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Friday, February 10, 2006

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:31:45 GMT

APALC seeks a full-time Voter Mobilization Coordinator to start immediately. This is a new position in APALC’s Voting Rights Project, helping launch a groundbreaking effort to reach and mobilize Asian American voters in Los Angeles County during the June and November 2006 elections. The Voter Mobilization Coordinator will support a voter mobilization network comprised of local Asian American community organizations and will have primary responsibility for recruiting and coordinating volunteers for voter outreach, including a phone bank. The Coordinator will work under the supervision of the Voting Rights Project Staff Attorney. This temporary position is available immediately and will end on November 17, 2006.

Please apply as directed in the job announcement, which is available at: http://www.apalc.org/jobopportunities.htm. No email or phone inquiries.

More information on the Asian Pacific American Legal Center is available at: http://www.apalc.org/.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:44:58 GMT

SAVE THE DATE!

UCLA School of Law’s

LAW FIRM DIVERSITY RECEPTION

Monday, March 13, 2006, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

UCLA Faculty Center

Please encourage your 1L, 2L and 3L members to join us for this event. This is a great venue at which to meet diverse lawyers from various law firms and learn about their experiences. This is also an excellent opportunity to begin to learn about the firms and to demystify the fall interviewing process.

Please note that law firm participants are being charged for their presence at this event with

net proceeds going to assist the Law Fellows Program in its continuing efforts to promote diversity within the legal community.

More information regarding firm participants will be forwarded to you.

**Feel free to contact anyone in OCS or the Law Fellows Program if you have questions or would like further information.

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From: Jose Tello <JTello@nls-la.org>
Date: Feb 7, 2006 4:26 PM
Subject: Funding for Summer Internship Opportunity
To: jerryjen78@gmail.com, lorenalung@gmail.com, rkaye26@gmail.com, rupashah@gmail.com, shirwinhu@gmail.com, chen2008@lawnet.ucla.edu, du2007@lawnet.ucla.edu, KEANE2006@lawnet.ucla.edu, ngiam2007@lawnet.ucla.edu, mbt@ucla.edu , andreaic@usc.edu, ankaplan@usc.edu, anyenhu@usc.edu, apetas@usc.edu, audreysh@usc.edu, bsmiller@usc.edu, dboo@usc.edu, digiulio@usc.edu, elizabbk@usc.edu , esung@usc.edu, graceapa@usc.edu, jcerrill@usc.edu, jesseche@usc.edu , kamcpher@usc.edu , lisalin@usc.edu, malm@usc.edu, medelman@usc.edu, mhchiang@usc.edu, srackoff@usc.edu, toczylow@usc.edu, tsteen@usc.edu, zhen@usc.edu , anjel781@yahoo.com, drealnhs2000@yahoo.com, glorialabbad@yahoo.com, jaysuen79@yahoo.com, yuchin8426@yahoo.com.tw

Hello everyone,

I hope all of you are doing well.

I wanted to let you know that if you are looking for funding for a summer internship, you should look at the Dan Bradley fellowships offered by the Legal Aid Association of California. You can find out more information at www.calegaladvocates.org. If you have any questions, feel free to call me at (626) 307-3645. Thanks.

José

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:03:17 GMT

                                                       You are
invited to the

California Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit & Dinner

Partnering for Community Empowerment

February 28th - March 1st, 2006

Sheraton Grand Hotel - Sacramento, California

Convened by the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus

In partnership with

Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE)

Asian and Pacific Islanders' California Action Network (APIsCAN)

Asian Pacific State Employees Association (APSEA)

California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Institute

Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA)

At this exciting two day summit:

*   Learn about 2006 budget and legislative proposals impacting APIs

*    Participate in a joint hearing of the API Caucus and APIA
Commission to learn about emerging issues and provide public testimony
on issues of concern to you

*    Build networks with advocates and community leaders from around the
state

*    Advance your career through leadership and professional development
workshops

*    Refine your advocacy skills and participate in Capitol legislative
visits to share API priorities with legislators

To download registration packet, go to
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/apilegcaucus/
<http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/apilegcaucus/>

For more information, please contact the API Legislative Caucus -

Pam Chueh at 916-319-3686 or pam.chueh@asm.ca.gov
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Save the Date: Monday, February 13; 4:30-6:00pm, Room 1347

Please join the American Constitution Society, the Evan Frankel Environmental Law and Policy Program, the Federalist Society, and the Office of Public Interest Programs for a debate on eminent domain between Professor Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame) and Professor Michael Heller (Columbia), moderated by Dean Michael Schill.

Kelo v. New London, one of the most contentious Supreme Court rulings of recent vintage, held that the use of eminent domain for economic development alone - even when land is turned over to a private entity - satisfies the Public Use requirement of the Fifth Amendment. This has raised questions about the future of property rights and community development.

Professors Garnett and Heller will present their perspectives on this topic, followed by commentary by Dean Schill and a moderated audience Q&A session.

MCLE Credit will be available and a catered reception will follow the debate.

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the Asian Pacific Coalition and the Vietnamese Student Union present,
in conjunction with Anti-Defamation League, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Human Rights Watch, LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Office of Residential Life, and South Asian Network

Where is the Love 3
It Takes a Village
a hate crimes awareness event

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006

Bruin Plaza 11:30am - 2:00pm

De Neve Auditorium 6:30 - 8:00pm

Featuring guests:

EX-NEO NAZI

SKIM, spoken word artist, winner of Kollaboration

MANDLA KAYISE, Black Alumni Association President
TRIET VO, UCLA alum and survivor of a hate attack

Crimes motivated by race, gender, and sexual orientation happen more than we might realize. Why do these attacks against our community continue to happen in our supposedly liberal, tolerant society? Come join us in an eye-opening event that will look at how hate crimes can hit closer to home than we ever expected. Where is the love? Join the search.

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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:23:11 GMT

Two Upcoming Talks on Pilipino Labor, Organizing, and Cinema

Wednesday, February 8, 2006
12:15-1:30
Location: Campbell Hall 3232, UCLA

Cost: Free and open to the public.

"U.S. Filipino Organizing and Contemporary Workers’ Struggles in the Philippines"

Guest Speaker: Kuusela Hilo of Habi Arts, an LA-based organization that seeks to promote political and artistic empowerment to inspire and mobilize people for progressive social change.

With a screening of

Sa Ngalan Ng Tubo (In the Name of Sugar/Profit), a film by Tudla Media Collective. This film portrays the events that led to the violent loss of seven striking workers and union leader in Tarlac, Philippines.

Contact: L. Burns, lmburns@ucla.edu, (310) 825-0198

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA

Cost: Free and open to the public.

"Globalized Domestic Work and Female Representation in Contemporary Women's Films in the Philippines"

A Distinguished Visitor Lecture by Professor Roland B. Tolentino, University of the Philippines Film Institute

The impetus for Philippine national development rests on the export of its laborers. This massive export that continues to increase through the years sustains Philippine development. Films as cultural artifacts of nationhood provide a dialog to and critique of the economic and political impetus of national development. This lecture will first map out the context of labor export in the Philippines, then proceed to analyze, in particular, globalized domestic work that emplaces the overseas Filipina domestic worker as a central figure in national development. It then turns to the subgenre in film on the overseas contract worker and locates its development within female and feminist filmmaking in the Philippines.

Roland B. Tolentino is an Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute, College of Mass Communication and in 2005-06, a Visiting Professor at the National University of Singapore. He completed his Ph.D. in Film, Literature and Culture at the University of Southern California. His publications include co-editor, Transglobal Economies and Cultures: Contemporary Japan and Southeast Asia (2004), National/Transnational: Subject Formation and Media in and on the Philippines (2001), Sa loob at labas ng mall kong sawi/kaliluha’y siyang nangyayaring hari: Ang Pagkatuto at Pagtatanghal ng Kulturang Popular [Inside and outside my shattered mall/confusion reigns supreme: pedagogy and performance of popular culture] (2001), and Richard Gomez at ang Mito ng Pagkalalake, Sharon Cuneta at ang Perpetwal na Birhen at iba pang sanaysay hinggil sa bida sa pelikula bilang kultural na texto [Richard Gomez and the Masculine Myth, Sharon Cuneta and the Perpetual Virgin and other essays on film stars as cultural texts] (2000) which was the Winner of the Best Film Criticism Book, Manila Critics Circle, September 2001.

