Hello, APILSA!

It’s already the beginning of week 8 — there’s only half a semester left before the end of the school year!!  Hope y’all are ready to buckle down and get studying … thanks to all those who came out last Friday night to the friends of APILSA’s hangout at Le Chateau! Good luck studying, and STAY WARMMMM (brrrr).

To check the dates of APILSA events, please click here for the APILSA Calendar.

Love,

Your APILSA Board

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APILSA Events & Opportunities

1. Congratulations to Scott Sia, Class of 2014!

Congratulations to Scott Sia, Class of 2014, who was awarded the 2012 PABA Legal Scholarship! He went to UCLA for his undergraduate degree in mathematics, and minored in labor and workplace studies and political science.  After graduation, Scott worked with the Service Employees International Union, Local 1877, where he represented low-wage airport workers as an organizer and a researcher from 2008-2011. He is currently in his first year at UCLA Law in the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy. Scott attended a few PABA functions, and has found PABA members to be great mentors and resources. This summer Scott will work with the  Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders also known as GLAD, an impact litigation organization dedicated to LGBT rights in the New England region.

2. Outline Bank, Supplement Library, and Dues

To receive access to the outline bank & supplement library, please pay your $25 dues to any APILSA board member!  Just email academics@apilsa.org for more information.

2Ls and 3Ls: Have old outlines? Feel super nice today? Consider donating your old outlines to the APILSA Outline Bank!  Please email academics@apilsa.org with the subject “Outlines” and include the professor and semester you took the class. THANKS!!

 3. Are You Interested in Becoming the Next APILSA Admissions Chair?

Elections for new board members will take place later in the semester, but if you are specifically interested in becoming an Admissions Chair for APILSA, then we encourage you to attend some of the admissions events this semester. At the very least, it would be great for interested parties to attend one or more events during Diversity Weekend, set for April 13th-15th. This jam-packed weekend is hosted by the Admissions Office for underrepresented minority students who are admitted to UCLA. It includes receptions, tours, dinners, bar outings (hosted by student orgs), and much more. Keep this on your horizon, or you can email Pauline at p.pauline.j@gmail.com to find out more about the position.

Friends of APILSA Events

4. UCI Law Symposium: Reigniting Community: Strengthening the APA Identity, March 15-16, UCI School of Law

Please join us at UCI’s School of Law for our second annual student sponsored symposium on March 16.  This year’s symposium, Reigniting Community: Strengthening the APA Identity, will focus on legal issues salient to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.  Although the symposium will focus on matters concerning APAs, the issues to be discussed at the symposium are matters that apply generally.  For example, we have panels on  economic justice, education and criminality, just to name a few.

In addition to the symposium, we will be having a community kick off event the Thursday before, on March 15.  We will be featuring artwork from local APA artists and live performances from spoken word artist D’Lo and cello rock band Oak & Gorski.  This event will culminate with a documentary, Vincent Who?, that will serve as a primer to the event that ignited the APA civil rights movement and the issues to be discussed during the symposium.

If you have any questions or wish to learn more about the symposium, please visit http://www.law.uci.edu/reigniting_community_full.html  or email lawapalsa@lawnet.uci.edu.  We hope to see you there!

The event is FREE for law students.

5. USC APALSA Speed-Networking Event — Thursday, March 29, 6:30PM – 9:00PM, USC Gould School of Law

Interested in networking with local judges and attorneys? If you’d like to participate, please send in your resume to secretary@apilsa.org for a lottery by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 at 5PM.  We will notify the five students by the end of next week, as well as a wait-list of people in case those five people drop out.  If you are sending in your resume, you are committing to the event!  However, since we are aware that things may suddenly come up, we will choose a wait-list of five people (who will also be notified of their place on the waitlist).

Thank you!

6. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR UCLA’S ADMITTED STUDENTS RECEPTION ON MARCH 12TH

The UCLA Admissions Office is looking for student volunteers for the March 12th (Monday) Admitted Students Reception. Please consider volunteering your services to help recruit next year’s 1L’s!

3:00pm-3:30pm – student greeters to welcome admitted students as they arrive and help guide them to the correct room for the Welcome.

4:15pm-5:15pm – student leaders for our various discussions groups.  These are our break-out sessions and we’d like to have about some discussion leaders for each group.

6:15pm – 8:00pm – reception with students, alumni and faculty

Please contact Talin Broosan (broosan@law.ucla.edu) in the Admissions Office or Pauline Jaturongpanich from APILSA (p.pauline.j@gmail.com) by FEBRUARY 20th if you are interested in any of the above activities. Thanks for your help!

7. Southwestern APALSA Career Panel/Networking Event – Saturday, March 3, 9:30AM – 2:00PM, Room 1420

Who:             UCLA, Southwestern, Loyola, USC, Pepperdine, Chapman, and Whittier

What:            Law Career Panel Event and Breakout Networking session

Where:         Salle Moderne Room on 5th floor of Bullocks Wilshire building @ Southwestern Law School

When:          Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

·         9:30 am – Check in / Breakfast

·         10:00 am – 11:45 am – Career Panel Discussion

·         11:45 am – 12:45 pm – Lunch

·         12:45 am – 2 pm – Table Networking Session

Please RSVP by Feb. 29 to southwestern.apalsa@gmail.com

8. SALSA Public Interest Career Panel for Law Students of Color — Tuesday, March 6, 12:15 – 1:15PM, Room 1327

Join the South Asian Law Students Association of UCLA School of Law and an esteemed panel of practicing attorneys for a critical discussion of the being a person of color in the legal field, and particularly in the public interest field. Come also to learn about how to get into the public interest career you want as well as to network with practitioners!

