with APABA-PA.

Early Bird Registration
CLE programs, Friday and Saturday night events, plus Saturday
breakfast and lunch
Full registration $225
Judges and government, public interest, solo and small firm attorneys $175
Law students $110

Early Bird Registration for Conference Only
CLE programs plus Saturday breakfast and lunch only
Full registration $150
Judges and government, public interest, solo and small firm attorneys $125
Law students $50

Friday Night Event Only $50

Saturday Dinner Banquet Only $50

For further information, please visit the below link, or contact
Sophia Lee at 215.977.3624 or slee@sunocoinc.com or Kay Kyungsun Yu at
215.981.4188 or yukay@pepperlaw.com.

http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/community/eventdetails.do?eventId=213305&orgId=apaba

All the CLE programming is scheduled to take place at Pepper Hamilton

LLP, Two Logan Square, 18th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA.

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11. Northwest Minority Job Fair

On behalf of the Northwest Minority Job Fair board and Seattle Area Legal Recruiting Administrators, I am pleased to invite diverse students from your school to participate in the 23rd annual Northwest Minority Job Fair. This event will be held on Saturday, September 26th, from 8:00 am to 5:20 pm, in K&L Gates' Seattle offices, located at 925 4th Avenue, Suite 2900. Job Fair participants are also encouraged to attend the Fair luncheon held at 11:30 am, featuring a local guest speaker.
The annual Job Fair continues to be a great success. Last year, we had over 40 employer participants and each student who attended interviewed with an average of 4 employers.
Attached is the required student registration form, available for distribution to diverse students and student organizations, who have an interest in the Northwest region. Students who wish to participate in the Job Fair should submit their registration form, directly to me, by May 15, 2009. Forms can be e-mailed or mailed using the address listed below. Additional deadlines and information can be found at the official Job Fair website: www.NWMJF.org.
More information regarding 2009 participating employers and instructions for requesting interviews will be distributed to registered students in June.
Students are encouraged to contact me directly at jobfair@klgates.com, or dana.mills@klgates.com, with additional questions. Thank you for your assistance with this important effort to increase and promote diversity within the legal profession.

Best regards,
Dana Mills
Host of the 2009-2010 Northwest Minority Job Fair
2009 SALRA Immediate Past President
Dana Mills
Senior Legal Recruiting Coordinator
K&L Gates LLP
925 4th Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104
Direct: 206.370.5744
E-mail: dana.mills@klgates.com
Website: www.klgates.com

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12. APAICS 2009-2010 Fellowship Programs

Washington, D.C.—The Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
announced that the application for the 2009-2010 cycle is available on their Website:
www@apaics.org. This will also include the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Fellow,
which is for a post graduate and requires that the person has included in their class studies any
housing policies, urban planning, mortgages, etc. The deadline for all fellowships is May 31,
2009.

The APAICS Fellows are the Anheuser-Busch/Congressman Frank Horton Fellow, the Sodexo
Fellow, the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc./Governor George R. Ariyoshi Fellow, and the National
Association of Realtors Fellow.

The nine-month program provides an opportunity for several fellows to be placed in either the
Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, federal agencies, or a non-profit organization in the
Washington area. All the fellows are assigned specific projects by their placement offices. The
NAR Fellow will especially be involved in the various phases of the housing issues. NAR
advisors and Realtor members will continue to work closely with the fellow and may join with
the other NAR Fellows in developing a public policy brief.

The NAR Fellow will be one of three young professionals who will gain experience in legislative
advocacy and national housing policy. He or she will work closely with NAR and the placement
office. NAR is funding a fellow in each of the Tri-Caucus organizations, including APAICS.
The other two members are the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) and the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI).

APAICS Chair David L. Kim indicated that there is also a State Farm Congressional Fellowship.
This stipend provides an elected official to shadow a member of Congress for one or two weeks
depending on the availability of the member. Kim stated, “This is a hands-on experience to learn
from a member of Congress the legislative process on how our laws are made in this country.”

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13. National Black Prosecutor's Association Job Fair

The National Black Prosecutor's Association cordially invites you to participate in their annual job fair on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at the Marriot Memphis Downtown in Memphis, TN. The goal of the job fair is to promote diversity in prosecutors' offices. The Job Fair will provide a unique forum where law students, recent law graduates and experienced attorneys from across the nation can meet and interview with prospective prosecutorial employers at the local, state and federal levels. The registration fee for current law students is $25.00. After March 31st the fee will be $50.00 and after June 12th it will be $100. To register for the job fair, please complete the attached applicant registration form and submit it along with a resume and a check for the appropriate fee payable to the NBPA 26th Annual Conference or register with a credit card at www.blackprosecutors.org.

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14. DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair

Attached please find a letter regarding the 2009 Dupont Legal Minority Job Fair to be held on Saturday, August 8, 2009 in one of the three locations - Houston, Los Angeles and Wilmington, DC.