May 2011 news and upcoming events

SABA – SC EVENTS AND CO-SPONSORING EVENTS

How to have a Legal Career AND a Life – May 31, 2011

On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California will be hosting a panel discussion entitled, “How to have a Legal Career AND a Life.” The panel will include the newly minted California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil Sakauye, who along with four other panelists will speak about the challenges of managing a legal practice with the demands of a robust personal life.

The panel will include:

Moderator: Prof. Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow and David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School

Justice Nora M. Manella, Court of Appeals 2nd District

Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, United States District Court for the Central District of California

Patricia Phillips, Partner Phillips, Jessner LLP

Nicky Jatana, Partner Jackson Lewis, LLP

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm at the Kyoto Grand Hotel

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Jackson Lewis, LLP; APABA; IABA; PABA; and SCCLA

Protecting Elders: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Elder Law – June 1, 2011
The Alzheimer’s Association with Bet Tzedek will provide elder law training to lawyers who work with API communities.  Janet Morris from Bet Tzedek’s Longterm Caregiver Project will provide the training with an introduction by Kami Chin of the Alzheimer’s Association.

This training qualifies for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit (including 0.5 hour
ethics) provided by APABA

Date: June 1, 6:00-7:30pm
Place: APALC Community Room (1145 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA).

Dinner included

Cost:

-  Members of co-sponsor bar associations (including SABA-SC members) with RSVP by May 25, 2011 $10; Nonmembers and all RSVPs after May 25, 2011 – $15.00

Co-Sponsors: JABA, APABA, APALC, PABA, SABA-SC, SCCLA, TALA

NASABA Convention 2011 – June 23 -26, 2011

L.A., the City of Angels, Lalaland, Southland and Double Dubuque, are all nicknames for the great city of Los Angeles. Keep your calendars clear between June 23 – 26, 2011, because the North American South Asian Bar Association (“NASABA”) and the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (“SABA-SC”) are proud to bring you NASABA’s Eight Annual Convention at the brand new J.W. Marriott Hotel at Los Angeles’ premier entertainment complex, LA Live. The Convention is suitably themed “Reaching for the Stars” and NASABA invites you to Los Angeles to not only discover why Los Angeles got its nicknames, but to experience the various speakers, panels, and events that NASABA has in store for its highly-regarded Annual Convention.
This is the place for attorneys of South Asian descent and attorneys and law students interested in issues facing South Asian-Americans and South Asia to meet, learn, and network. Last year’s Convention in Boston, offered attendees a unique line-up of history-making South Asian attorneys and professionals, including appellate litigators with more than 30 Supreme Court cases under their belts, the first South Asian federal judge, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the Treasury Department’s $700 Billion Dollar Man. The 2011 Convention promises to deliver even more. Established stars in the legal scene will highlight panel sessions and deliver keynote addresses. Rising stars in the South Asian legal community will find the networking and educational opportunities second to none.
Please join NASABA this year for memorable experiences and prolific events and opportunities. Please visit www.nasabaconvention.org for additional information.

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

Reception honoring Asha Greenberg – May 25, 2011 TODAY!
In celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2011, the Asian Pacific City Attorneys’ Association of the City of Los Angeles will be honoring Assistant City Attorney Asha Greenberg from the Los Angeles City Attorney Office’s Citywide Nuisance Abatement Program.  She has spent over two decades of work in the area of civil property abatements, zoning enforcement, adult entertainment regulation, and medical marijuana regulation, among other areas.

WEDNESDAY MAY 25, 2011

5:30 PM

LOS ANGELES CITY HALL ROTUNDA

Enter at: 200 N. Main St., elevator to 3rd Floor

For parking at City Hall East (200 N. Main St., Los Angeles St. entrance)

Email: ap_caa@yahoo.com by 5-24-2011,

with name, car make & license plate no.

Questions: Donna Wong 213-978-8064

Cocktails and Comedy – June 2, 2011

You are invited to attend a night of Cocktails and Comedy, a special networking opportunity of the Anti-Defamation League’s Asian Jewish Initiative on June 2, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles. General admission is $15 and includes drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and entrance into a comedy show by COLD TOFU, the nation’s premier Asian American Comedy Improv and Sketch Group.

The Growth of Legal Outsourcing – How it Impacts Firms and Clients, and its Ethical and Cultural Consequences – June 14, 2011

The Orange County Bar Association Presents The Growth of Legal Outsourcing How it Impacts Firms and Clients, and its Ethical and Cultural Consequences

Date: Tuesday,

Time: Registration/Dinner: 5:30 p.m.

Program: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

CLE: Approved for 2.0 CLE Credit (Which includes 0.5 of Legal Ethics and 1.0 of Elimination of Bias)

Place: The Radisson Hotel 4545 MacArthur Blvd. Newport Beach, CA 92660

Topics:

• Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession:

Ethical and Cultural Issues Associated

with Outsourcing

• LPOs and How They Work

• Benefits to Law Firms and Clients

• Effects on Jobs, Firms, and a Client’s Perspective

• Pricing, Financial Structures and the

Contracting Process

• Privacy and Data Security

SPEAKER PANEL:

-         Hon. Jay C. Gandhi – United States District Court; Central District of California

-         Neel Chatterjee, Esq. – Partner, Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe LLP

-         Kunoor Chopra, Esq. – Senior Vice President Global Legal Services UnitedLex

-         Jason T.Weintraub, Esq. Senior Policy and Compliance Counsel Broadcom Corporation

Program Chair: Kiran Sharma, Esq. Senior Attorney, FDIC Legal Division

REGISTER ONLINE – WWW.OCBAR.ORG