- Honorable Upinder Kalra, LA Superior Court

- Ahilan Arulanantham, ACLU

- Manjusha Kulkarnia, South Asian Network

- Moderated by Jasleen Kohli, UCLA Law CRS Director 

WHEN: Tuesday, March 6 @ 12:15-1:15pm in 1327

Food will be served!

RSVP to sukhija2013@lawnet.ucla.edu.  Please see the attached flier for more details!

Job and Internship Opportunities

1. APABA $5,000 Public Interest Scholarship

Please see the attached flier for more information. The application is due March 25, 2012.

Community Events

1. KABA’s Fourth Annual Spring Career Breakout Session — Wednesday, March 14, 6:00PM, Loyola Law School, Student Lounge

RSVP to Miri L. Kim at miri.l.kim@gmail.com

This is not your typical “big firm versus small firm, litigation versus transactional, government, public interest, etc.” job panel that you have seen ten times this year already.  KABA has been hosting this event since January 2007, and we’re looking forward to putting on another great one.

The event will begin with a brief introduction and “quick tips” from veteran and rising-star KABA attorneys and friends of KABA from different practice areas.  Then we will hold breakout sessions where multiple KABA and participating attorneys in various fields of practice will be stationed throughout the room.  Students will have the opportunity to meet informally with multiple attorneys to get a sense of the different practices out there within each umbrella practice group.

Student attendees will be able to get a much more detailed view of the different career fields available to them and advice on how to pursue careers in those fields.  We expect to have attorneys participating who practice in numerous areas of the law, including areas that you may not have considered or made connections in, such as: personal injury, medical malpractice, intellectual property, tax, criminal, public interest, immigration, estate planning, family law, probate, commercial litigation, corporate transactions, employment, class-action, real estate transactions, securities, insurance litigation, corporate governance, international transactions and litigation, and many others.

Past events have enjoyed participation from well over 100 attendees, with students making meaningful connections that have led to internships and jobs.

Dinner will be provided.

2. Asian Pacific Islander Naturalization Network Workshops

Asian American Pacific Islander Naturalization Network (AAPINN) is looking for volunteers to help out with their naturalization workshops, a program anchored by APALC to encourage and assist Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) to apply for U.S. citizenship.

Long Beach Workshop

Where: Cambodian Association of America

2390 Pacific Avenue Long Beach, CA 90806

When: Saturday, March 17

10:00AM to 3:00PM

(To serve primarily Khmer-speaking applicants)

Los Angeles Clinic

Where: Filipino American Service Group, INC.

1711 W. Temple Street, 6th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90026 USA

When: Friday, March 9

Time: 10:00AM – 2:00PM

(To serve primarily the Filipino community of Los Angeles)

3. UCLA Law Fellows Program

UCLA Law mentors are assigned to Law Fellows (undergraduate students and college graduates from socio-economically and educationally underserved backgrounds who are interested in law school. The UCLA Law Fellows Program invites you to become a mentor and share your experiences with a dynamic member of the 2011-2012 Law Fellows Program. The time commitment is minimal (1-3 hours per month), and consists of attending the luncheons at our monthly Saturday Academies.  The dates for this year’s Academies are March 10, April 7, April 28, and May 19 (participation in the last two sessions is optional).

If you would like to serve as a mentor, please fill out the form below and return it as soon as possible by email to outreach@law.ucla.edu.

4. 7th Annual Law Firm Diversity Reception — Wednesday, February 29, 5:00 – 7:30PM, UCLA Faculty Center

You are invited to attend the Seventh Annual Law Firm Diversity Reception to meet practicing attorneys from more than 40 prestigious law firms, companies and bar associations.

Sponsorship fees paid by firms support the Law Fellows Program in its efforts to increase diversity in legal education.  Your presence will be instrumental in helping to make the event a success.  Students from USC and Loyola Law Schools will also be in attendance.

If you are interested in making your résumé available to the participating law firms and companies at the reception, please submit a copy through Symplicity by Wednesday, February 22nd at 5:00 p.m. (for submission instructions, click here).

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Caliph Assagai at mentor@law.ucla.edu or (310) 825-0699.  See the attached file for resume uploads!

Greetings! 

Welcome back from winter break to start off 2nd semester, we have a BUNCH of diversity fellowship/job opportunities for our 1Ls.  Also, the UCLA Asian Management Students Association from the business school is hosting a mixer for friends of APILSA and the medical school’s API organization (APAMSA).  This will be an awesome opportunity to meet and connect with other professional students!  Join us for a night of fun, mingling, and networking on January 20 at the Wellesbourne!

Also, for 1Ls! Look forward to a session sometime in the next two weeks for a Spring Semester Overview (including how to interview, how to deal with your last semester’s grades, how to dress professional, and how to plan for a summer job)! This will be a great opportunity to ask questions and find out how to do all those mysterious things you didn’t know how to do for law school.  Also, there are a bunch of summer externship opportunities!