For more information please contact

Barbara GaerlanTel: 310-206-9163?cseas@international.ucla.edu

Posted by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies?www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/
Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American Studies

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2. AAJC Demands that CBS Reprimands Radio Host for Mocking Asian Americans

Washington, DC, Jan. 27, 2006 – The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) today expressed outrage over the insensitive and racist segment in the Jan. 24 radio show of Adam Carolla mocking the Asian Excellence Awards which will be aired on AZN Television this Sunday, Jan. 29.

“Adam Carolla demeaned the work of Asian American actors, directors, and producers and perpetuated the stereotype of Asian Americans as foreigners,” said Karen K. Narasaki, president and execu! tive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC). “Unless Adam Carolla is strongly reprimanded, and the station and CBS Radio apologize, we will be forced to ask advertisers to withdraw their support of his show.”

The Adam Carolla Show, aired through CBS Radio’s 97.1 Free FM (KLSX-FM) in Los Angeles, referred to the Asian Excellence Awards as a joke and repeatedly used the sounds “ching-chong” in recreating a segment of the awards which were actually done in English. The Adam Carolla Show is aired in 10 West Coast cities that have the largest Asian American populations in the U.S.

The Asian (AX) Excellence Awards honors Asian Americans in media who have made a difference in the United States. The awards will also pay a special tribute to the late actor, Pat Morita.

AAJC is encouraging people to call or email the following CBS Radio executives:

· Joel Hollander, chairman and chief executive officer, CBS Radio, tel: 212-846-3939, email: joel.hollander@infinitybroadcasting.com

· Dana L. McClintock, senior vice president, CBS Communications Group, tel: 212-975-1077, email: dlmcclintock@cbs.com

A clip of the Jan. 24 Adam Carolla Show is available at: http://www.reelplay.com/adamcarollaclips.html

AAJC’s affiliate, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California, and other organizations like the Korean American Coalition of Los Angeles, and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans have also criticized the Adam Carolla Show.

3. NAPABA Mourns Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King

NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

910 17th St., N.W., Suite 315

Washington, D.C. 20006

For Immediate Release Contact: Les Jin

January 31, 2006 (202) 775-9555

NAPABA Mourns Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King

Washington, D.C. – The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) joins the nation in mourning the loss of Coretta Scot! t King, a beloved leader of the American civil rights movement and international peace and human rights activist. NAPABA honors Mrs. King and remembers the remarkable life she led as a dedicated wife, mother, and civil rights activist.

Mrs. King founded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as a memorial to her husband’s life and legacy after his assassination in 1968. In addition to her nationally significant contributions to civil rights through the work of the King Center, she helped found and ! lead dozens of civil rights organizations and coalitions on diverse issues including full employment, healthcare, religious freedom, and voter participation. She also gained recognition for her work with international peace and justice efforts.

“We mourn the loss of Coretta Scott King not only because of the ideals she represented, but also because of the concrete changes she made throughout her life that have made society better for all people of color,” remarked NAPABA President Amy Lin Meyerson. “Mrs. King remained at the heart of the civil rights movement all these years. She continued to fight for racial and economic ju! stice long after the nation’s attention faded. As many have noted, she truly was the matriarch of the civil rights movement, and she will be sorely missed.”

“Mrs. King saw civil rights beyond national borders,” commented NAPABA Executive Director Les Jin. “Her life-long dedication to peace, justice, and human rights had an impact around the world. Whether through her work on Soviet-U.S. relations, protesting South African apartheid, or her leadership in building coalitions for civil rights for all Americans here at home, Mrs. King’s vision of civil and human rights demanded we seek change wherever we see injustice.&nbs! p; We are all indebted to her work and decades of leadership.”

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The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is the national association of Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. NAPABA represents the interests of o! ver 40,000 attorneys and 47 local Asian Pacific American bar associations. Its members represent solo practitioners, large firm lawyers, corporate counsel, legal service and non-profit attorneys, and lawyers serving at all levels of government. NAPABA continues to be a leader in addressing civil rights issues confronting Asian Pacific American communities. Through its national network of committees and affiliates, NAPABA provides a strong voice for increased diversity of federal and state judiciaries, advocates for equal opportunity in the workplace, works to eliminate hate crimes and anti-immigrant sentiment, and promotes professional development of minorities in the legal profession.

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science
Screen Test
Why we should start measuring bias.
By Jay Dixit
Posted Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at 4:10 PM ET

"Everyone's a little bit racist sometimes," proclaims the Broadway musical Avenue Q. "Doesn't mean we go/ Around committing hate crimes/ Look around and you will find/ No one's really colorblind/ Mayb! e it's a fact/ We all should face/ Everyone makes judgments/ Based on race."

How do you test internal bias? You can try asking people, but since most of us don't like to think of ourselves as biased, we won't necessarily admit to it on a questionnaire, even anonymously. But there's a test to detect the kind of bias people won't admit to and may not even be aware of themselves—a test that works. The psychologists who devised it, however, are squeamish about real-world uses of it. They shouldn't be.. Though it shouldn't be used as the basis for hiring decisions, the test has its place.

In 2003, Mahzarin Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald, and Brian Nosek published a paper detailing an experimental methodology they had developed called the Implicit Association Test, or IAT. Rather than asking subjects what they thought about different races (or what they thought they thought), Banaji and her colleagues decided to time them as they paired words and images.

In t! h! e test's most popular version, the Race IAT, subjects are shown a comp uter screen and asked to match positive words (love, wonderful, peace) or negative words (evil, horrible, failure) with faces of African-Americans or whites. Their responses are timed. If you tend to associate African-Americans with "bad" concepts, it will take you longer to group black faces with "good" concepts because you perceive them as incompatible. If you're consistently quicker at connecting positive words with whites and slower at connecting positive words with blacks—or quicker at connecting negative words with blacks and slower at connecting negative words with whites—you have an implicit bias for white faces over those of African-Americans. In other words, the time it takes you to pair the faces and words yields an empirical measure of your attitudes. (Click here for a more detailed description of the test.)

The elegance of Banaji's test is that it doesn't ! let you lie. What's being measured is merely the speed of each response. You might hate the idea of having a bias against African-Americans, but if it takes you significantly longer to group black faces with good concepts, there's no way you can hide it. You can't pretend to connect words and images faster any more than a sprinter can pretend to run faster. And you won't significantly change your score if you deliberately try to slow down your white = good and black = bad pairings.

Banaji, now a social psychologist at Harvard, has found that 88 percent of the white subjects who take her test show some bias against blacks. The majority of all subjects also test anti-gay, anti-elderly, and anti-Arab Muslim. Many people also exhibit bias against their own group: About half of blacks test anti-black; 36 percent of Arab Muslims test anti-Arab Muslim; and 38 percent of gays show an automatic preference for heterosexuals. (You can take the test yourself here; the results can be deeply humbling.)

The IAT, then, is an objective measure of bias. And research has shown that the test is powerfully predictive of behavior—as Banaji notes in refuting critics' claims that the test measures not individual bias but awareness of bias within society. People with high racial bias scores are more likely to choose a white partner to work with and more willing to cut funding for minority student groups. They're also more likely to judge minority suspects guilty in ambiguous situations and assign longer prison sentences to suspects with minority names.

