CALL FOR PANELISTS
 DEADLINE | May 5, 2017, at 7 p.m. EDT

The National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) is currently seeking interested speakers for panels to be presented during the 2017 NAPALSA Conference taking place during the 2017 NAPABA Convention in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 2-5. Lend your expertise to a panel and provide real world knowledge and guidance to current law students!

Since 2002, the NAPALSA Conference has taken place in conjunction with the NAPABA Convention. Law students have the opportunity to organize their own panels catered to law students as well as participate in the general NAPABA programming. This partnership provides law students the chance to further hone their skills and learn and network with current attorneys from diverse sectors.

If you are interested in serving on a NAPALSA panel, please complete an application form here. For questions regarding the NAPALSA Conference programming, please contact Gisela Camba at gcamba@law.gwu.edu. 

The deadline for applications is Friday, May 5, 2017, at 7 p.m. EDT.  

AALAM hereby invites to you attend the

Chinese Progressive Association’s 40th Anniversary Gala

MANY PEOPLE, ONE HEART

As AALAM members, you can sit at the AALAM table for free. Non-AALAM members and guests are $10.  Tickets are normally $100, $40 for members/elderly and students. 

May 19, 2017 - 6:00pm

Hei La Moon Restaurant

88 Beach Street

Boston, MA 02111

More information here. RSVP here.

AALAM hereby invites you to attend the Boston Bar Association's upcoming Law Day Dinner, one of the largest annual bench bar events in Massachusetts. This year's Law Day Dinner will feature Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) as keynote speaker.  Date: May 15, 2017 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30 PM Location: Sheraton Boston Hotel | 39 Dalton Street RSVP with AALAM here.

Congratulations to AALAM member Gabriel Cheong (Infinity Law Group) for being named a 2017 “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.  Gabe will be honored at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2017 Excellence in Law event on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Marriott Long Wharf Hotel. 

Congratulations to AALAM member Caroline Simons (Fish & Richardson P.C.) for being named a 2017 “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.  Caroline will be honored at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 2017 Excellence in Law event on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at Marriott Long Wharf Hotel.

AALAM hereby invites to you attend the MBA 2017 Annual Dinner to be held on Thursday, May 4, at the Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer St., Boston.

CNN senior analyst and best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin will deliver the keynote address.

Tickets are completely sold out, so you can only get tickets here through AALAM.

Non-members, law students and guests can sit at the AALAM table for the discounted price of $25 and paying members for the discounted price of $10  (tickets are otherwise $150 per person).

More information and RSVP here.

You are hereby invited to a career development panel organized together with our fellow affinity bars South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston and the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.

Our former AALAM President Sarah G. Kim will be speaking on the panel on May 2, 2017 at 6:30 pm.

RSVP directly to gayatri.deodhar@gmail.com by April 27, 2017.

Please join us at our 33rd Anniversary Banquet on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, beginning at 6:00 pm at Hei La Moon Restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown (88 Beach Street, Boston, Massachusetts).

This year’s Banquet marks the 33rd Anniversary of AALAM’s founding.  The Anniversary Banquet is the hallmark event of our year and provides an opportunity for AALAM members, together with friends and supporters of AALAM, to celebrate our many 2016-17 accomplishments.

During the festivities, AALAM will present its Founders Award to AALAM’s founding President, Paul W. Lee.  The Founders Award, AALAM’s highest honor, is awarded annually to an Asian American attorney who has made significant contributions in business, academics or the community as it relates to the law.  Mr. Lee’s leadership in the AALAM community has spanned over three decades, and this evening will provide AALAM members, friends and supporters an opportunity to honor and celebrate Mr. Lee’s inspiring contributions to our community.

Mr. Lee’s commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession is deep and determined.  Mr. Lee was one of the original founders of AALAM, when he and a handful of other Asian American attorneys got together regularly in the early 1980’s to create a supportive professional and social network, and advocate for Asian American issues.  Over the years, Mr. Lee has mentored countless Asian American attorneys, and to this day, Mr. Lee continues to provide support, guidance and motivation to AALAM and its members, as well as its national affiliate, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), for which he was a past president and former board member.

Mr. Lee’s generosity and leadership extends beyond the Asian American legal community.  He is a member of the board of The Boston Foundation, the board of Common Impact, and the WGBH Board of Overseers.  He previously served as chair of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission and chair of the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence.  He also currently serves as board president of the Asian Community Development Corporation, which he co-founded in 1987.  In 2005, Mr. Lee established and endowed the first NAPABA Law Foundation Community Law Fellowship designed to develop future public interest law leaders.  He has also served in numerous leadership roles at the American Bar Association (ABA), including as a member of the ABA Board of Governors.  The entire AALAM community looks up to Mr. Lee as an example of how to lead and give back to the community.

Get your tickets here.

Sponsors, you can donate online here.

AALAM hereby invites to you attend the Asian Community Development Corporation's (ACDC) 30th Anniversary Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast to be held at China Pearl on April 28th at 7:30 am.

This year, Mayor Marty Walsh will receive the Inspiration Award.  Reception starts at 7:30 am and the program begins at 8:15 am.

Preference will be for paying members, who can attend for free. Non-members, law students and guests can sit at the AALAM table for the discounted price of $10 (tickets are otherwise $130). Seats fill up quickly, so RSVP soon. We will have a waitlist.

More information available on the ACDC website.

Register for a seat at the AALAM table here.

Coming up on Thursday, March 30^th  is the BBA’s Seventh Annual Beacon Award for Diversity & Inclusion Reception. This year’s honoree is immediate past ABA President Paulette Brown.

Paulette Brown is the first woman of color to serve as ABA President. In her time at the ABA, Brown spearheaded many organization-wide initiatives focused on improving diversity and inclusion within the ABA and more widely throughout the justice system. Her passion for diversity extends into her current role as partner at Locke Lorde, LLP, where she focuses on labor and employment law. Brown also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

The event will take place Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Taj Boston, 15 Arlington St, Boston from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  There is no charge to attend the event.

More information: http://beaconaward.bbablogs.org/

RSVP (log in required, free to attend to BBA members and non-members): https://www.bostonbar.org/membership/events/event-details?ID=22452