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Can’t believe winter break is over and Spring Semester has already started?  Keep your eye out for the 1L Spring Semester planning session next week (Date/Room TBA) where you’ll get an overview on how to find a summer job, interview tips, improve your grades from last semester, apply for journals, handle the Moot Court Competition, and more!  Second Semester will be a blur so come get some advice from upperclassmen who have been there before!

The Wellesbourne

10929 West Pico Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90064

The UCLA Asian Management Students Association from the business school is hosting a mixer for friends of APILSA and the medical school’s API organization (APAMSA).  This will be an awesome opportunity to meet and connect with other professional students!  Join us for a night of fun, mingling, and networking!

Please RSVP on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/events/343021949059552/#!/events/343021949059552/ or to Matt Laufer at laufer2013@lawnet.ucla.edu by Wednesday, January 18!

 

Please join the UCLA Law Review for their Symposium, which is free and open to the public, held at the UCLA School of Law.  See the attached flyer for details!

For the latest information about the 2012 Law Review Symposium, please visit http://uclalawreview.org/symposium.

For inquiries, please email Symposium Editors Alisha Burgin & Brittany Goodnight at lrsymposium@lawnet.ucla.edu.

You can also visit the Law Review Symposium Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/2012-UCLA-Law-Review-Symposium/283358108351507.

Follow the Law Review Symposium on Twitter! http://de.twitter.com/UCLALRSymposium

The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) is accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Clerkship Program. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Submission of application materials by February 17, 2012 is strongly recommended.

 

Clerks will have the opportunity to gain a wide breadth of experience in the various practice areas at AAJC. By the end of the summer, clerks will have had exposure to many of the types of work that AAJC attorneys perform. If a clerk would like to develop a substantive project in a particular practice area, the opportunity to do so with the respective AAJC attorney will be available.

 

In addition to their assignments, clerks attend weekly brown bag lunches and events co-sponsored by AAJC and other national civil rights and Asian Pacific American organizations. Other activities may include tours of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Capitol, and various social activities.

The clerkship position is unpaid. AAJC can provide guidance in finding funding resources and housing. Summer clerkship program dates are: May 29, 2012 – August 3, 2012.

 

Candidates should submit a cover letter explaining interest in the clerkship program, resumé, a concise writing sample (3-5 pages), 2-3 references, and a transcript (unofficial accepted). Application materials can be sent to Summer Clerkship Hiring Committee, by email to clerks@advancingequality.org.

2. Perkins Coie 1L Diversity Fellowship

The deadline for the LA office is Tuesday, January 17!! Please click http://www.perkinscoie.com/careers/summer/careers_detail.aspx?op=ilprogram and http://www.perkinscoie.com/diversityfellowfaqs/ for more information.

Fellowships provide recipients a $7,500 academic scholarship and a paid position as a 2012 summer associate with one of the following offices: Bellevue, Chicago, LA, Madison, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle.

An email was sent out during finals week last semester about this fellowship.  Please see the attached flyer for more information — this is an excellent opportunity for 1Ls in the LA area to gain experience working with different firms!

For more information, please see http://www.goodwinprocter.com/Careers/Diversity/The-Goodwin-Diversity-Fellowships.aspx.

For a pdf flier, please click here.

Click here to apply.

On behalf of SCCLA, I would like to invite and encourage law students to participate in the upcoming SCCLA Trial Workshop Series in January 2012.  This is a great program for anyone who is interested in improving and enhancing specific trial skill s and public speaking.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Amy Deng Granzow
Board Member of SCCLA

Amy Deng Granzow | Associate
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
300 South Grand Avenue, 14th Floor | Los Angeles, CA 90071
Tel: 213.243.6111 | Fax: 213.243.6330 | adeng@mckennalong.com

Hi, APILSA!

We hope you have an awesome holiday season!  Congratulations on finishing finals for those who have, and good luck to those who haven’t yet!

See you next year!

Love,

APILSA.

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HELLO APILSA!

Tomorrow is the start of finals …. so APILSA would like to wish everyone the best of luck!!

Two important announcements came up in the past week!  An externship opportunity with Walt Disney’s in-house counsel has come up, & SCCLA’s Trial Workshop Series will be held the first three Thursdays we’re back in school, finishing with a Saturday Mock Trial session with judges!  See the attached flier & below for further information

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

BEST OF LUCK!!!! DRINK THAT COFFEE.Love,

Your APILSA Board

http://www.apilsa.org

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Job and Internship Opportunities

1. **NEW** Walt Disney Legal In-House Intern

Walt Disney Studios has an opening for a graduate-level intern in various fields including the 

Legal Affairs Department.  The link to the job posting is listed below.

I encourage APILSA students to think beyond Legal Affairs, and to consider applying for any other field they may feel qualified to work in, such as Business Development or Digital Distribution.  Much of the work done as in-house counsel goes beyond traditional legal services, and falls into the realm of “business counsel.”  Thus, sophisticated in-house counsel not only advises on the legal issue at hand, but also on the impact that a proposed solution to that issue may have on business operations, costs to the company, and its public reputation.  Accordingly, it would be useful for law students to be exposed to the “business side” of a company to learn first-hand the needs of their future clients.  This knowledge will help them provide effective business and legal advice in the future.  Further, some of the people our students meet on the business side may lead to relationships and future business development prospects.

