Below are the announcements for the week of April 21-24

Below are the announcements for the week of April 21-24:

1. Kim's Office Hours—Apr 22
2. APALSA End of the Year Banquet--Apr 23

3. Professor McMorrow Looking For Mandarin Speaking Summer Research Assistant**
4. Vietnamese Volunteer Interpreter Needed**
5. 2009 NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference--Apr 24, 25
6. CAPAL Scholarships--deadline May 1 (scholarship)
7. Northwest Minority Job Fair--deadline May 15
8. APAICS 2009-2010 Fellowship Programs--deadline May 31
9. BLG Boston Job Fair For Students of Color--deadline July 8
10. National Black Prosecutor's Association Job Fair--July 21
11. 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. Kim's Office Hours

Kim, president of APALSA, will be holding office hours on Wednesday, April 22 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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2. APALSA End-of-the-Year Banquet

APALSA is having its end of the year Spring Banquet!

This year the banquet will be held at Golden Temple on Thursday, April 23 and will feature Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner '95 as our guest of honor. You should have already received your official invite via email.

This is a popular event that usually fills up, so we encourage you to RSVP as soon as possible! If for some reason you have not received an invitation and are a member of APALSA, please contact Daniel Ji at jiar@bc.edu.

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3. Mandarin Speaking Summer Research Assistant Needed!

Prof McMorrow, who is currently in Beijing on a Fulbright, is looking for a Mandarin-speaking research assistant this summer. Her current projects relate to Chinese legal education and the Chinese legal profession. She's also preparing a proposal for a study abroad program in Beijing similar to the London program. The research assistant should be eligible for work study.

Please email Professor McMorrow directly at mcmorrow@bc.edu for more information.

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4. AALDEF Looking for a Vietnamese Volunteer Interpreter

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund's (AALDEF) Anti-Trafficking Initiative is in need of a VIETNAMESE Volunteer Interpreter for telephonic interpretation through mid-June 2009 (and possibly as late as September 2009). The Interpreter should be fluent in both English and Vietnamese and able to consecutively interpret literally. Familiarity with immigration terms is strongly preferred.

Ivy O. Suriyopas
Staff Attorney
212.966.5932 x235
isuriyopas@aaldef.org

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5. 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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6. CAPAL Internships and Scholarships

Please see the attached announcement regarding Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) paid
Internships and Scholarships.

Thank you.

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7. 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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8. 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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9. BLG Boston Job Fair for Law Students of Color

Dear Law School Student of Color:
On April 1, 2009, the Boston Lawyers Group (“BLG”) will commence student registration for the annual BLG Boston Job Fair for Law Students of Color. We strongly encourage you to visit our website at www.thebostonlawyersgroup.com for important details regarding eligibility requirements, etc.
If you are an Affinity Group Leader, we kindly request that you distribute this email to your members.

Thursday, August 13, 2009
Boston Job Fair for Law Students of Color
he InterContinental Hotel
510 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA

To Register: Go to https://law-blg-csm.symplicity.com/students, complete the online form and upload a resume and transcript. Please Note: The deadline to register and upload your resume and transcript has been changed to July 8, 2009.

BLG members are looking forward to participating in this year’s job fair, despite the challenging economy. They are as committed as ever to their diversity agenda and continue to support BLG’s mission to identify and recruit attorneys of color to Boston.

Please contact me at 617-457-3653 or sbryan@sandw.com, if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Sonia A. Bryan
Program Director
The Boston Lawyers Group
c/o Sullivan & Worcester
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02109
P: 617-457-3653
F: 617-338-2880
E: sbryan@sandw.com
www.thebostonlawyersgroup.com

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10. 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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11. 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.