Yet the test's creators are extremely wary about unleashing the powerful tool they've created. Banaji has threatened to testify in court against efforts to use her test in real-world situations. Using the test to ferret out biased people, she argues, assumes that people who have high ! implicit bias scores will always behave in a biased way—which is not the case, since the tests don't predict behavior with 100 percent accuracy. Banaji also points out that some highly motivated subjects may be able to beat the test by focusing on "counter-stereotypes," for instance, by thinking about black heroes like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela just before taking the test.

Banaji is right: The test isn't a perfect predictor, and it may be possible to beat it. Those are good reasons to limit the test's uses. But they don't justify never using it at all.

Consider juries. Since studies show that people with high bias scores judge minorities guiltier than whites, people who test as highly biased against minorities shouldn't serve on juries in cases involving minority defendants. It's standard for judges to strike prospective jurors who exhibit clear prejudice against a defendant; at the federal corruption trial of former Atlanta Mayor Bill Ca! mpbell, one prospective juror was recently dismissed for writing in the questionnaire that he thought Campbell, who is African-American, should be "hung from the highest tree." Other jurors, however, don't volunteer their bias on questionnaires. Banaji's test would tell us who they are. Sure, not everyone who tests high for bias will actually judge the case before them in a biased way. But given the high stakes for the defendant—and the relatively low ones for a prospective juror—isn't it better to err on the side of keeping biased people out of the jury box?

A thornier question, though, is whether employers should use Banaji's test. Here the stakes are high on both sides. In a lot of jobs—judges, police officers, welfare officers, hiring managers, and others as well—biased people can do real harm. On the other hand, if a test shows an applicant is biased, but you have no evidence that he has actually discriminated against anyon! e, would it really be fair not to hire him? This is where the distinction between implicit bias and actual discrimination becomes most important. Since the test is not perfectly predictive of actual behavior, the risk of a false positive here is real. If you screen somebody out of a job who would not have actually behaved in a discriminatory manner, you've done them wrong.

Using the implicit bias test for employment screening, then, goes too far (and it's easy to imagine the legal challenges). But employers should be able to use the test to assess employees once they've been hired. Ideally, an employee's individual result would be revealed only to him or her (employers could get aggregate reports so they could better make decisions about how to reduce bias in the workplace). One reason to encourage employers to give the test is that, as Berkeley psychologist Jack Glaser points out, just taking it may sometimes be enough to convince people they are prejudiced! and should try to change. It's called "unconsciousness raising"—if you know what your unconscious is doing, you may work to override it.

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In the Race IAT, subjects are shown a computer screen. The left side of the screen says "White American or Good." The right side says "Black American or Bad." When images and words flash on the screen, the subject uses the keyboard to indicate whether each word or images goes left or right. When a white face appears, you click left. When an African-American face appears, you click right. When a "good" word like "peace" appears, you click left. When a "bad" word like "evil" appears, you click right. So far, so good.

But then the positions switch. Now the left side of the screen says "Black American or Good," and the right side says "White American or Bad." This is when many people start having trouble. They get confused. They make mistakes. When a word like "wonderful" comes up, it take! s them longer to correctly put it in the "Black American or Good" category. When a word like "failure" comes up, many people find it harder to group it with "White American or Bad." If that happens, it means you have an automatic preference—an implicit bias—for whites over African-Americans.

Jay Dixit is a writer in New York. He has written for the New York Times and Rolling Stone.

Article URL: http://www.slate.com/id/2134921/

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Two Upcoming Talks on Pilipino Labor, Organizing, and Cinema

Wednesday, February 8, 2006
12:15-1:30
Location: Campbell Hall 3232, UCLA

Cost: Free and open to the public.

"U.S. Filipino Organizing and Contemporary Workers’ Struggles in the Philippines"

Wednesday, February 22, 2006
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA

Cost: Free and open to the public.

"Globalized Domestic Work and Female Representation in Contemporary Women's Films in the Philippines"

A Distinguished Visitor Lecture by Professor Roland B. Tolentino, University of the Philippines Film Institute

Barbara GaerlanTel: 310-206-9163?cseas@international.ucla.edu

Posted by: Center for Southeast Asian Studies?www.international.ucla.edu/cseas/
Sponsor(s): Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American Studies

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See link below from Dean Frank Wu regarding a conference in April. I encourage
many people as possible to attend.

http://www.law.wayne.edu/news/newsdocs/CAPALF%206x10%20PSTCD%20FINAL.pdf

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Date: Feb 1, 2006 8:23 PM
Subject: [napalsa] Conference of APA Law Faculty (CAPALF), April 7-8, Wayne State University
To: NAPALSA@yahoogroups.com

The paper competition deadline has been extended to February 24, 2006.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:52:29 GMT

Katrina Fellowship opps

Equal Justice Works

Katrina Legal Fellowships Now Available

Equal Justice Works has established the Katrina Legal Fellowships Program to
send nine experienced public interest lawyers to the Gulf Coast for two years,
working in the areas hardest hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This new
Fellowships Program will place lawyers at organizations located in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas in order to help the hundreds of thousands of people
left without homes, jobs and social services due to the damage from the
hurricanes.

How to Apply

If you are interested in becoming a Katrina Legal Fellow, please visit our
website at www.equaljusticeworks.org/disaster-relief/index.php for detailed
position descriptions, benefits and application instructions. Please apply to
our host organizations directly. Equal Justice Works will not accept résumés.

Katrina Legal Fellowships Host Organizations

Advocacy Center - New Orleans, Louisiana

Lone Star Legal Aid - Beaumont or Houston, Texas

Louisiana Capital Assistance Center - New Orleans, Louisiana

Mississippi Center for Justice - Biloxi , Mississippi

Mississippi Center for Legal Services - Gulfport/Pascagoula, Mississippi

Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance / National Immigration Law Center -
Biloxi and Jackson, Mississippi

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (benefits and health care project) - New
Orleans, Louisiana

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (housing project) - New Orleans, Louisiana

Texas Appleseed - Austin , Texas

This program is part of the Equal Justice Works Katrina Initiative, made
possible through the support of a $1 million matching grant from the JEHT
Foundation. For more information about the Katrina Legal Fellowships Program,
please contact katrina-fellowships@equaljusticeworks.org

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Youth Law Center Seeks Candidates for Fellowship Position

The Youth Law Center is a national public interest law firm with offices in
San Francisco and Washington, DC. For more than 25 years, the Center has
advocated on behalf of vulnerable and troubled children throughout the
country. Information on the Center and its activities is available on its
website, www.ylc.org. This position is in the San Francisco office.

The Youth Law Center has been awarded a grant from the David B. Gold
Foundation to support a one-year fellowship for a mid-career attorney working
in California in legal services, the public sector, a public defender's office
or otherwise providing legal services to low-income clients.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Have three or more years of experience in providing direct services to low
income clients; Have a commitment to return to providing legal services to
low-income clients in California after the fellowship; Have a relationship
with a legal services office or other law office representing low-income
clients in California that can be maintained throughout the fellowship; and Be
prepared to work from the Youth Law Center's San Francisco Office.

Experience with the juvenile justice or child welfare system is not necessary.

Work:

The areas of work will include protecting children in foster care and the
adult and juvenile justice systems from abuse and dangerous conditions;
ensuring that government and other agencies provide support and services
(e.g., health, mental health, education) to enable children in the foster care
and justice systems to become healthy and productive adults; and ensuring that
children in foster care and justice systems are connected to permanent
families and to their communities. Advocacy activities will include policy
advocacy, litigation, legislative and administrative work, public education
and media advocacy, legal and non-legal writing, training, and technical
assistance.

This fellowship is intended to be a learning opportunity for the fellow and
her/his colleagues in his/her sending program or legal community.

Application Process:

Send or email a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and a list of three
references (one must be your program director) to Mamie Yee; Youth Law Center;
417 Montgomery Street, Suite 900;

San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 543-3349, ext. 3914; myee@ylc.org, by March 1,
2006.