For more information, go to https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?partnerid=25348&siteid=5039&jobid=10383

On behalf of SCCLA, I would like to invite and encourage law students to participate in the upcoming SCCLA Trial Workshop Series in January 2012.  This is a great program for anyone who is interested in improving and enhancing specific trial skills and public speaking.  Please contact Amy Deng Granzow, board member of SCCLA, should you have any questions.  The flyer and registration form is attached — it is $50 for law students (1/3 of the price for general applicants!). 

Please email apilsa@lawnet.ucla.edu for more information!

HI APILSA!!

It’s already week 15 … and thus the LAST APILSA WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FALL SEMESTER!!  Congratulations to the 1Ls for finishing their final memo for first semester (even amidst Weyburn power outages & internet loss)! Hope everyone has a fun and safe Thanksgiving (don’t get too stuffed, y’all ..).  There are some cool things (like the 1L diversity fellowship for $5,000 and a PAID SUMMER ASSOCIATE POSITION!!) and the Japanese American Bar Association scholarship below, so make sure you check it out!

GOOOOD LUCK ON FINALS!! YOU’RE ALMOST THERE!!

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Staff from the Diversity and Outreach Committee of the UCLA Law Review want to wish you the very best of luck on your graded memo and final exams. We know that these can be stressful times. We’ve got no silver bullet to share, but we do have this: your grades do not determine your membership on Law Review. It’s true. What’s even better, the kind of stuff that Law Review does (shaping faculty scholarship, pursuing innovative student scholarship, supporting your legal career no matter what you choose) is quite different from the sorts of things that are keeping you busy this semester. We will be in touch early next year with more information. In the meantime, good luck! 

Should you have any questions, feel free to contact members of the Diversity and Outreach Committee: 

Jonathan Feingold (feingold2012@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Anya Goldstein (goldsteina2012@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Lixian Hantover (hantover2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Kristen Johnson (solomon2013@lawnet.ucla.edu) 

David Kane (kane2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Ali Laks (laks2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Andrea Matsuoka (matsuoka2012@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Deanna Maxfield (maxfield2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Melissa Miller (miller2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Zain Shirazi (shirazi2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Shelly Song (songs2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Aaron Sussman (lrcee@lawnet.ucla.edu)

Esther Yoo (yoo2013@lawnet.ucla.edu)

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship. 

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

The Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation (JEF), located in Los Angeles, is pleased to offer four scholarships of $2,000 each.  Law school students at any accredited law school are encouraged to apply.  Please forward the enclosed instruction sheet and application to your members.  The deadline to apply is January 8, 2012.  Electronic submissions in PDF are encouraged.  The application and instructions are available at www.jabaonline.org/scholarships.

Hello, APILSA!

So, it’s week 14 … that means this is the second-to-last announcement for fall semester!  Can you believe how quickly time has flown?  1Ls have their final memo due soon, 2Ls are gearing up to being almost halfway done with law school, and 3Ls are most likely having fun somewhere …. but regardless!  In your pursuit to doing well this semester, consider attending tomorrow’s Munger, Tolles & Olson panel on pro bono work or Kaplan Bar Review quick info session.  Go check out the APAWLA Mentoring Reception on Thursday evening, or come volunteer at the Second Annual Diversity Open House this Saturday at the law school. Don’t forget to hibernate in the library throughout all this! 

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Non-Pizza lunch will be provided! 

 

Come learn about Kaplan Bar Review in a special presentation for APILSA Members!  A great non-pizza lunch will be provided and the presentation will be under 30 minutes!  This a great chance to get fall enrollment pricing and learn about study materials for 1Ls and 2Ls.  Members of all years are welcome.

Attorneys from Munger, Tolles & Olson invite you to a lunchtime panel discussion on how pro bono litigation and transactional work has played a central role in our careers. Panelists will discuss their groundbreaking work challenging the issuance of civil gang injunctions, fighting for clean elections, opposing the enforcement of Arizona’s immigration legislation, advocating for the rights of the LGBT community, and representing affordable housing and park development organizations throughout Los Angeles. A delicious lunch from Shamshiri Grill will be served.  For food-ordering purposes, please RSVP to Anya Goldstein: goldsteina2012@lawnet.ucla.edu.

4. Second Annual Diversity Admissions Open House – Saturday, November 19, 11:00AM – 2:00PM, UCLA School of Law

APILSA is co-sponsoring the 2nd Annual Diversity Admissions Open House this Saturday, November 19.  If anyone in APILSA is interested in taking part in the Student Panel (answering questions about life as a law student) or in mingling with potential applicants (two shifts, 11AM to 12PM, and 12PM to 2PM).  Please email apilsa@lawnet.ucla.edu by noon on Wednesday, November 16, indicating whether you would like to participate in either the Student Panel or the mingling, or both. 

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship. 

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

This year you may look forward to guest speaker event Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and a luncheon event with several State Supreme Court Justices. And, it’s A-town, folks! Admissions costs for law students are between $150 to $300, depending on membership status. This cost, in addition to travel and hotel, may end up being hefty. This is where we can help.  APABA members may qualify for APABA funding — contact APILSA co-chairs at chair@apilsa.org for more info!

