November 2011 news and announcements

Location — The Wilshire Grand, 930 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017

Time — Cocktails 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm; Dinner 8:00 pm

The SABA-SC Foundation strongly encourages SABA members to attend SAHARA’s 20th anniversary event. SAHARA is a grant recipient of the SABA-SC Foundation and provides crucial services for survivors of domestic violence in the Southern California community.

http://www.sahara-socal.org/

Location — UCLA School of Law, Room 1347

Time — 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Applying to law school this year?  Meet UCLA Law admissions staff and current students.  Gain invaluable insights into completing an effective law school application and enjoying life as a law student.  Lunch will be served.  Free parking will be available in Parking Lot 2.

** Please RSVP to harris2013@lawnet.ucla.edu by Thursday, November 17th.  You are welcome to join us even if you cannot attend the entire event. **

Co-Sponsored by:

Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association

Black Law Students Association

La Raza Law Students Association

OUTLaw

South Asian Law Students Association

Students Helping Assure Racial Equity, Justice & Diversity

Location – Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA

Time — 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Please join SABA-SC and over 14 other APA community organizations as we come together to celebrate the holidays and serve our communities through the gift of toys. SABA-SC is looking for volunteers to help with this event. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Sarina Saluja, our Litigation Chair, at “ssaluja@allenmatkins.com“.

Bring an unwrapped toy valued at $20 or more or minimum donation of $20. Food, drinks, and entertainment at the event are included with admission.

Toys and proceeds will benefit the following:

* Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) clients

* Asian Pacific Women’s Center (APWC)

* Asian Rehabilitation Service, Inc. (ARS)

* Asian Youth Center (AYC)

* Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF)

* Chinatown Service Center (CSC)

* Interval House

* Korean Health Education Information and Research (KHEIR)

* Korean Youth and Community Center (KYCC)

* Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC)

* Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)

* South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency (SAHARA)

* Thai Health and Information Services, Inc. (THAIS)

* Western Justice Center (WJC)

Co-Sponsoring Organzations: ABL, APA UCLA, APABA, APAWLA, APEX, JABA, KABA, NAAAP-LA, OCA-GLA, PABA, SABA, SCCLA, TALA

Community Sponsors: APALC, APCF

Please also visit and Like the official APA Toy Drive Facebook page:www.facebook.com/apatoydrive

Location — Jonathon Club, 545 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA

The Institute is organized by the USC Gould School of Law and the Corporate Law Departments Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and will include cutting edge MCLE seminars and top notch speakers including: Russell Goldsmith, Chairman and CEO of City National Bank; Noted Constitutional law scholars Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Eugene Volokh;  General Counsel of Compal Electronics, DISH Network, Focused Solution Recourse Delivery Group, the National Labor Relations Board; and many others.
http://law.usc.edu/cle/icc/

Call (213) 743-1772 or email cle@law.usc.edu

Please keep the date free for one of SABA-SC’s biggest events of the year.  Attorneys interested in signing up as mentors should contact Board Member Reshma Tolani, our Membership Director, at reshma.tolani@yahoo.com. Law students interested in signing up as mentees should contact Dilheer Vahali, our Law Student Chair, at dvahali@gmail.com.