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Application Deadline | Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. EDT Learn More and Submit an Application Here

NAPABA is pleased to partner with Prudential Financial Inc. (Prudential) and Mayer Brown to provide a fellowship opportunity for a highly-motivated second-year law student. Through this partnership, a talented law student will be selected as the 2018 NAPABA/Mayer Brown/Prudential Law Fellow. The Fellow will join Mayer Brown in its New York or Chicago office in the summer of 2018 following successful completion of his or her second year of law school.

To be eligible to apply, 2L law students must be a NAPABA member.

We are accepting submissions from 2L students until Aug. 14. Submission requirements are as follows:

To apply, you must submit in a single PDF document:

  a discussion of how diversity and inclusion in the workplace or in the academic environment has had a personal impact;

  an example of a time when the candidate faced a challenging project or assignment (work-related, community service, school-related, etc.) that required working with others in a team (including the issues, resolutions, and overall results); or

  a discussion of how participation in the NAPABA/Mayer       Brown/Prudential Fellowship Program will benefit and enhance the       candidate’s experience at Mayer Brown.

All materials must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on Aug. 14. Finalists must be available to participate in phone interviews in August or September 2017. Selected candidates will be invited for in-person interviews in New York, New York, or Newark, New Jersey, in August or September 2017, with offers to be made shortly thereafter.

On April 14, Veronica S. Jung led [Re]Claiming Your Executive Leadership in Work and in Life: Do NOT Follow the Leader at Mayer Brown, sponsored by KALAGNY, AABANY, and QCWBA. Veronica advised that people be honest about the leadership failures in their organizations, step up to fill that need, and practice true empathy as a leader by really connecting with people in a way that is not patronizing or reductive.

Veronica is the founder and CEO of Veronica S. Jung, PLLC, an employment litigation boutique serving NYC’s entrepreneurial community. A Harvard College and Boston University School of Law graduate, Ms. Jung has served as a trial attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She also worked at large and boutique law firms, where she represented Fortune 500 corporations in complex litigation. Ms. Jung is actively involved in the American Bar Association, National Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, the NY Chapter of Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs and several nonprofit boards. Ms. Jung, a mother of two, is a seasoned leadership trainer and coach to minority and female executives in the private and public sectors. 

To see the live-tweets of the event, see below. Thank you to all those who made this event possible.

When you lead with integrity, the things that you do when you're alone are consistent with what you preach.... https://t.co/VnDXvPETKk

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Thanks to @veronicasjung for illuminating the difference between leading with and without authenticity. pic.twitter.com/31Pkr1LGiA

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Real leaders are present with their team and they build genuine trust by showing empathy, not sympathy. They really connect. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

When you fail to be assertive, you perpetuate a false self-image as a 'non-leader' and end up being passive aggressive. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

When some people network, they try so hard to reach their client goals that they're not present and they pass people over. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Rainmaking is a long game. Relationships take a while to build. Never mind fake, inauthentic connections. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

We're all social creatures. Don't be so calculating. Your best relationships come out of genuine connections. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Connecting is about so much more than an elevator pitch. You develop your personal brand by knowing, "I help _ to do _ by _." @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Each day, what 3 things you need to accomplish so that you can feel like you didn't waste the day? @veronicasjung pic.twitter.com/v8PmTuGSvA

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Avoid time vampires. Eliminate energy vampires. Guard your time. Surround yourself with people better than you. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Giving back doesn't just mean your money and time. Be emotionally generous in every social interaction. @veronicasjung

— AABANY (@aabany) April 14, 2016

Purpose eats passion for lunch. If you can be present and true to your values, you'll be able to get the most out... https://t.co/U2Oo1LZpm4

— AABANY (@aabany) April 15, 2016

Thank u @veronicasjung @AABANYPres @aabany & Queens County Women's Bar Association for a great event on leadership! pic.twitter.com/HHk3xe00Cc

NEW YORK – April 25, 2014 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) announces its support of the Joint Statement on Comfort Women Issue regarding the City of Glendale, California’s approval of a public memorial commemorating the more than 200,000 Asian and Dutch women coerced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Armed Forces of Japan between 1932 and 1945.

“AABANY fully supports the Joint Statement on Comfort Women Issue issued on April 21, 2014 by organizations including (but not limited to) the Council of Korean Americans (CKA), the Korean American Bar Association of Washington, D.C. (KABA-DC), the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (APALA-NJ), the Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York (FALANY), and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (KALAGNY),” said AABANY President Clara Ohr.  “The public memorial approved by the City of Glendale, California is an important tribute to the thousands of women who suffered immeasurable humiliation, pain, and suffering during Japan’s colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands.  By educating current and future generations of the gross injustices these women suffered, the City of Glendale Comfort Women Memorial may even have a role in helping to prevent a repeat of such tragic history.”

The full text of the Joint Statement is as follows.

