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9/18 (Wed): APALSA general interest Meeting 5:00PM--Moot Court Room. Minutes from the meeting.
9/25 (Wed) :Student Life Expo
9/29 (Sat): BLSA sponsored 1L Memo writing workshop 10am-12noon--Moot Court Room
10/3 (Thurs): APABA-MD Gala Reception at U of Maryland School of Law 6-9pm
10/8 (Thurs): Deadline for registration for NAPALSA Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The check should be made out to NAPALSA and can be mailed to Jennifer Fan.
10/10 (Thurs): UB Fall Block Party - Noon-6:00
10/12-13 (Sat-Sun): Thomas Tang Moot Court Regional Competition at George Washington School of Law
10/15(Tues): Lecture on the riots on Gujrat, India at Georgetown University. See flyer for details.
10/17 (Thurs) : APALSA Meeting @ 3 p.m. in LC205. In this meeting we will discuss: KBC Reception 10/29; Happy Hour 10/24; NAPALSA Conference; and fund-raising ideas. Minutes from the meeting.
10/24 (Thurs): 2002 AEF Networking Reception. (Registration form)
10/24 (Thurs): APALSA/BLSA/EASL/LEXIS sponsored Happy Hour at Owl Bar 4pm-???
10/29 (Tues): KBC (Korean Bar Committee) Reception scheduled for 7pm at BC Atrium
10/29 (Tues): The Honorable Brian Kim has kindly agreed to organize Intellectual Property Law Journal of University of Baltimore annual reception with the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland law students. The reception will take place on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2002 AT 7:00 P.M. at the University of Baltimore Law School.
10/31(Thurs): The third graders (about 75 of them) from the Mt. Royal Elementary School will be visiting our campus to Trick or Treat on Thursday, October 31st from 1:00 - 2:30pm.
11/1 (Fri): UB Minority Law Forum
11/7-9 (Thurs-Sat): NAPABA/NAPALSA Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. You can now register for the conference online at www.napaba.org. IF you are interested in the Job Fair, please submit your resume in Word format to napalsajobfair@yahoo.com by midnight on Oct 20, 2002. The Convention will take place at the Swissotel in Atlanta. Rates are $150 per single or double occupancy. Make reservations at the Swissotel- (404)365-0065, and mention NAPABA to receive the $150 rates. The Welcoming Reception begins at 5:30 PM on November 7, 2002.
11/7-9 (Thurs-Sat): Finals for the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition.
11/12 (Tues): NAPABA meeting on 11/12 in Columbia, MD.
11/12 (Tues): APABA Maryland meeting. Contact John Ki
11/14 (Thurs) : APALSA General Interest Meeting at 5:00 pm in LC 212. Indian Food will be served. Meeting minutes.
11/19 (Tues): MSBA-KBC General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Woomi Garden located at 2423 Hickerson Dr., Wheaton, MD.
11/24 (Sat): BLSA Pre-Thanksgiving Step Show 6-10:30pm at Langsdale Auditorium.
12/6 (Fri): Informal dinner this Friday at Cafe Asia. This will be our last get together before the semester ends. Members that already paid their dues will pay a reduced rate of $5 for food and non-alcoholic beverages. Significant others are welcome as well. (Reduced rate possible for them too). Please RSVP Ted by Wednesday 12/4. In addition, this dinner will also be a going away dinner for Sara Chen.
12/14 (Saturday): MSBA-KBC Holiday Party
1/16 (Thur): University of Baltimore Open House. The open house is for all prospective students interested in UB. They have either applied or already have been accepted. What the open house will entail is as follows:
Guided tours of the school - 4:45-5:15
Student Life Panel moderated by Dean Holmes (or Torrain) - 6:15-6:45
Reception (Free Food Alert!) - 7:30-8:00
1/22 (Wed): APALSA MEETING Room 205, 12 Noon. Meeting Minutes.
1/29 (Wed): Judicial Clerkship Program reception. AEF, Asian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund is sponsoring a Judicial Clerkship Program on January 29 in D.C.
When: January 29, 2003, 6-8:30pm
Where: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P.
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., (Metro accessible from Farragut North station)
RSVP requested no later than Wednesday, January 22, 2003. Please respond to: ksampson@foleylaw.com or call (202) 672-5530
2/4(Tues): APALSA Board meeting at Thai Landing (on Charles St., right across the street from the Queen Anne Belvedere) at 6pm. The printed agenda for the meeting will also serve as a dinner voucher. If you don't bring it, you'll have to pay your own dinner.