Time Frame:

The Youth Law Center will negotiate the start date of the fellowship with the
applicant and his/her current employer. The intent is to begin before June of
2006.
We strongly encourage people of color, and individuals who themselves were in
the child welfare or juvenile justice system when they were young, to apply
for this position.

The Youth Law Center does not unlawfully discriminate against any person on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap,
veteran status, or sexual orientation.

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Courtroom Advocacy Project Spring Training

Get courtroom experience while helping victims of domestic violence

More women in New York City are killed by their husbands or boyfriends as a
result of domestic violence than by any other crime. Victims of domestic
violence typically enter family court seeking Orders of Protection against
their abusers on the heels of an incident of severe violence. They are often
frightened, isolated from family and friends by their batterers, and at a
heightened risk of life-threatening retaliation.

The Courtroom Advocates Project (CAP) is a unique program that recruits,
trains,
supervises and mentors law students and other volunteers to fill this gap in
advocacy, education and services in New York City's Family Courts. CAP
provides
victims with trained, supervised law students who assist them with the legal
advocacy, education, and safety planning they need to start new lives.

In order to participate in CAP, you must complete a mandatory 5 hour
training. Brooklyn Law School will be holding its CAP training on
February 3, 2006 from 1:30 pm- 6:30pm, room 501. *The training is open to all
BLS students, and students from other law schools in the area.* If you cannot
attend this training, alternate trainings are available at other locations.

If you have any questions, or would like to attend an alternate training,
please
contact Kelly Kocinski at kelly.kocinski@brooklaw.edu

Kelly Kocinski
LAAW

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Asian Pacific American Bar Association

of Los Angeles County (APABA)

in conjunction with the

Japanese American Bar Association

Korean American Bar Association

Philippine American Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

invites you to attend our New Admittee Reception

Join fellow Asian and Pacific American attorneys

in welcoming our newest members of the bar

Thursday, February 2, 2006, 6:00 p.m.

at Oiwake Restaurant

122 Japanese Village Plaza Mall (2nd Floor)

Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles

Please RSVP to Ed Lew treasurer@apabala.org

Complimentary for all new Bar Admittees and law students

$10.00 for all others.

Admission includes buffet dinner, non-alcoholic drinks and karaoke.

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GMU Law to host Judge Hong re The Importance of Public Service

Message
GMUSL APALSA invites Judge Jeannie Hong, Tuesday Jan 31

The GMUSL Asian Pacific American Law Student Association is honored to host
Judge Jeannie J. Hong of the United States District Court of Maryland on
Tuesday, January 31. Judge Hong will be speaking about the importance of
public service. Everyone is cordially invited to the presentation which
will be held in Room 121 at 5.15pm. Pizza will be provided.

Judge Hong was appointed as a designate Judge to the Baltimore City District
Court in July 2002. She was sworn in on August 14, 2002. Judge Hong's
appointment is historical as she is the first Asian Pacific American Judge
in the State of Maryland. She graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of Virginia and in 1992 earned her Doctorate of
Jurisprudence degree from the Washington College of Law/American University.
In 1993, she worked for one year as a staff attorney for the Maryland
Department of Human Resources, Child Care Administration. For eight years,
she worked as an Assistant State's Attorney for the Baltimore City State's
Attorney's Office. In 1999, Governor Parris N. Glendening appointed Judge
Hong to the Maryland Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs.
Additionally, she received Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's
Women in Government Service Award of Excellence. In 2000, Judge Hong was a
Maryland Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles,
California.

Please respond to cng1@gmu.edu with any questions or comments.

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Entertaining interview with Wentworth Miller (LEEWS) that highlights the differences between writing for law school and the bar exam. Visit: www.clsj1994.com.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:52:24 GMT

Asian Pacific American Bar Association

of Los Angeles County (APABA)

in conjunction with the

Japanese American Bar Association

Korean American Bar Association

Philippine American Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

invites you to attend our New Admittee Reception

Join fellow Asian and Pacific American attorneys

in welcoming our newest members of the bar

Thursday, February 2, 2006, 6:00 p.m.

at Oiwake Restaurant

122 Japanese Village Plaza Mall (2nd Floor)

Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles

Monday, January 30, 2006

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:35:10 GMT

Voting Rights Act Conference

Register for conference

Join us as we address a critical issue that affects the future of the
state's democracy – the reauthorization of three important provisions
of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). These provisions will expire
in 2007 unless Congress votes to renew them.

According to Rosalind Gold, Senior Director of Policy, Research and
Advocacy for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed
Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, "The VRA has played a key role in
the political empowerment of California's diverse ethnic communities.
Our February 4 conference will provide civic and grassroots leaders
with the tools they need to mobilize throughout the state for the
reauthorization of legislation that is crucial for our continued
political progress."

Details:

When: February 4, 2006

Where: USC Davidson Conference Center, 3415 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90089.

Who: The public is invited. The conference's co-sponsors include:

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ACLU of Northern California

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ACLU of Southern California

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Asian Law Alliance

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Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)

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California Common Cause

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Chinese for Affirmative Action

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Korean American Coalition - Los Angeles

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Korean Resource Center

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

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League of Women Voters of California

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League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

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Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund

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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

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National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
Educational Fund

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National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)

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Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance

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People For the American Way, Western Regional Office

·

Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)

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Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP)

For more info: Please call toll-free: 1 (866) 952-4222 or (213)
747-7606, ext. 138 or e-mail info@calvec.org

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Hello Daniel,

I hope all is well. My group is hiring, and we need to hire someone
who is bilingual in an API language or Spanish. It occurs to me that
you may still be in touch w/recent graduates who were public interest
minded while in law school and that some of them may be looking for a
job, after passing the Bar.

We prefer to hire an attorney, but if that does not work out, then
we would hire a non-attorney who is bilingual.

I am hoping the attorney will eventually take over the case review of
a large percentage of cases and will assist me in managing my group,
which currently does the bulk of counsel and advice at Bay Area Legal
Aid.

This position is great for someone who is interested in direct
contact with clients over the phone but at this point in their
career/life prefers not to litigate. If you can share this posting
with some of the different list serves, I will be much obliged.

Claudia C. Johnson
Managing Attorney
Legal Advice Line
Bay Area Legal Aid
510-250-5251
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(NO ATTACHMENTS FROM THIS EMAIL -- BUT POSSIBLE TO CONTACT THIS ATTORNEY DIRECTLY~)

My name is Steven Zanowic and I coordinate the Attorney Honor Program for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC has just authorized our 2006 Attorney Honor Program, which is a hiring program targeted towards 3rd year law students and judicial law clerks. In the past we have worked with your law student division to post an announcement and application materials on their website for interested law students. Unfortunately, the website for the law student division does not seem to be working, and I was hoping you could either put me in contact with someone from the division or pass on our application materials, which I am attaching to this e-mail, to the division to use as they see fit.

I can be reached at 202-663-4404 or via e-mail at steven.zanowic@eeoc.gov if you have any questions or need additional information.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide.

Steven Zanowic
Supervisory Attorney
EEOC

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Asian Pacific American Bar Association

of Los Angeles County (APABA)

in conjunction with the

Japanese American Bar Association

Korean American Bar Association

Philippine American Bar Association

South Asian Bar Association

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

invites you to attend our New Admittee Reception

Join fellow Asian and Pacific American attorneys

in welcoming our newest members of the bar

Thursday, February 2, 2006, 6:00 p.m.

at Oiwake Restaurant

122 Japanese Village Plaza Mall (2nd Floor)

Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles

Monday, January 23, 2006

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:21:01 GMT

UCLA Institute of American Cultures
2006-2007 Graduate and Predoctoral Fellowship Program in Ethnic Studies

Deadline for receipt of complete applications is January 13, 2006.
EXCEPTION: The deadline for the American Indian Studies Center and
the Asian American Studies Center is March 30, 2006.

