Community Events

Elimination of Bias MCLE Announcement

A Conversation with the Honorable Jacqueline Nguyen, 9th Circuit

Moderated by Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer

May 24, 2018, 12 - 1 p.m.

Public Works Board Room, Los Angeles City Hall

200 N. Spring Street

Los Angeles 90012

Seating is limited. Please RSVP to: ap_caa@yahoo.com

Hosted by Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer, the Asian Pacific City Attorneys Association and the Los Angeles City Attorneys Association, in celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month.

On April 30, 2018, SCCLA members attended the Century City Bar Association’s Banquet in honor of Paul Chan, who received an award for Trial Lawyer of the Year.

APABA is now accepting applications for its 2018 Judicial Pipeline Project, an effort to:

• Identify and provide outreach to potential qualified candidates for administrative, trial, and appellate judicial offices in the state and federal systems
  
• Assist and advise these candidates in the application and vetting process and the judicial election process, including establishment of a formal mentorship program involving APA judges; and
  
• Create and cultivate relationships to facilitate the appointment of APAs to the bench.
  

The Pipeline Project will evaluate and assess individuals accepted into the program and tailor its resources to prepare these candidates for the bench. Among the Pipeline Project’s features:

• Confidential Judicial Mentor/Mentee Program. Candidates may have an opportunity to be paired with state or federal judicial officers to discuss, among other things, the candidates' plans for the bench
  
• Application Counseling. Candidates will work closely with APABA’s network of advisors to prepare the best possible judicial application.
  
• Endorsement Counseling. Although participation in the project does not in any way guarantee that candidates will be endorsed by any organizations, the Pipeline Project will advise candidates on obtaining community support for their applications to the extent possible.
  
• Post-Application Guidance. Candidates will be counseled on what to do after their applications for judicial officer positions are submitted
  
• Interview Counseling. If a candidate’s name is submitted to the various vetting and rating organizations, the Pipeline Project will assist the candidate in preparing for interviews with those organizations.
  

Our pipeline project advisors are Judge Holly Fujie, Judge Rupa Goswami, Wendy Chang, and Jason Lee, and other bench officers have supported this effort since its inception in 2016. Sister bar members who have been members of the California Bar for at least 10 years can apply here until April 30.

Questions? Contact Christina Yang or Roger Hsieh, Co-Chairs of APABA's Judicial Endorsements and Public Appointments Committee, at christina.t.yang@gmail.com and roger@alum.northwestern.edu.

SCCLA Past President Paul Chan to be Named Trial Lawyer of the Year by Century City Bar Association on April 30, 2018

http://centurycitybar.com/events/Banquet%202018/2018-banquet

SCCLA is now accepting Scholarship/Fellowship applications! See attached for applications and instructions. Applications due April 27, 2018.

Application - Scholarships and Fellowships.doc

SCCLA is now accepting applications for Law Student Representatives for the 2018-2019 year! See attached application and instructions. Applications due March 30, 2018.

Application - Student Representatives.doc

Join us for lunch and a timely, informative discussion of recently released SEC guidance on cybersecurity and disclosure requirements with a panel of the industry's most sought after experts in the field.

• SEC's views on how its existing rules should be interpreted in connection with cybersecurity threats and incidents.
• What your company's obligations are under the rules/guidance.
• How organizations should operationalize their responses to a cyber incident.

• Katharine E. Zoladz, Regional Director of Enforcement, SEC
• Anthony Pacheco, Partner, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP
• Wendy Wu, Managing Director, Stroz Friedberg, an Aon Company
• Cynthia Moore, Senior Director Security Operations, Blackline

Who should attend:

• Chief Risk Officer
• General Counsels
• Chief Information Officers
• Chief Information Security Officers
• Law Firm Counsel

CLE: Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) has arranged for 1 hour of CLE credit through the State Bar of California.

When & Where
Tue, April 24, 2018
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Hilton Checkers
535 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071

Please RSVP By April 20th

http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2018/04/21/a1372508.html

On April 21, 2018, SCCLA Incoming President Shirley Wei, along with other community leaders, met with Senator Hirono of the State of Hawaii to discuss issues concerning APA communities and immigrants’ rights.