Please join us for our mentoring reception at Fu-ga Restaurant (Izakaya & Bar).  Buy your ticket by Tuesday, November 15th for early bird prices:

– $30 APAWLA members | $35 non-members | $20 law students

After November 15th and at the door:

– $35 APAWLA members | $45 non-members | 25 law students

Purchase tickets at: http://www.apawla.org

Hi, APILSA!

It’s cold, it’s raining … it’s week 13.  Are YOU ready for finals? O____O  For 1Ls, we have the Exam Preparation Workshop which has been MOVED to TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 in ROOM 2448 to accommodate section 7 & 8′s field trip.  Even if you’ve RSVP’ed, please RSVP again so that we can get an accurate count for food!  Come learn how to conquer your fears about outlining, practice exams, the actual final, and … judicial externships.  GOOD LUCK ON THOSE MEMOS!!

For the upperclassmen … um, we’re on our own. We’ve learned how to handle it by now, right? … Right??  Andd don’t forget, our times to sign up for classes for spring semester are coming up!

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.
Love,
Your APILSA Board

http://www.apilsa.org

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APILSA Events & Opportunities
1.  APILSA 1L Exam Preparation Workshop — Tuesday, November 8, 12:15PM – 1:30PM, Room 2448

As the semester winds down to a close, you may be wondering how to budget your time between 3 substantive classes and a law skills memo. Maybe you’re still not sure how to start your outlines or practice exams. And you might have realized that you also want to send out job applications during the week of finals (yikes!). All this probably seems like a lot to juggle over the next couple of weeks. Our workshop will address these concerns and help you plan an effective study schedule that works for you.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RSVP’ed, please RSVP again at academics@apilsa.org so we can get an accurate count for food. FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED!

2. Outline Bank, Supplement Library, and Dues

To receive access to the outline bank & supplement library, please pay your $25 dues to any APILSA board member!  Just email academics@apilsa.org for more information.

2Ls and 3Ls: Have old outlines? Feel super nice today? Consider donating your old outlines to the APILSA Outline Bank!  Please email academics@apilsa.org with the subject “Outlines” and include the professor and semester you took the class. THANKS!!

Friends of APILSA Events

3. Pro Bono Work at Law Firms, Hosted by  Munger, Tolles & Olson — Monday, November 14, 12:15PM, Rm 1457. 

Are There Real Opportunities to do Pro Bono Work at Law Firms? Attorneys from Munger, Tolles & Olson invite you to a lunchtime panel discussion on how pro bono litigation and transactional work has played a central role in their careers. Panelists will discuss their groundbreaking work challenging the issuance of civil gang injunctions, fighting for clean elections, opposing the enforcement of Arizona’s immigration legislation, advocating for the rights of the LGBT community, and representing affordable housing and park development organizations throughout Los Angeles. Please join us on Monday, November 14 at 12:15 p.m. in Room 1457. A delicious lunch from Shamshiri Grill will be served.

For food-ordering purposes, please RSVP to Anya Goldstein: goldsteina2012@lawnet.ucla.edu.

Job and Internship Opportunities

1. PAID APALC WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP for INTERESTED LAW STUDENTS

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship.

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

2. FOX SPRING INTERNSHIP for INTERESTED LAW STUDENTS

Fox’s Network’s employment group is seeking a Spring intern for its employment law section.  Please follow the link below to apply.

https://newscorp.taleo.net/careersection/fox_external_career_section/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=53595&src=JB-10047

Community Events
1. National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention — November 17 – 20, Atlanta, GA

This year you may look forward to guest speaker event Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and a luncheon event with several State Supreme Court Justices. And, it’s A-town, folks! Admissions costs for law students are between $150 to $300, depending on membership status. This cost, in addition to travel and hotel, may end up being hefty. This is where we can help.  APABA members may qualify for APABA funding — contact the APILSA co-chairs at chair@apilsa.org for more info!

Have any announcements you’d like included in the APILSA emails? Please send all email by announcements by Sunday evening at 9PM.  Any announcements that are NOT sent by Sunday evening by 9PM WILL NOT BE INCLUDED.   Please keep this in mind, especially if you have important announcements for that week.

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Best,

APILSA

Happy Halloween, APILSA!

Hope everyone had a great time this past weekend.  To help APILSA 1Ls get back in the study mood and gear up for finals, APILSA will be hosting the APILSA 1L Exam Preparation Workshop on Monday, November 7, 2011, during lunch in Room 1347 — lunch will be provided!  Check out the announcement below for more information & how to RSVP.  Also, this Thursday, join our fellow APALSA law students at USC for a special panel event, Moving Movies, Music & Television Across the Pacific!

Also, if you are interested in attending the NAPABA Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, KABA and other APA bar associations are offering partial travel stipends.  THE DEADLINE TO REQUEST THAT IS TODAY!! Please see the information below under “Community Events.”

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Love,

Your APILSA Board

APILSA Events & Opportunities

1.  APILSA 1L Exam Preparation Workshop — Monday, November 7, 12:10PM, Room 1347

As the semester winds down to a close, you may be wondering how to budget your time between 3 substantive classes and a law skills memo. Maybe you’re still not sure how to start your outlines or practice exams. And you might have realized that you also want to send out job applications during the week of finals (yikes!). All this probably seems like a lot to juggle over the next couple of weeks. Our workshop will address these concerns and help you plan an effective study schedule that works for you.