The Institute of American Cultures, in cooperation with the four
Ethnic Studies Research Centers - American Indian Studies Center,
Asian American Studies Center, Bunche Center for African American
Studies, and Chicano Studies Research Center - offers a limited number
of graduate and predoctoral fellowships. The fellowship stipends of
$17,000 per year and all in-state fees will be awarded on a
competitive basis to current UCLA graduate students and predoctoral
candidates with demonstrated interest in the field of ethnic studies
to aid in the completion of a thesis or dissertation. Applicants for
the predoctoral fellowship in African American Studies must be
advanced to candidacy by the beginning of the fellowship year. Each
fellowship is awarded for a period of one year. The acceptance of a
fellowship carries with it the commitment to make a contribution to
the activities of the sponsoring Ethnic Studies Research Center.
Restrictions apply regarding acceptance of supplemental employment
and/or other awards during the fellowship year. On occasion, Centers
have chosen to divide the graduate fellowship between two or among
three students.

For further information and applications, please contact the IAC
fellowship coordinator of the appropriate UCLA Ethnic Studies Research
Center.

The application can be downloaded at:
http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm

Bunche Center for African American Studies American
Indian Studies Center
ATTN: IAC Coordinator ATTN: IAC
Coordinator
160 Haines Hall 3220 Campbell Hall
Box 951545 Box 951548
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1545 Los Angeles, CA
90095-1548
Telephone number: 310.825.7403 Telephone
Number: 310.825.7315

Asian American Studies Center Chicano Studies
Research Center
ATTN: IAC Coordinator ATTN: IAC Coordinator
3230 Campbell Hall 193 Haines Hall
Box 951546 Box 951544
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546 Los Angeles, CA
90095-1544
Telephone number: 310.825.2974 Telephone
Number: 310.825.2363

For General Information:
Institute of American Cultures
1237 Murphy Hall
Box 951419
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1419
Telephone number: 310.825.1233

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 December 2005
PRESS CONTACT: Melany Dela Cruz, Managing Editor, AAPI NEXUS
PHONE: 310. 825. 2974
BOOK ORDERS: Ming Tu, 310. 825. 2968

"The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Publishes New Research on
Employment/Work Issues of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders"

LOS ANGELES-The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, Los Angeles,
announces the publication of the new issue of AAPI Nexus: Asian
Americans & Pacific Islanders, Policy, Practice and Community (3:2,
2005). Scholars, researchers, practitioners, and government officials
within this volume examine racial discrimination in employment against
Asian Americans, workers' rights, and economic parity in the global
labor market.

Guest Editor, Deborah Woo, and Senior Editor, Paul Ong, aim for this
issue (the first of two) on AAPI work and employment to "produce the
knowledge that will help generate new policies and practices to better
serve the cause of greater workforce equity and social justice."

Researchers PAULA CHAKRAVARTTY and SIRI THANASOMBAT and JOHN TRASVIÑA
focus on the aftershocks of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on Arab and
South Asian Indian nationals and American citizens. In discussions of
immigration quotas, U.S. sponsored-corporate work visas, the tech bust
and 9/11. CHAKRAVARTTY, Assistant Professor in the Department of
Communications and the Center for Public Policy at University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, looks at the impact of highly skilled South
Asian nationals who comprise the majority of foreign-born workers in
the IT (information technology) industry and their impact on American
workers. THANASOMBAT, the program manager at the Discrimination
Research Center, a non-profit civil rights organization, launched in
1998 by the Impact Fund, and TRASVIÑA, the former director of the
Discrimination Research Center and current Western Regional Director
of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, document the effects of the 2001
terrorist attacks on the temporary employment industry, which the
authors predict to be the fifth fastest-growing industry through 2012.

KARIN MAK, a New Voices Fellow at Sweatshop Watch, and GRACE MENG, a
former Liman Fellow at the Asian Law Caucus and current law
practitioner focuses on immigration law in New York, in their
practitioner's essay, outline some ideas for improving programs that
focus on workplace development. They propose renovations that are
geared specifically toward immigrants. In particular, MAK AND MENG
are concerned about Chinese garment workers in California who are
displaced by the global policy of lifting quotas on garment imports.

Other articles deal directly with employment discrimination against
Asian Americans and Asian immigrants and propose various ways to aid
them. The second practitioner's essay by STUART J. ISHIMARU, chair of
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, searches for reasons
why Asian Americans file comparatively fewer employment discrimination
charges than do other minority groups and calls for more research that
would explore the sociological factors in Asian Americans' perceptions
and experiences of discrimination.

DON MAR, Professor of Economics at San Francisco State University,
questions whether AAPIs have achieved economic parity with
non-Hispanic whites in the labor market, by analyzing information
about labor market participation, employment in management positions,
self-employment, earnings and gender differences.

JULIAN CHUN-CHUNG CHOW, Associate Professor in the School of Social
Welfare at UC Berkeley, KATHY LEMON OSTERLING, MSW, a Ph.D. candidate
in the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley, and QINGWEN XU,
Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston
College, argue that for Asian immigrants and refugees, there is a
problematic mismatch, in terms of employment skills, between their
country of origin and the U.S., in terms of welfare-to-work programs.
The authors call for the renovation of such programs with special
consideration of the API population's needs.

Table of Contents for AAPI Nexus 3:2
Deborah Woo and Paul Ong, Message from the Editors, "AAPI Labor Market
Status and Challenges"

Stuart J. Ishimaru, Practitioner's Essay, "Employment Discrimination
and Asian Americans"

Karin Mak and Grace Meng, Practitioner's Essay, "Workforce
Development: Its Potential and Limitations for Chinese Garment
Workers"

Don Mar, "Asian Americans in the Labor Market: Public Policy Issues"

Paula Chakravartty, "Weak Winners of Globalization: Indian H-1B
Workers in the American Information Economy"

Julian Chun-Chung Chow, Kathy Lemon Osterling and Qingwen Xu, "The
Risk of Timing Out: Welfare-to-Work Services to Asian Immigrants and
Refugees"

Siri Thanasombat and John Trasviña, AAPI Almanac, "Screening Names
Instead of Qualifications: Testing with Emailed Resumes Reveals Racial
Preferences"

Annual subscriptions for AAPI Nexus are $25 for individual
subscribers, and $55 for libraries and other institutions. It is
published two times a year. Individual journals may be purchased for
$13 per issue plus $4 shipping/handling and 8.25 percent tax for
California residents. Make check payable to "UC Regents" and send to:
UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, 3230 Campbell Hall, Box
951546, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546. Visa, MasterCard and Discover
cards also are accepted; include account number, expiration date and
your telephone number. Orders and communications can be addressed to
aascpress@aasc.ucla.edu or (310) 825-2968.

More information can be found on the center's Web site at:
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/nexus.

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Robert Masur Fellowship In Civil Liberties

ROBERT MASUR FELLOWSHIP IN CIVIL LIBERTIES

The Nation Institute is now accepting applications for the
2006 Robert Masur Fellowship in Civil Liberties. The
fellowship competition is open to first-year law students
who intend to carry out significant activities during the
summer in the areas of civil rights and/or civil liberties.
Proposed activities may include a writing or research
project, work with a public interest organization in the
areas of civil rights or civil liberties, work on a civil
rights or civil liberties law case under the supervision of
a faculty member or lawyer, or any other work in the
areas of civil rights or civil liberties. Fellowship
recipient receives a $1,000 honorarium.

Robert Masur dedicated his legal career to protecting the
rights of the unemployed minorities, and the poor. A
1973 graduate of Stanford Law School, he spent six
years at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago
where he litigated a number of employment and
consumer law cases. In 1976, he successfully argued an
employment discrimination case before the Supreme
Court. He entered private practice in 1981, where he
focused on consumer protection law. His friends and
family established the Robert Masur Fellowship Program
in his memory to support the work to which he was
dedicated, and to encourage young people to pursue
public-interest legal careers.