The Korean American Bar Association of Washington, D.C. (KABA-DC), Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York (FALANY), Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD), the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (APALA-NJ), Orange County Korean American Bar Association (OC KABA), Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (KALAGNY), Korean American Bar Association of Chicago (KABA-Chicago), Korean American Bar Association of Georgia (KABA-GA), Korean Community Lawyers Association (KCLA), Korean American Bar Association of San Diego (KABA-SD), Korean American Bar Association of Northern California (KABANC), Korean American Civic Action Committee, and the Council of Korean Americans (CKA)  are deeply appreciative of the Glendale City Council's support for and approval of a public monument in memory of the more than 200,000 Asian and Dutch women who were coerced into sexual slavery by Imperial Armed Forces of Japan between 1932 and 1945 (the "Comfort Women Monument").

These women suffered unimaginable violence and brutality. Many have died; many near the end of their lives. It is important to remember what happened to them. They were victims, along with many others, of Japanese militarism and colonialism.  

The suffering of these women, sometimes called "comfort women" after a Japanese euphemism for them, is a historical fact. As the U.S. House of Representatives said in H.R. 121: "[T]he Government of Japan, during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, officially commissioned the acquisition of young women for the sole purpose of sexual servitude to its Imperial Armed Forces." These women "suffered gang rape, forced abortions, humiliation, and sexual violence resulting in mutilation, death, or eventual suicide in one of the largest cases of human trafficking in the 20th century." This resolution, which was adopted unanimously by the House of Representatives, was written and sponsored by Congressman Mike Honda of California. 

We deplore the filing of a lawsuit in Federal district court that seeks the removal of the Comfort Women Monument. We are especially saddened by the representation of the plaintiffs in that lawsuit by Mayer Brown, a well-respected international law firm. The Complaint written by Mayer Brown lawyers refers to the comfort women as women "who were recruited, employed, and/or otherwise acted as sexual partners" of Japanese soldiers, without any acknowledgement of the violence committed against them. The Complaint goes on to argue that the actions of the Glendale City Council violate the United States Constitution. We cannot see how it could responsibly be argued that the approval of a memorial to the victims of wartime sex trafficking could be an unconstitutional act.

We also condemn those who would use the comfort women issue as an excuse to attack the Japanese American community. It is irresponsible to blame Japanese people generally, and especially irresponsible to blame Japanese Americans, for what happened during the World War II era. The actions at issue were taken 80 years ago by officials of the Japanese government.

George Santayana noted that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." We applaud the Glendale City Council's act of remembrance. We hope that by facing historical truths we can avoid the tragic mistakes of the past and strive for a more just and humane world. Please contact Yule Kim of KABA-DC at [email protected] for more information.

For more information, please contact Simone Nguyen, AABANY Program Associate, at (718) 228-7206, or direct any inquiries to [email protected].

The Asian American Bar Association of New York is a professional membership organization of attorneys concerned with issues affecting the Asian Pacific American community.  Incorporated in 1989, AABANY seeks not only to encourage the professional growth of its members but also to advocate for the Asian Pacific American community as a whole.  AABANY is the New York regional affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA).

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NSA now meddling with lawyers – Judge Napolitano

In the months since Edward Snowden revealed the nature and extent of the spying that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been perpetrating upon Americans and foreigners, some of the NSA’s most troublesome behavior has not been a part of the public debate.

This behavior constitutes the government’s assaults on the American legal system. Those assaults have been conducted thus far on two…

Associated Press, February 16, 2014

Washington--The National Security Agency was involved in the surveillance of an American law firm while it represented a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States, The New York Times reported in a story based on a top-secret document obtained by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden.

The February 2013 document shows that the Indonesian government had retained the law firm for help in trade talks, the Times reported in a story posted on its website Saturday. The law firm was not identified in the document, but the Chicago-based firm Mayer Brown was advising the Indonesian government on trade issues at the time, according to the newspaper.

The document itself is a monthly bulletin from an NSA liaison office in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The NSA’s Australian counterpart, the Australian Signals Directorate, had notified the NSA that it was conducting surveillance of the talks, including communications between Indonesian officials and the American law firm, and offered to share the information, the Times reported.

Liaison officials asked the NSA general counsel’s office, on behalf of the Australians, for guidance about the spying. The bulletin notes only that the counsel’s office “provided clear guidance” and that the Australian eavesdropping agency “has been able to continue to cover the talks, providing highly useful intelligence for interested U.S. customers,” according to the Times story.

The NSA is prohibited from targeting Americans, including businesses, law firms and other organizations based in the United States, for surveillance without warrants, the Times reported. Intelligence officials have repeatedly said the NSA does not use the spy services of its partners in an alliance of intelligence operations--Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand--to skirt the law.

The Times reported that the NSA can intercept the communications of Americans if they are in contact with a foreign intelligence target abroad, such as Indonesian officials. The U.S. agency is then required to follow so-called minimization rules to protect their privacy, such as deleting the identity of Americans or information that is not deemed necessary to understand or assess the foreign intelligence, before sharing it with other agencies, the paper reported.