2/14-15 (Fri - Sat) : ASIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2003 at Harvard Business School in Boston. Presented by HBS Asia Business Club, HLS Asia Law Society, KSG East Asian Caucus Club.
2/21 (Fri): Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program invites you to An Evening of Theatre! 7:00 p.m., Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum, 7th Street & Independence Avenue. The Washington, D.C.-based Asian American theater company, ASIA: Asian Stories in America, will stage two one-act plays, Drizzle and Change, by Sung Rno. Mr. Rno is a New York-based playwright whose productions have been seen throughout the country. A discussion about Korean Americans in theater will follow. Reception to follow performance. For more information, please visit www.apa.si.edu or call (202) 357-2449.
2/22(Sat): Second Annual Conference of Mid-Atlantic APA Law Students.
Time: 10am - 10pm
Place: Levy Conference Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Lunch Keynote: Ron Daniels
Dinner Keynote: Angela Oh
There will be 5 panel discussions to take place: National Security vs. Individual Rights, Noncitizen Students and Immigration Policy Post-9/11, Immigrant Rights After 9/11, Alien Registration and Racial Profiling, A Challenge to the Right of Counsel
2/24 (Mon) : APALSA General meeting at 12 noon.
2/25 (Tues) : The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education. Presented by the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. at 7:00pm. Located at The Law Offices of Jones Day, 51 Louisiana Ave. N.W., Washington, DC. To Register, please visit: www.evite.com/sabadc@sabadc.org/affirmative.action.panel. Please remember to register in advance. It is going to be an exciting and very informative evening, and we hope you can attend. There is now a reduced student rate of $10. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. A valid and current student ID will be required.
2/26 (Wed): BLSA is hosting a panel discussion on the Death Penalty for Black History Month. The event will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at the Langsdale Auditorium. The address is 1420 Maryland Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.
The moderator is F. Michael Higginbotham, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore. On the panel are: the Honorable Emanuel Brown, Judge, Baltimore City District Court; Joseph I. Cassilly, State's Attorney, Harford County State's Attorney Office; Jane Henderson, Co-Director, Quixote Center; Ray Paternoster, Criminology Professor, University of Maryland, and A. Dwight Pettit, Attorney, A. Dwight Pettit, P.A.
The death penalty is a very timely issue and BLSA thought that it was appropriate to hold a balanced panel discussion on the topic to enlighten the student body and the community. BLSA would like APLSA disseminate the information to its members, UM APLSA members and anyone else who may be interested. There will be at least thirty minutes reserved for questions and answers.
For more information, call 410.837.4683 or e-mail dwbaker_2@yahoo.com.
2/28-3/1 (Fri-Sat): Harvard Conference. Details: check out www.apalsa.org
TBA in February: APALSA/WBA/BLSA Minority Women Panel. APALSA/BLSA/WBA are co-sponoring this panel discussion in hopes that this will evolve into an annual event. We'll bring distinguished panelists from all over Maryland to talk to the students on how they ended up where are today. Panelists range from Judges, Partners in major law firms, solo practictioners, and human rights activists. To help with this, email Reema Malhotra
3/6 (Thurs): APABA-DC's Practicing Attorneys Resource Presents a Panel Discussion. 7:00 pm at McDermott, Will & Emery, 600 13th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. Moderator: John J.G. Kim, Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis LLP. For questions about this program and to RSVP, please contact Janet Shih Hajek at (202) 489-8512.
3/10 (Mon): MSBA-KBC meeting at Hunan Manor located at 7091 Deepage Drive, Columbia, Maryland. The restaurant's phone number is 410-381-1134. It is located just off of Snowden River Parkway in Columbia. The Honorable Brian Kim and Jeannie Hong have graciously agreed to discuss "How to try a District Court Case."
3/12 (Wed): Kickball meeting in Room 210 discuss planning the tournament. Pizza and drinks will be served, so come hungry.
3/15 (Sat): FIRST ANNUAL APABA-MD STUDENT FAIR, 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM at the UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE LAW SCHOOL. See flyer
3/15 (Sat): Becoming American: The Chinese Experience. Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, 14th St. and Constitution Avenue entrance, 6:30 p.m. Bill Moyers presents a 30-minute highlight from the PBS film that will premiere in the spring. Through interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, the film tells the story of Chinese migration to the United States. Christine Chen, executive director of the Organization of Chinese Americans, and Williams College scholar K. Scott Wong, join Moyers for a brief presentation and question-and-answer session with the audience.