Applicants should send a proposal, no more than two
pages, describing his or her intended summer project,
along with a resume and the name of their faculty or
organizational sponsor to the Robert Masur Fellowship,
The Nation Institute, 33 Irving Place, New York, New
York, 10003. All applications must be postmarked by
May 31, 2006. For more information, see
www.nationinstitute.org or call (212) 209-5447.

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(1) Faculty, Graduate Associates/Students, and Staff of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center: Research Grants in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at UCLA Graduate Students, up to $3,000 Deadline Today: Friday, APRIL 28, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Application forms Available On-Line (http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm) or at the Asian American Studies Center (3230 Campbell) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research Grant Program in Ethnic Studies at UCLA, 2006-07 The Institute of American Cultures, in cooperation with the four Ethnic Studies Research Centers -- the American Indian Studies Center, the Asian American Studies Center, the Bunche Center for African American Studies, and the Chicano Studies Research Center -- funds research proposals on American Indians, Asian Americans, African Americans and Chicanas/os in all fields and disciplines. Also for 2006-2007, the IAC is working with the University of California Committee on Latino Research and the Chicano Studies Research Center to offer research grants in Latino Policy Studies. To apply for this grant , please use the IAC research grant application form. Check both the Chicano Studies and the Latino Policy Studies boxes on the application. ELIGIBILITY: UCLA faculty, staff, graduate students, and IAC postdoctoral fellows. Both master's and doctoral students may apply for research grants in Asian American Studies. Bunche Center graduate student research proposals must be in support of a dissertation or thesis project in order to be considered. TO APPLY: Application forms can be obtained from each of the Ethnic Studies Centers or the IAC Office. The Institute particularly encourages proposals that will make a contribution to the Ethnic Studies Centers. It also invites proposals on interethnic relations that will increase collaboration between the Centers and/or between the Centers and other campus units. Prior to submission of the application, applicants should discuss their proposal with the assistant director or director of the appropriate Center, or in the case of interethnic proposals, with the assistant directors or directors of the Centers involved. All grant recipients, where appropriate, must comply with UCLA's Protection of Human Subjects in Research before receiving funding. FUNDING: The Research Grant Program is on a reimbursement basis only. Ordinarily, faculty projects will be funded for no more than $7,000 and graduate student projects for no more than $3,000. Funds for the purchase of permanent equipment will be provided only under exceptional circumstances. Such equipment must be returned to the appropriate Center upon completion of the project. GRANT PERIOD: July 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007. Grant recipients must be formally affiliated with UCLA through the term of the grant. DEADLINE: Applications are due by 5:00 p.m., Friday, April 28, 2006. Recipients will be notified in June 2006. For further information and an application form, please go online to the IAC website: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/iacweb/iachome.htm or contact Sagrario Hernandez, IAC Coordinator, at x51233 (iaccoordinator@gdnet.ucla.edu) .. Applications are also available at the IAC Office located at 1237 Murphy Hall, or the four ethnic studies centers listed below: Asian American Studies Center 3230 Campbell Hall Mail Code: 154602 Telephone: 310.825.2974 Center's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc American Indian Studies Center 3220 Campbell Hall 160 Haines Hall Chicano Studies Research Center 193 Haines Hall

Monday, January 23, 2006

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 01:56:19 GMT

Legal Intern - New York, NY

Employer: Project Renewal, Inc.
Contact: Susan E. Canter, Esq., General Counsel
Address: 200 Varick Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10014
Fax: 212-243-4755
E-Mail: susanc@projectrenewal.org

Project Renewal is an innovative not-for-profit organization serving the needs
of homeless men and women coping with chronic and acute illnesses, mental
illness, chemical addictions and alcohol dependency. They are currently
seeking a 2nd year student for a legal intern position. This is an unpaid
position. Intern will support the General Counsel on various legal issues and
projects related to serving the homeless community. Responsibilities will
include researching legal issues related to housing and benefits for the
mentally ill population, providing assistance in the drafting/revising of
various agreements, and handling various litigation matters. Work schedule and
location flexible. No prior experience working with the homeless or mentally
ill population is necessary. Mail/fax/email resume and cover letter to Ms.
Canter.

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Summer Unpaid Internship - White Plains, NY

Employer: March of Dimes
Contact: Ms. Sari Berline, Intern Coordinator
Address: 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605
E-Mail: sberliner@marchofdimes.com

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THIS LISTING IS FEBRUARY 7TH
AT 2PM.

The March of Dimes seeks a summer intern to assist the general counsel in
protecting
and defending the March of Dimes from lawsuits and potential liability and to
assist
in all aspects of the Legal Department's work including drafting and reviewing
contracts, trust and estates, commercial leasing, state fundraising
compliance,
intellectual property, grants administration, e-commerce, employment and any
other matter as required. This is an unpaid internship.

THIS PLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CLINICAL CREDIT. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO BE
REGISTERED TO RECEIVE CREDIT, YOU MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETED "REQUEST FOR
APPROVAL"
FORM TO THE CLINIC OFFICE AND ATTEND THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLINIC SEMINAR
WHICH BEGINS ONMAY 19, 2006. BEYOND THIS DATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN
CLINICAL CREDIT.

OR

If you are eligible for work study funding, such funding may be available
through the Financial Aid Office.

Submit resume via email to the attention of Ms. Berliner. Please indicate what
position you are applying for.

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Summer Unpaid Internship - Newark, NJ

Employer: Essex County Prosecutor's Office
Contact: Ms. Debra G. Simms, Assistant Prosecutor/Director
Address: Appellate Section, 50 West Market Street, Newark, NJ 07102

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THIS LISTING IS FEBRUARY 7TH
AT 2PM.

The Essex County Prosecutor's Office seeks student for an unpaid internship.
The
internship program is designed to maximize the student's involvement with the
criminal justice system in the County. Many interns are offered judicial
internships and subsequent employment as assistant prosecutors here in Essex
County
or in other Counties. Office is accessible by PATH train.

The program, which provides an exposure to a wide variety of interesting and
challenging legal issues, also offers: Substantial opportunity for court
appearances by third year students; interaction with judges, attorneys and
investigators; practical legal research and writing experience; court
observation; lecture series; and field trips.

THIS PLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CLINICAL CREDIT. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO BE
REGISTERED TO RECEIVE CREDIT, YOU MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETED ?REQUEST FOR
APPROVAL?
FORM TO THE CLINIC OFFICE AND ATTEND THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLINIC SEMINAR
WHICH BEGINS ON MAY 19, 2006. BEYOND THIS DATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN
CLINICAL CREDIT.

OR

If you are eligible for work study funding, such funding may be available
through the Financial Aid Office.

Submit resume and cover letter stating your interest via postal mail to the
attention of Ms. Simms.

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Summer Unpaid Internships - Newark, NJ

Employer: United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for
Immigration Review
Contact: Mr. Seth Brugger, Judicial Law Clerk Address: Immigration Court, 970
Broad Street, Room 1135, Newark, NJ 07102

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THIS LISTING IS FEBRUARY 15TH
AT 2PM.

The U.S. Department of Justice has openings for several legal interns with the
Executive Office for Immigration Review, United States Immigration Court, at
Newark, New Jersey, for the summer of 2006.

Prior knowledge of immigration law is helpful but not necessary. Strong
research
and writing skills are required.

The types of projects assigned vary depending on the court's docket and will
include: Research and preparation of memoranda on complex legal issues;
drafting
decisions on motions pending before the court; and drafting decisions on
applications for relief from removal, such as asylum, withholding of removal,
and protection under Article 3 of the U.N. Convention Against Torture.

The internship will entail in-depth research and analysis of novel legal
issues, as well as preparation of legal memoranda for the immigration judges.
Interns will have an opportunity to draft several decisions that will be taken
under advisement by an immigration judge. Interns can expect to complete
assignments that may later be used as writing samples. In addition, interns
will be able to observe a variety of matters brought before the court. The
legal interns will work under the supervision of the court's judicial law
clerk but will also have substantial interaction with the individual
immigration judges.

