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| Current
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Keep up to date with all the
Upcoming APABA-VA Events |
| Jan. 17-20,
2008 |
Virginia Bar
Association's Winter Convention in Williamsburg, Virginia. |
| February 6,
2008 |
8:00 a.m. –
Breakfast meeting to discuss “Key Asian American Issues in the 2008
Presidential Elections” at McDermott Will & Emery, 600 13th Street,
N.,W. Washington, D.C. presented by Vincent A. Eng, Deputy Director, Asian
American Justice System.
(To be attended by John Tran.
Anyone else wanting to attend – contact John)
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| February 8,
2008 |
APABA-VA
participates in joint judicial screening with NOVABAA (Northern Virginia
Black Attorneys’ Association) for vacancies on the Fairfax General
District Court bench. |
| February 8,
2008 |
6:30 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.– AALead Dinner (Asian American Leadership Empowerment and
Development) – at New Fortune Restaurant, 16515 S. Frederick Avenue,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877. See
www.aalead.org |
| February 21,
2008 |
Asian American
Legal Defense and Education Fund Lunar New Year Gala – Thursday, February
21, 2008 – Year of the Rat 4706 – at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers, New
York City. (2008 Justice in Action Award Recipients – Harry Belafonte,
Activist, Art Chong, Safeco Corporation, Seymour Hersh, Investigative
Journalist) |
| February 22,
2008 |
Minority Pre-Law
Conference Kick-off Reception held at George Mason School of Law.
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| February 23,
2008 |
Color of Justice Program to be held
at Fairfax Courthouse. (Michael Chang, Chair of Event)
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| March 7, 2008
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6:30 p.m. –
9:00 a.m. - the law firm of Bean, Kinney & Korman, 2300 Wilson Blvd., 7th
Floor, Arlington, Virginia for a reception honoring the most recently appointed
Virginia Supreme Court Justice – the Honorable S. Bernard Goodwyn.
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| March 8,
2008 |
Fairfax Bar
Association Dinner Dance in McLean, Virginia. |
| April 18 –
19, 2008 |
NAPABA’s 3rd
Annual SouthEast Regional Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Check the website for
the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association for further information.
www.gapaba.org |
| May 13,
2008 |
APABA-DC and Wiley Rein LLP invite you
to free movie screening
Wiley Rein LLP's main conference center
1776 K
Street NW
7:00 pm
Download
PDF for
more information. |
| May 23, 2008
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Celebration for the Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
kstreet lounge (www.kstreetdc.com)
Located at 1301 K Street NW Washington, DC 20005
Please join the
Asian and Asian Pacific American Alumni Network for a reception to celebrate
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the launch of local chapter of AAPAAN
in Washington, DC. Come enjoy refreshing drinks and tasty edibles while
networking with some of the power players amongst the U.Va. APA alumni
community! Meet old friends and make new ones! A surprise guest speaker will be
on hand as well, so please join us for the first of many events to come!
Contact with questions:
Christel Villarivera:
christel.villarivera@lewin.com
Vivek
Taneja: vivektaneja@gmail.com
Register by May19 online:
REGISTER NOW
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| June 19-22,
2008 |
The Virginia
State Bar 70th Convention in Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
| July 12, 2008
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APABA-VA 2008
Summer Cookout
hosted by Tony Pham
Noon-4:30p.m.
RSVP by
July 7th at 4:00p.m. to:
Michael HuYoung:
mhuyoung@barnesfamilylaw.com
or
Dapri Marks, his legal assistant:
dmarks@barnesfamilylaw.com
Download PDF for more information |
| Sept. 2,
2008 |
Message from the
President. |
| Sept. 22-25,
2008 |
The Eighth
Biennial Just the Beginning Foundation Conference: "Lifting as We Climb" -
Washington, DC, J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,
D.C. 20004. Website: jtbf.org
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| Oct. 4, 2008
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Robert E. Wone
Judicial Clerkship Conference, co-sponsored with area APABA organizations, at
Howard University Law School.
Download
PDF for additional
information. |
| Nov. 20-22,
2008 |
NAPABA 2008
Convention-“Building Our Legacy: 20 Years of NAPABA”, in Seattle,
Washington. |
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