Please RSVP at academics@apilsa.org. Food will be provided.

Friends of APILSA Events

3. Joint UCLA-USC Event: Moving Movies, Music & Television Across the Pacific – Thursday, November 3, 7:15PM, USC School of Law, Rm7. 

Join a special panel of attorneys and executives as they discuss how U.S. and Asian companies overcame cultural, legal and business challenges in distributing their entertainment media and intellectual property between the U.S. and Asia.  Learn the career skills for U.S. legal and business practitioners to succeed in Asia.

Job and Internship Opportunities

  1. PAID APALC WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP for INTERESTED LAW STUDENTS

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship.

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

Community Events

1. National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention — November 17 – 20, Location: ATL, Georgia

This year you may look forward to guest speaker event Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and a luncheon event with several State Supreme Court Justices. And, it’s A-town, folks! Admissions costs for law students are between $150 to $300, depending on membership status. This cost, in addition to travel and hotel, may end up being hefty. This is where we can help.  APABA members may qualify for APABA funding — contact APILSA co-chairs at chair@apilsa.org for more info!

2. KABA Co-Sponsoring Law Students to attend NAPABA Convention — DUE TODAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011!

KABA and several other APA bar associations are providing partial travel stipends to law students to attend the NAPABA Convention (Nov. 17-20, 2011) – REQUESTS ARE DUE TODAY, OCTOBER 31, 2011!!!

Please email kabaconsultant@gmail.com (subject line “NAPABA”) with your resume and estimated budget by Monday, October 31. As a prerequisite, you must also request funding from your law school.

3. District Attorney Candidates Roundtable — Wednesday, November 2, 6:30PM – 8:30PM, Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo

APABA is looking for 6 law students to work as registration volunteers and roundtable discussion “runners” for the upcoming District Attorney Candidates Roundtable. We anticipate as many as two to three hundred attendees, as many minority bar association co-sponsors will be represented that evening.  Further, this is the first time that all of the DA candidates will be in one room for a town hall type discussion, so we expect the event to draw a large crowd. Please respond to APILSA if you are interest.

Have any announcements you’d like included in the APILSA emails? Please send all email by announcements by Sunday evening at 9PM.  Any announcements that are NOT sent by Sunday evening by 9PM WILL NOT BE INCLUDED.   Please keep this in mind, especially if you have important announcements for that week.
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Best,
APILSA

Hello, APILSA!

As October is coming to an end (it’s already Week 11?!), we’re getting closer and closer to finals … and worse, cold weather.  Make sure you stay warm!  Congratulations to the 1Ls for finishing the 2nd memo, and to all the upperclassmen who participated in the Moot Court competition this past weekend!  And thanks to all those who came to the APILSA/APALC Clinic Training last week.

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Love,

Your APILSA Board

APILSA Events & Opportunities

1. NLG Legal Observer Training – Wednesday, October 26, 12:15PM – 1:30PM, Rm 1447

Be trained as a legal observer and gain skills to help protect the civil rights & liberties of community activists!

Colleen Flynn, Executive Board member of the National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles, and coordinator of the LA Car Impound & Police Checkpoint Clinic, will conduct a student training on documentation, observation, and assistance to community activism. We’ll also talk about opportunities at future upcoming community actions in LA where you can put your training to work!

We’ll have lunch for you!

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFV6cmdXN1ZobXlWZFREWkNoMFpfa2c6MQ

Any questions? Contact nlg.at.ucla@gmail.com

2. Outline Bank, Supplement Library, and Dues

To receive access to the outline bank & supplement library, please pay your $25 dues to any APILSA board member!  Just email academics@apilsa.org for more information.

To pay your dues, please (1) place a check in Jeff’s mailbox, (2) give check or cash to board member, or (3) place under door of APILSA office with name and e-mail on envelope.  Please email treasurer@apilsa.org after you have done so!

2Ls and 3Ls: Have old outlines? Feel super nice today? Consider donating your old outlines to the APILSA Outline Bank!  Please email academics@apilsa.org with the subject “Outlines” and include the professor and semester you took the class. THANKS!!

3. Mentorship Program — don’t have a mentor yet?  1Ls should highly consider signing up to be paired with mentor!  We have extra mentors who are looking to impart their wisdom to 1Ls.  Please email academics@apilsa.org if you would like one!

Friends of APILSA Events

4. Joint UCLA-USC Event: Moving Movies, Music & Television Across the Pacific – Thursday, November 3, 7:15PM, USC School of Law, Rm7. 

Join a special panel of attorneys and executives as they discuss how U.S. and Asian companies overcame cultural, legal and business challenges in distributing their entertainment media and intellectual property between the U.S. and Asia.  Learn the career skills for U.S. legal and business practitioners to succeed in Asia.

Please click HERE for the flyer.

5. SEA CLEAR Mentorship Program

SEA CLEAR was created to serve the needs of the historically under-represented Southeast Asian community.  The project helps to increase graduation and retention rates by developing students through four components: Peer Counseling, Mentorship, Internship, and Wellness.  SEA CLEAR challenges students to find relevancy in their education in order to help them develop and become empowered leaders.  These students in turn will later apply their new found knowledge to the outside world and proactively contribute to their community.