A commitment of at least 15 hours per week is optimal (depending on
requirements for credit). Students may arrange those hours to complement their
academic schedules but should not plan to work less than four hours at one
time.

THIS PLACEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CLINICAL CREDIT. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO BE
REGISTERED TO RECEIVE CREDIT, YOU MUST SUBMIT A COMPLETED "REQUEST FOR
APPROVAL"
FORM TO THE CLINIC OFFICE AND ATTEND THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLINIC SEMINAR
WHICH BEGINS ON MAY 19, 2006. BEYOND THIS DATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN
CLINICAL CREDIT.

OR

If you are eligible for work study funding, such funding may be available
through the Financial Aid Office.

Submit cover letter, resume, a 5-10 page writing sample, and transcript
(unofficial acceptable) via postal mail to the attention of Mr. Brugger.

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Fellowships/Scholarships - West Coast Firms

Below please find a list of six diversity fellowship/scholarship programs
sponsored by West Coast law firms (or national law firms with West Coast
offices). All of the programs listed below are for first year students. Please
note the application deadlines.

DORSEY & WHITNEY DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP (for first year students)
To further the cause of promoting diversity within the firm, Dorsey is
pleased to announce its first annual Dorsey & Whitney Diversity
Fellowship. Dorsey will select one fellowship recipient for its
Minneapolisoffice and one recipient for itsSeattle office. Each
fellowship winner will be a 2006 summer associate and will receive
$10,000 to be applied towards law school tuition and expenses during the
2006-2007 school year. All first-year law students of diverse
backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applicants must attend an
ABA-accredited law school. Successful applicants will have a
demonstrated record of academic achievement and a commitment to
promoting diversity in the legal community. Application materials for
first year law students must be received by no later than January 25,
2006. For more information, including the fellowship
application, please visit:
http://www.dorsey.com/files/upload/Fellowship.pdf

HILLIS CLARK MARTIN & PETERSON FIRST-YEAR DIVERSITY STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson (HCMP) is committed to promoting
diversity within the legal profession. As part of its commitment to
diversity, HCMP has established a First-Year Diversity Student
Fellowship. The Fellowship includes a salaried summer associate
position following the first year of law school, and a $7,500
scholarship to defray tuition and expenses during the student's second
academic year. First-year students who contribute to the diversity of
their law school, and who will contribute to the diversity of the legal
profession, are encouraged to apply. To be eligible for HCMP's
First-Year Diversity Student Fellowship, an applicant must be a
first-year law student in good standing at an ABA-accredited law school.
Application materials must be postmarked by January 25, 2006.
Applications should be sent to:
Michael R. Scott, Hiring Partner
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S.
500 Galland Building
1221 Second Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101.
Applicants may be invited to interview in our offices as part of the
selection process.
For more information, including the fellowship application, please
visit:
http://www.hcmp.com/Employment/diversity.html

MILLER NASH DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS
Miller Nash LLP has created a program to provide for two $7,500
Diversity Fellowships to be awarded to first year law students on an
annual basis. Each Fellowship recipient will also receive a paid summer
clerk position at one of Miller Nash's offices inPortland, Oregon,
Vancouver, Washington, or Seattle, Washington. First and second-year
law students in good standing at an ABA-accredited law school who intend
to work, live and practice law in Portland, Vancouver, or Seattle are
eligible to apply. Applicants must be willing and able to
fill a summer clerk position at Miller Nash for at least 12 weeks.
Successful applicants will be those who demonstrate academic excellence
and leadership qualities, and who contribute meaningfully to diversity
in their legal, business, or local communities. Application materials
for first year law students must be received by no later than January
25, 2006. The materials should be sent to:
Katie M. Charlston, Director of Legal Recruitment
Miller Nash LLP
3400 US Bancorp Tower
111 SW Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
katie.charlston@millernash.com
For more information, including the fellowship application, please
visit:
http://www.millernash.com/fellowship.aspx

SCHWABE WILLIAMSON & WYATT 1L DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt has established a SWW 1L Diversity
Scholarship Program. The scholarship consists of a paid summer associate
position in the Portland, Oregon office for the summer following the
successful completion of the first year of law school and a $7,500
academic scholarship to help defray
tuition and expenses during the recipient's second year of law school.
Materials must be received by Karen Kervin, Director of Legal
Recruiting, via mail, fax, or email by January 25, 2006.
Karen Kervin
Director of Legal Recruiting
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
1211 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 1700
Portland, OR 97204
503-796-2993 (Direct)
503-796-2900 (Fax)
kkervin@schwabe.com
For more information, including the fellowship application, please
visit:
http://www.schwabe.com/recruiting/sum_jobs.html

STOEL RIVES LLP FIRST-YEAR STUDENT DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP
Stoel Rives LLP, a 350-lawyer firm with offices in Washington , Oregon,
California, Utah and Idaho, has established First-Year Student Diversity
Fellowships in its Portland and Seattle offices. Each fellowship
includes a salaried 2006 summer associate position and a $7,500
scholarship to defray tuition and expenses during the 2006-2007 academic
year. First-year students who contribute to the diversity of the student
body at their law school and will contribute to the diversity of the
legal profession are eligible to apply. Address applications for the
Portland office fellowships to Michelle Baird-Johnson, Manager, Lawyer
Recruiting, Stoel Rives LLP, 900 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2600, Portland,
Oregon 97204. Address applications for the Seattle office fellowships
to Sandra Gronfein, Manager, Lawyer Recruiting and Professional
Development, Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University Street, Suite 3600,
Seattle,Washington 98101. Applications from students at law schools
outside of Oregon and Washington must be postmarked by Monday, January
23, 2006. For additional information about Stoel Rives LLP First-Year
Student Diversity Fellowship, please visit:
http://join.stoel.com/diversity.pdf

TONKON TORP LLP FIRST-YEAR DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Tonkon Torp LLP is pleased to offer a student fellowship to a
first-year law student of color. The fellowship provides the student
selected with a position at Tonkon Torp as a summer associate during the
summer immediately following the completion of his or her first year of
law school. In addition, if the student returns to work at Tonkon Torp
during the summer following his or her second year of law school, the
student will receive a $6,000 academic scholarship. To qualify for the
$6,000 academic scholarship, the student selected must be
invited and must return to Tonkon Torp for all or part of their second
year summer. The $6,000 will be paid following completion of the
student's second summer with the firm. Tonkon Torp LLP will select
semi-finalists for interviews in Portland. Travel expenses for
semi-finalists will be paid for by Tonkon Torp LLP. Application
materials must be received at Tonkon Torp by February 1, 2006; except
that if first semester law school transcripts are not available by
February 1, 2006, you may send those transcripts when they are
available.
For more information, including the fellowship application, please
visit:
http://www.tonkon.com/careers/law_students/dspinfo.cfm?pgAx=fellowship

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New York State Bar Association's Diversity Reception

Following as an attachment is an invitation to the
New York State Bar Association's Diversity Reception
to be held on JANUARY 23, 2006, 6:00-8:00 P.M.
at the Marquis Ballroom on the 9th floor of the MARRIOTT MARQUIS -
located at 1535 Broadway, New York, New York
The Honorable CARMEN BEAUCHAMP CIPARICK and The HONORABLE GEORGE BUNDY SMITH
of the New York State Court of Appeals will recieve lifetime achievement
awards
and the Honorable George Leighton of Chicago Illinois will be our guest
speaker.
Please be assured that the awards ceremony will be short, leaving lots of time
to meet new friends and colleagues and to catch up with old ones.
Please RSVP to the NYSBA's Membership Office (518) 487-5577 or
Membership@NYSBA.org by January 18, 2006.
I hope to see you there,
Dolly Caraballo
Caraballo & Mandell, LLC
10 East 40th Street
New York, New York 10016
(212) 213-8860

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Breakfast Series: Women in Commercial Litigation - Part I

Breakfast Series: Women in Commercial Litigation - Part I

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006, 8:30am-9:30 am
House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street

This breakfast series will focus on various aspects of being a woman in
commercial litigation. The series consists of five breakfasts, each with a
different focus, including arbitration and a view from the bench. At the first
breakfast, the panelists will discuss being a female commercial litigator at a
large law firm and as an in-house counsel. The other parts in the breakfast
series are scheduled as follows: Part II - February 16, Part III - March 16,
Part IV -April 20, and Part V - May 18.

