APABA News and Updates

March 01, 2010

APABA Community Education/Service Committee Meeting, Wed, 3/3

APABA’s Community Education/Service Committee, which focuses on legal clinics and volunteer opportunities, is having its first meeting of the year at Suehiro in Little Tokyo on Mar 3 at 6.30 pm. RSVP to committee co-chairs: Deborah Yim, dyim98@gmail.com, Dennis Wu, dwu@wcclaw.com, or Halim Dhanidina. …

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March 01, 2010

APABA Community Concerns Committee Meeting, Wed, 3/3

Join APABA’s Community Concerns Committee at its first mixer/meeting of the year! The CCC focuses on current issues affecting API communities and will be planning activities for the upcoming year, so please bring ideas. RSVP to committee co-chairs: Shirley Lee, sal@ssdslaw.com, Carmina Ocampo, cocampo@apalc.org, or Kasie Lee, kasielee@gmail.com, by Mar …

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February 07, 2010

APABA Law Student Public Interest Fellowship Apps due 4/3

Each year, APABA awards one $5,000 public interest fellowship to a law student to do public interest work serving the local APA community.  Applications must be postmarked by April 3, 2010 for consideration.  For a copy of the application or questions, please email Myloc Dinh at mylocd@gmail.com

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February 07, 2010

Volunteer with APABA @ the Union Rescue Mission, Sat., 3/20

The APABA and the SGV Cal Alumni groups will be volunteering at the Union Rescue Mission, preparing and serving meals!  Please RSVP to Deborah Yim at dyim98@gmail.com and include the names of anyone else who will be volunteering with you.  An evite with further details will be sent …

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January 26, 2010

APABA 12th Annual Installation Dinner, Thurs, 2/25/10

You are cordially invited to attend the

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County
12th Annual Installation Dinner

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 | LOS ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB
COCKTAILS | 6:00 PM
DINNER & PROGRAM | 7:00 PM

Keynote speech by Thomas …

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December 24, 2009

APABA Celebrates Founding Member Dolly M. Gee Becoming the First Chinese American Woman Federal Judge

For immediate release: December 28, 2009
Contact: Bryant Yang, (213) 892-5898 or byang@mofo.com

Los Angeles, CA – The Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) of Los Angeles (www.apabala.org) celebrates Dolly M. Gee’s historic confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Central …

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December 08, 2009

APABA Congratulates Founding Member Jacqueline Nguyen On Historic Confirmation as U.S. Federal District Court Judge

The Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) of Los Angeles (www.apabala.org) congratulates Jacqueline H. Nguyen on her historic nomination and confirmation to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.  Yesterday, in an overwhelming show of confidence in her qualifications, the United States Senate confirmed Los Angeles …

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September 10, 2009

New Champion of APABA's 7th Annual Joint Bar Softball Tourney

Congratulations to the Latino Prosecutors Association (LPA) for winning this year’s softball tournament on Saturday, August 15! LPA finished with an impressive 4-0 mark and defeated the 5 time champ, the Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (KABA), in the 1st place game to garner the title.

The other bar …

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July 31, 2009

APABA Congratulates Judge Jacqueline Nguyen and Dolly Gee on Their Nominations to the U.S. District Court

President Obama has nominated Judge Jacqueline Nguyen and Dolly Gee to United States District Court judgeships in the Central District of California.  If confirmed, they would become the first Asian Pacific American female judges to serve on the District Court of the Central District of California.

Judge Jacqueline Nguyen is …

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