The SEA CLEAR Mentorship Program is looking for graduate students (of all race and culture) who are interested in sharing their experiences with younger students and guiding their mentees toward developing post-graduate plans.   Our Mentorship program focuses on creating mutually beneficial relationships that will expand the knowledge and experience of all participants.  Mentorship is a yearlong commitment. What you get out of the program depends on what you give, and we hope that you will not let the labels “mentor” or “mentee” define and limit your experience

Please see the attached application for more information.  The deadline to submit is Friday, October 28th @ 5pm.  Please email to seaclear.mentorship@gmail.com or bring the completed application to the SEA CLEAR cubicle in the Student Activities Center, Suite 105.  Questions?  Feel free to email any comments or concerns to seaclear.mentorship@gmail.com.

Job and Internship Opportunities

1. ENTERTAINMENT LAW OPPORTUNITY FOR 2L STUDENTS

The Oprah Winfrey Network is searing for a part-time business and legal intern to work on transactional and intellectual property matters in Los Angeles, CA.  If you’re interested in a position in entertainment law, apply now!!

2. PAID APALC WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP for INTERESTED LAW STUDENTS

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship.

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

Community Events

1. National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention — November 17 – 20, Atlanta, GA

This year you may look forward to guest speaker event Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and a luncheon event with several State Supreme Court Justices. And, it’s A-town, folks! Admissions costs for law students are between $150 to $300, depending on membership status. This cost, in addition to travel and hotel, may end up being hefty. This is where we can help.  APABA members may qualify for APABA funding — contact APILSA co-chairs at chair@apilsa.org for more info!

2. District Attorney Candidates Roundtable — Wednesday, November 2, 6:30PM – 8:30PM, Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo

APABA is looking for 6 law students to work as registration volunteers and roundtable discussion “runners” for the upcoming District Attorney Candidates Roundtable. We anticipate as many as two to three hundred attendees, as many minority bar association co-sponsors will be represented that evening.  Further, this is the first time that all of the DA candidates will be in one room for a town hall type discussion, so we expect the event to draw a large crowd. Please respond to APILSA if you are interest.

3. Advancing Justice Conference — October 27-28, San Francisco

The Advancing Justice Conference is a national civil rights and social justice conference that aims to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders in one place to address a broad range of issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. It serves as a unique forum where researchers, advocates, direct service providers and other leaders can meet face-to-face, talk about their common challenges and find ways to work collaboratively.

http://advancingjustice.org/conference/2011/

Funding

2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs: students can qualify for $100 of conference funding through Dean Moran’s Career/Conference Fund (application found under “Important Links”).

1L Members: may be eligible for support from APILSA for registration fees. If you are interested please e-mail apilsa@lawnet.ucla.edu

by Thursday (10/20) morning at 11am and include:

1) Approximately what date you paid dues

2) What you hope to get from the conference (1-2 paragraphs max)

We will let 1Ls know if they qualify for funding by Tuesday, 10/25

Travel

San Francisco is a road trip from Los Angeles and APILSA encourages car-pooling and sharing hotels to cut down on costs.  Please look and fill out this spreadsheet if you are interested in carpooling to San Francisco and/or sharing a hotel:

https://docs.google.com/a/lawnet.ucla.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&key=0AvTvoYKAElq4dE00YUVGcnUyYlNob29NRUowQW5JYUE&hl=en_US#gid=0

(must be logged into your lawnet account to access the spreadsheet)

Have any announcements you’d like included in the APILSA emails? Please send all email by announcements by Sunday evening at 9PM.  Any announcements that are NOT sent by Sunday evening by 9PM WILL NOT BE INCLUDED.   Please keep this in mind, especially if you have important announcements for that week.

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Best,
APILSA

Hello APILSA!

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend — good luck to the 1Ls finishing their Hummel memo for next week, and to the 2Ls and 3Ls participating in this week’s Moot Court Competition!

As always, to stay updated on APILSA’s events, check out the APILSA Calendar.

Love,

Your APILSA Board

PS: Have anything you’d like included in the Weekly Announcements? Please send all email by announcements to apilsa@lawnet.ucla.edu by Sunday evenings at 9PM.  Any announcements that are NOT sent by Sunday evening by 9PM WILL NOT BE INCLUDED.   Please keep this in mind, especially if you have important announcements for that week.

APILSA Events & Opportunities

1. Outline Bank, Supplement Library, and Dues

To receive access to the outline bank & supplement library, please pay your $25 dues to any APILSA board member!  Just email academics@apilsa.org for more information.

To pay your dues, please (1) place a check in Jeff’s mailbox, (2) give check or cash to board member, or (3) place under door of APILSA office with name and e-mail on envelope.  Please email treasurer@apilsa.org after you have done so!

2Ls and 3Ls: Have old outlines? Feel super nice today? Consider donating your old outlines to the APILSA Outline Bank!  Please email academics@apilsa.org with the subject “Outlines” and include the professor and semester you took the class. THANKS!!

2. Mentorship Program — don’t have a mentor yet?  1Ls should highly consider signing up to be paired with mentor!  We have extra mentors who are looking to impart their wisdom to 1Ls.  Please email academics@apilsa.org if you would like one!