Moderator: CARRIE COHEN Chief, Public Integrity Unit, Office of Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer
Speakers: JAMIE LEVITT Morrison & Foerster, LLP
CARLA MILLER Siemens Corp.
Sponsored by: Committee on Women in the Profession, Carrie H. Cohen,Chair
Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdicition, Andrea Masley,Chair
Committee on Litigation, Vilia B. Hayes,Chair

Registration by January 13 is necessary. The fee, for the series, is $60. The
fee, for individual breakfasts, is $15. Attendance is limited.

Please register online at
http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=360 or visit our
website at www.nycbar.org.

For more information, please contact Andrea Masley at( 917) 805-6267 or Carrie
Cohen at (212)416-8242.

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Administrative Tribunals and ALJ's:
Practice and Career Perspectives

Proposed Notice for Forty-Forth Street Notes the program co sponsored by the
Administrative Law Committee and the Special Committee to Encourage Judicial
Service.

On February 7, 2006, from 6 to 8 in the Association's Great Hall the
Administrative Law Committee and the Special Committee to Encourage Judicial
Service are pleased to present an evening discussion.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Administrative Tribunals and ALJ's:
Practice and Career Perspectives

Who are the Administrative Judges and Hearing Officers?
What is the jurisdiction of the Tribunals?
How are Tribunals created?
What are the legal standards that are applied?
What are the career opportunities?

The evening will include presentations from New York City Deputy Mayor Carol
Robles-Roman; Seton Hall University School of Law Professor Richard Murphy;
Richmond County Civil Court Judge Philip Straniere; and representatives from
four New York City tribunals; Laura Held, Chief ALJ of the Department of
Finance; Charles D. McFaul, Deputy Chief ALJ of the Office of Administrative
Trials; Glenn Newman, President of the Tax Commission/Tax Appeals Tribunal;
Roberto Velez, Chief ALJ of the Office of Administrative Trials and
Hearings; and Diana Zalph, Director of Adjudication for the Department of
Consumer Affairs.

As the recent report of the City Charter Commission stated: "The City's
administrative law judges and hearing officers represent the face of justice
in our City. The City's administrative tribunals-or executive branch
courts-are often the only forums where citizens have any significant
interaction with city government."

We hope you will attend, bring your resumes and questions about
participation in the Administrative Law Process at the Municipal, State and
Federal level.

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SEXUAL ORIENTATION PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

The Williams Institute will offer a Public Policy
Research Fellowship to a recent law or graduate school
graduate who is interested in legal and public policy
research and writing on sexual orientation issues. The
Public Policy Research Fellow works as a general
research assistant on a variety of research projects and
reports. Research tasks may include legal and public
policy research; collecting, checking and analyzing data;
gathering information; and preparing reports and report
graphics. Attendance at relevant legislative briefings,
policy seminars and meetings is also an integral part of
the program. The Fellowship will begin in the summer
or fall of 2006 and will last for one year. At the
discretion of the Williams Institute, the Fellowship may
be extended for an additional year. The Fellowship
offers a stipend of $37,500 per year and full benefits. No
degree will be offered as part of the Fellowship program.

To apply for the 2006 Public Policy Research
Fellowship, please submit the following materials by
February 1, 2006:

Ø
A cover letter summarizing your qualifications for
the Public Policy Research Fellowship;

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A current resume;

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A law school or graduate school transcript;

Ø
Three letters of recommendation, including at least
one from a law school or graduate school professor;

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A list of published works, if any; and

Ø
A writing sample, no longer than ten pages in
length.

Send applications and any inquiries about the Williams
Fellowship to Public Policy Research Fellowship, c/o
Brad Sears, Director, The Williams Institute, Box
951476, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476. You may also email
Brad Sears at sears@law.ucla.edu.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:54:21 GMT

Please email apaljnews@gmail.com if you want the full scholarship application.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHINESE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2006

The Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association ("SCCLA") annually awards seven to ten $1,000 Scholarships and three $1,500 Fellowships to local Asian/Pacific American law students. The Scholarships and the Fellowships are awarded based on need, academic accomplishments, and potential contribution to the Chinese-American community. Law students at all levels are encouraged to apply (including first, third year day and fourth year evening).

Each Fellowship award funds a clerkship at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (“APALC”) during the upcoming school year, during the fall, winter or spring term. Receipt of Fellowship funds is conditioned upon serving as a clerk at APALC for a minimum of 10-15 hours per week for an entire semester. If the awardee qualifies for the Work/Study Program, there may be an additional supplement to the $1,500 fellowship.

There is no clerkship condition for any of the Scholarships.

Completed applications are due on January 31, 2006. Applications must be postmarked by January 31, 2006 to be eligible. Applications will not be accepted by facsimile or by e-mail. Please forward completed applications to:

Will Niu

Law Offices of William L. Niu, APLC

18725 E. Gale Ave., Suite 228

City of Industry, CA 91748

The Scholarships and the Fellowships will be awarded at the annual SCCLA Installation Dinner on March 17, 2006, at Empress Pavilion Restaurant in Chinatown, Los Angeles. Award recipients must attend the March 17, 2006 dinner to receive the Scholarships and Fellowships.

Should you have any questions or comments, please contact Will Niu at wln888@yahoo.com or 626-810-1168.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHINESE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

SCHOLARSHIP/FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2006

Please provide the following information as accurately and completely as possible. If you need additional space, please attach a separate page.

1. Name (last, first): _______________________________________________________

2. Current Address: __________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

email: ____________________________________________________________

3. Telephone No.: (hm) ________________, (cell) _______________, (wk) ____________

Law School: _____________________________________________________________

Current Year and Units Completed: __________________________________________

Day or Night: ____________________________________________________________

5. Marital Status: ___________________________________________________________

6. Dependents (include ages and relationships):

7. Place of Birth/Date of Birth: /______________

8. Academic Background (other than law school):

School	Degree/Date Conferred

9. Law School Record: GPA:_________

Class Standing:_________

Note: Second, third and fourth-year students are requested to attach a copy of their law school transcript.

10. Academic honors and awards received in law school:

11. Professional memberships while in law school:

12. Scholarships and grants received in law school, including amount received and year of receipt:

13. Past and Present Community Activities:

Other Languages (if any):

Level of Fluency (check one) ____ Fluent ____ Conversational ____ Beginner Only

(check all that apply) ____ Verbal ____ Reading ____ Writing

15. Work History (from most current employment):

Dates Employer Address Duties Hours Per Pay

Week

16. School loans (including undergraduate loans):

Lender	Amount Borrowed	Amount Repaid/Date

17. Amount contributed by others (e.g., parents), if any, for law school education:

18. Net Monthly Income, By Source (include spouse's income, if married):

19. Net Monthly Expenses (e.g., transportation, food, rent):

20. Current Assets Owned and Dollar Value:

21. Current Liabilities and Dollar Amounts:

22. Statements (Please attach additional pages if needed):

(a) Please describe your reasons for deciding to go to law school:

(b) Please describe your present and future goals for contributing to the Asian/Pacific American community.

Awards in which you are interested (you may check both, but only one award per person):

[ ] Scholarship [ ] Fellowship

(Availability: Fall, Winter/Spring, Summer

Circle all as appropriate)

I certify that the information provided in this Scholarship/Fellowship Application is true and correct.

Dated:

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