Below are the announcements for the week of April 27-May 1

Below are the announcements for the week of April 27-May 1:

1. SALSA Holi Celebration--April 27**
2. CAPAL Scholarships--deadline May 1
3. Northwest Minority Job Fair--deadline May 15
4. 25th Anniversary of AALAM Celebration--May 21**
5. APAICS 2009-2010 Fellowship Programs--deadline May 31
6. BLG Boston Job Fair For Students of Color--deadline July 8
7. National Black Prosecutor's Association Job Fair--July 21
8. DuPont Legal Minority Job Fair--Aug 8
9. Professor McMorrow Looking For Mandarin Speaking Summer Research Assistant
10. Vietnamese Volunteer Interpreter Needed
11. AALDEF Fall 2009 Internships in Voting Rights**
12. NAPALSA Spring 2009 Newsletter**

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. SALSA Holi Celebration

Join SALSA as we celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors to welcome spring!

Celebrate the warmer weather and the end of classes with FREE Indian food, traditional throwing of colored powder and water, Bollywood music, and great company!

Monday, April 27 @3:00pm
Barat House/Barat House Lawn

FYI: While throwing colors is entirely optional, we still encourage you to wear clothes you don’t mind getting a little dirty!

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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 25th Anniversary of AALAM Celebration

SAVE THE DATE!

AALAM's 25th Birthday Celebration
Please join us to celebrate 25 wonderful years and to honor the AALAM founders who started it all!

Date and Time:
May 21, 2009
6 to 9 pm
Place:

Hong Kong Restaurant
1238 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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. Email Aimee at hartonoa@bc.edu or view previous APALSA emails for attachment.

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10. 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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11. 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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12. Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

FALL INTERNSHIPS 2009
DEFENDING ASIAN AMERICAN VOTING RIGHTS

for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation, advocacy, and community education. Fall internships are available for college, graduate, and law students in AALDEF’s Voting Rights Program.

In prior elections, Asian Americans faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote; for example, ballots have been mistranslated listing Democratic candidates as Republicans and vice versa, lack of interpreters, denial of language assistance, rude and hostile poll workers. Then, when the news media reported on election returns and the vote by specific groups, Asian Americans were overlooked. AALDEF’s Voting Rights Program aims to enhance the political participation of Asian Americans and guard against anti-Asian voter discrimination.

Voting Rights Interns work on the following:

Election monitoring to ensure Asian Americans are treated fairly at the polls and to document violations of the Voting Right Act and federal Constitution. The Voting Rights Act mandates the availability of Chinese and Korean language assistance and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination Work with pro bono lawyers at corporate law firms and volunteer law students to inspect poll sites for compliance with the Voting Rights Act and Help American Vote Act. Coordinate a survey of Asian American voters to document the use of bilingual ballots and report on Asian American voting patterns. The survey will be taken at poll sites in several poll sites across the nation. Interns will recruit, train, and supervise volunteers, as well as coordinate logistics at three dozen polling sites. Register new voters after citizenship swearing-in ceremonies. Conduct research and advocacy on local, state and federal election reform proposals.

Description of Fall Internships:

Supervision: Interns are supervised by attorneys through regular meetings and trainings.
Compensation: These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit, college work-study, or a clinical placement can be arranged.
Hours: Interns work anywhere between 12 to 25 hours per week in the office.
Duration: The internship usually follows the semester, commencing with the start of classes or (end of August/ beginning of September) and goes to the first or second week of December.

To Apply:

Bilingual ability is helpful but not required and languages (if any) should be stated in the resume
Applicants should also state the number of hours they are looking to contribute per week and a possible schedule.

Send a resume and cover letter to:
Voting Rights Fall Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York, New York 10013-2815
fax: 212-966-4303

Email: info@aaldef.org

For more information, contact Glenn D. Magpantay at 212-966-5932, ext. 206 or gmagpantay@aaldef.org.

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13. NAPALSA Spring 2009 Newsletterr

--Please see attached for National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) Spring 2009 Newsletter--