The Inter-APALSA Council of New York will be hosting a lecture at Fordham Law School on domestic violence and human trafficking Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 4pm. 


This lecture will focus on Asian-American victims who currently reside in New York City and it will discuss the overlap of domestic violence and human trafficking.

 

Our speakers, Fronthy Nguyen and Haemy Lee are involved with domestic violence and human trafficking victim assistance work out of New York Asian Women's Center (NYAWC) in Manhattan.  Fronthy is the Outreach Coordinator at NYAWC; she is responsible for managing and conducting outreach activities for NYAWC.  She has been with the Center since July 2008.  Haemy is the Project Free Manager and a Counselor Advocate; she coordinates anti-trafficking services program and works directly with domestic violence and human trafficking survivors.








Rosa Lee, the APALSA Vice President of Hofstra University's School of Law has worked for months organizing this event. She is also the founder of Inter-APALSA, which seeks to unify the APALSA chapters in the New York region. If you are interested in learning more about Inter-APALSA Council or would like more information on the domestic violence lecture, please e-mail apalsahofstra@gmail.com







-Vivienne Nguyen
NAPALSA Vice-President
APALSA President (Hofstra University School of Law)

If APALSA at your law school is not part of NAPALSA yet then joining NAPALSA should be one your chapter’s priorities for this year. Established in 1981, The National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (NAPALSA) represents the interests of Asian Pacific American law students and provides advocacy, support, and career development opportunities for its members throughout the United States.

 

NAPALSA continues to be the only national student-led organization to link affiliated Asian Pacific American law student organizations and law students across the country, and promote their interests. By joining NAPALSA, you and your APA organization are directly benefiting from our national network of students and attorneys as well as our experience and know-how from our twenty five years of existence. In addition, as a member of NAPALSA, you are contributing to the strength, voice and power of NAPALSA and the greater APA community. Being an official affiliate of NAPALSA will provide your community with great benefits:

 

·       Networking Opportunties

o   Annual NAPABA (National Asian Pacific American Bar Association) Convention

o   Regional workshops (e.g. Bay Area APALSA Conference)

o   Inter-APALSA events (e.g. New York Inter-APALSA Council meetings or social mixers)

·       Career and Professional Development

o   Lawyer/Judge Regional Mentorship Program (Connect to practicing legal professionals in the region you intend to practice in post-law school)

o   “First Bite” Program ( NAPALSA posts open internships/jobs before these opportunities are made known to the public)

o   APA Resource Handbook (includes information on local bar association and other contacts from across the nation)

·       National Updates

o   Quarterly NAPALSA newsletter (includes spotlights on chapter affiliates and interviews with attorneys/judges)

o   NAPALSA online blog

o   Shared calendar between all affiliate members so that everyone is in the “loop” 

·       APA Unity and Solidarity

o   An APA issue is highlighted in each NAPALSA newsletter

o   Regional workshops particularly those involving APA issues are open invites to affiliates

o   Exchange of statistics and findings on APA enrollment and admissions to law schools, law firms, and public interest organizations.

                

 

Become an affiliate member of NAPALSA by paying annual dues ($75) and appointing a liaison from your school.

At last year's NAPABA Convention in Seattle, I was lucky enough to volunteer as a room administrator-type person (yeah, I forgot the name).  In that capacity, I got to have direct one-on-one contact with the presenters.  One of the presenters was NAPABA leader, Peggy Nagae, who is just an amazingly active APA woman.  She connected me with the Center for APA Women, which provides professional development, training, and support for the high-achieving APA women across the country.  Their signature program is the APAWLI fellowship, for women who are 8+ years out.  However, I returned to Seattle recently for the Center for APA Women's National Summit, hosted at Microsoft's Conference Center, and convening APA women of all ages, from all over the country.  The next summit is planned for late October 2011 in Houston, Texas.  Feel free to contact me at schin3 [at] emory.edu for more information, or check out their website: http://apawomen.org/.

This blog was created as a way to inform NAPALSA Affiliate organizations and law students about what our Regional Directors are up to across the country. Please check back frequently for updates. If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to email napalsa.webmaster [at] gmail.com. Thank you!