3/20 (Thur): PANEL DISCUSSION: WOMEN OF COLOR AND THE LAW. Location: Basement of the University of Baltimore's Law School. Cocktail: 6:00-6:30; Panel Discussion: 6:30 - 7:30; Dinner: 6:30 - 7:30. Panelists: Abanti Bhattacharyya, Esq., Judge Audrey Carrion, Judge Jeannie Hong, Cheryl Haskins, Esq. Moderator: Professor Odeana R. Neal
3/30 (Sun): Korean-American Community Assoication of Howard County, Inc. Citizenship Drive. 1 p.m. at the following church: Bethel Presbyterian Church, 3165 St. John's Lane, Ellicott City, MD 21042, 410-461-1235.
TBA in March: APALSA/UBSPI Fundraising for KIPP Academy in Baltimore
4/15 (Tues): Final APALSA meeting at 5pm in room 203. This meeting will be very important so I'm going to make this *MANDATORY* especially if you'd like to be involved with APALSA for the next school year. The most important item on the agenda will be election for next year's officer. The positions available are: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Recruitment Representative. The nominations and elections will take place at the meeting. Other items to discuss include the Spring Block Party and a possible end-of-year cookout somewhere and possibly Hawaii. Pizza, chicken wings, and drinks will be provided.
The agenda will be as follows:
I. Officer Elections
II. Sprink Block Party - this will occur on April 24. I have reserved a booth and plan on having the video games set up like the last block party. Doritos and candy will also be sold. I will need volunteers to help out in any fashion from 12 - 6pm.
III. Kickball Tournament - Regrettably, kickball must be postponed.
IV. End of year cookout - If anyone will be around after finals, we could all get together for a cookout.
V. Any suggestions made by the floor. Minutes from the meeting.
4/17(Thur): Domestic Violence and Immigration Forum. The Family Law association will be hosting a talk about the probelms domestic violence victims face, their fear to come forward because of their alien status. Attorney Brooke Do from the Women's Law Center of Maryland will be the speaker. It will take place in Room 210. Pizza will be serverd.
4/24(Thur): The Women, Leadership & Equality Program at the University of Maryland School of Law; MARGINS Law Journal; and The Women's Bar Association of The University of Maryland are hosting a symposium entitled, "Title IX: Women, Athletics and the Law." The program will be held on April 24, 2003 from 3:10-5:00 PM with a reception immediately following the discussion. It will be held at the University of Maryland School of Law, 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD in the Ceremonial Moot Court Room.
The panelists include:
Professors of Law Jana Singer
Professor & Commissioner Rita Simon
Vice-President of the National Women's Law Center Jocelyn Samuels
Assistant Professor of Law and Former Counsel to the Commission William Duncan
Professor of Law Suzanne Sangree
The event is free and open to the public -- Please RSVP to attend: contact Lu Ann Marshall at 410-706-4128. For more information, please view the attached brochure.
TBA in Early April: APABA-MD Fundraising Event
TBA: APALSA End of Year Banquet
4/24(Thur): Spring Block Party. This event will be held on Thur., April 24th from 12:00pm -6:00pm. It is scheduled to be held at Gordon Plaza, however, if there is inclement in the weather, it will be in the Basement of the Law School. Ted has reserved a booth and we plan on having the video games set up, much like the fall block party. Doritos candy will also be sold. We will need volunteers to help out, in any fashion, from 12 - 6pm. If you can volunteer some time, please contact either Ted or Reema via email. In addition, a shift sign up sheet will be posted on the APALSA board. This fundraiser has been successful for us in the past, we hope to have another good turnout.
5/1 (Thur): Film screening of Arirang: The Korean American Journey. 6:30 p.m. at Baird Auditorium in National Museum of Natural History. May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and this month's feature will kick off the heritage month festivities around the Smithsonian. Tom Coffman's Arirang: The Korean American Journey, a film in two parts, will screen in its entirety. The screening will be the world premiere of the film's second half. The director will be on hand to discuss his film. No tickets necessary. Open to the public. Reception to follow. For more information, please call (202) 786-2409 or visit www.apa.si.edu