Friends of APILSA Events

3. Joint UCLA-USC Event: Moving Movies, Music & Television Across the Pacific – Thursday, November 3, 7:15PM, Location: USC School of Law, Rm 7.

Join a special panel of attorneys and executives as they discuss how U.S. and Asian companies overcame cultural, legal and business challenges in distributing their entertainment media and intellectual property between the U.S. and Asia.  Learn the career skills for U.S. legal and business practitioners to succeed in Asia.

Please see link for flyer:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=rmona8eab&v=001p_v0Yvtx7lzVdNubMnrrh2xITegQ7UMB7MPz2zoRkMO5a3lVZfb3XxLPBaxw9tZnyrtah3lqdCXviasDf5E-HPl-1myBqZ5xD0tcUkfxPzM%3D

4. Best Practices of Informational Interviewing – Tuesday, October 18, 6PM-8PM, Location: Loyola Law School, 919 Albany St., Los Angeles, CA 90015, Student Lounge

Come learn more about informational interviewing from our experienced women attorneys!

Holly Fujie | Partner | Buchalter Nemer

Ann Park | Partner | Pond North LLP

After the panel discussion, practice your new skills in break-out groups. Food provided.

To RSVP, sign up at http://bit.ly/informationalinterviews

For questions, please contact khommarath.kathy@gmail.com

Job and Internship Opportunities

1. ENTERTAINMENT LAW OPPORTUNITY FOR 2L STUDENTS

The Oprah Winfrey Network is searing for a part-time business and legal intern to work on transactional and intellectual property matters in Los Angeles, CA.  If you’re interested in a position in entertainment law, apply now here!!

2. PAID APALC WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP for INTERESTED LAW STUDENTS

APALC’s Legal Services Unit is looking for a law student intern for the remainder of this semester and for the Spring semester.  The position is open immediately until filled; hours are flexible.  This will be a paid internship, stipend amount to be announced upon acceptance of the internship.

The work will be focused on family law and immigration services for domestic violence survivors. This includes assisting attorneys with restraining orders, custody, divorce and immigration remedies based on VAWA, U visa, T visa and I-751 waivers.  Interns will also do legal research.

Interested applicants should send the following documents to jota@apalc.org:  (1) Intern/Volunteer Application; (2) Cover Letter; (3) Resume; and (4) Optional Writing Sample (3-5 pages).

Community Events

1. National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention — November 17 – 20, Atlanta, GA

This year you may look forward to guest speaker event Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and a luncheon event with several State Supreme Court Justices. And, it’s A-town, folks! Admissions costs for law students are between $150 to $300, depending on membership status. This cost, in addition to travel and hotel, may end up being hefty. This is where we can help. APABA members may qualify for APABA funding — contact APILSA co-chairs at chair@apilsa.org for more info!

2. District Attorney Candidates Roundtable — Wednesday, November 2, 6:30PM – 8:30PM, Location: Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo

APABA is looking for 6 law students to work as registration volunteers and roundtable discussion “runners” for the upcoming District Attorney Candidates Roundtable. We anticipate as many as two to three hundred attendees, as many minority bar association co-sponsors will be represented that evening.  Further, this is the first time that all of the DA candidates will be in one room for a town hall type discussion, so we expect the event to draw a large crowd. Please respond to APILSA if you are interest.

3. Advancing Justice Conference — October 27-28, San Francisco

The Advancing Justice Conference is a national civil rights and social justice conference that aims to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders in one place to address a broad range of issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. It serves as a unique forum where researchers, advocates, direct service providers and other leaders can meet face-to-face, talk about their common challenges and find ways to work collaboratively.

http://advancingjustice.org/conference/2011/

Funding

2Ls, 3Ls, and LLMs: students can qualify for $100 of conference funding through Dean Moran’s Career/Conference Fund (application found under “Important Links”).

1L Members: may be eligible for support from APILSA for registration fees. If you are interested please e-mail apilsa@lawnet.ucla.edu

by Thursday (10/20) morning at 11am and include:

1) Approximately what date you paid dues

2) What you hope to get from the conference (1-2 paragraphs max)

We will let 1Ls know if they qualify for funding by Tuesday, 10/25

Travel

San Francisco is a road trip from Los Angeles and APILSA encourages car-pooling and sharing hotels to cut down on costs.  Please look and fill out this spreadsheet if you are interested in carpooling to San Francisco and/or sharing a hotel:

https://docs.google.com/a/lawnet.ucla.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?pli=1&key=0AvTvoYKAElq4dE00YUVGcnUyYlNob29NRUowQW5JYUE&hl=en_US#gid=0

(must be logged into your lawnet account to access the spreadsheet)

4. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling — Tuesday, October 18, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, SNR Denton LLP

Please join the Souther California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) on Tuesday, October 18, for Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, with a panel including the Honorable Dolly M. Gee (Judge, US District Court for the Central District of California), Randall Lee (Partner, WilmerHale), Debra Wong Yang (Partner, Gibsun Dunn), and Wendy Shiba (Former EVP and General Counsel, KB Home).

Please RSVP to scclarsvp@gmail.com with the subject line “Bamboo” if you would like to attend.

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Best,
APILSA