APALSA at Widener University School of Law will be hosting its fifth annual mentorship and networking event on Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 6:30pm, at Jasmine Restaurant, 3618 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803. Please visit their flyer. Please see the following message from Widener APALSA's President Prema Roddam:
As the President of Widener APALSA, I am delighted to invite you to our FIFTH ANNUAL MENTORING PROGRAM - NETWORKING NIGHT on November 1st 2011. For the past four years, Widener APALSA's Networking Night has had great success. Attorneys like you have been a big part of this program's success by volunteering to be a Mentor to our law students.
Through this Mentoring Program, Asian-American leaders in the law community provide guidance and advice to Widener APALSA student members. It is a unique program where APALSA members seeking mentors are matched with an attorney who volunteers to be a mentor. We introduce the attorney (mentor) to the student (mentee) at our Annual Networking Event. This is a great opportunity for law students to foster a relationship with an attorney that will be productive and meaningful for both the student and the Mentor. Mentors like you have volunteered to help bridge the gap between the academic world and the professional environment. Through this program, we hope to promote an exchange of dialogue where advice and professional experiences may be shared with our law students from an Asian-American perspective.
Our Annual Networking Night is on November 1, 2011 at 6.30 pm at Jasmine Restaurant in Wilmington, Delaware. It would be an honor and a privilege to have your support and participation in our Mentoring Program. We hope that you will join us for this event and volunteer to be a Mentor. We welcome attorneys to attend our networking event even if they do not wish to be mentors to law students.
An invitation is here. We request an RSVP by October 24th to premaroddam@gmail.com. If you need more information or have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 908-380-1727.
Please join us for the final Philadelphia Community Outreach Session. This final session will be essential for attorneys who are interested in learning about the latest development in the new zoning code anticipated to be adopted imminently by Philadelphia's City Council. The registration fee for this session is $15 for minority bar association members.
This is a Basic Course Designed for:
The New Practitioner who would like to practice real estate law but desires preparation beyond that provided in a typical law school curriculum
The General Practitioner who would like to learn the nuts and bolts of real estate law
The Long-Time Specialist who has specialized in another area but would like to transition into real estate practice.
Accreditation has been requested for this program in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York for 9.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and 1.5 hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit. Certificates of Attendance will be available at the conclusion of each individual session for attendees and speakers.
* Please check your confirmation email prior to each session or the ABA/RPTE click here for additional information.
Come join SABA-DE for an afternoon of Fall Festivities and the first PHS Young Friends Biergarten! Detailed information is just below. Please RSVP to anne.gwal@pepcoholdings.com by September 21, 2011.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) Fall Garden Festival - featuring the PHS Young Friends Biergarten
Sat. September 24 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Gardeners of all ages, interests, and levels will find something to inspire them at the PHS Fall Garden Festival. Held at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, this FREE event features great shopping, food, harvest displays, gardening workshops, horticultural information, and entertainment.
NEW THIS YEAR - PHS Young Friends will host the first-ever Young Friends Biergarten! While enjoying the festivities of the day, stop by the Biergarten for a taste of Yards Brewing Company, with all proceeds supporting PHS. Purchase the new Young Friends Membership Add-On and the drinks are on us! Include the Young Friends Single Add-On with any membership level and receive two complimentary drink vouchers, or get the Dual Add-On and receive four drink vouchers. Click here for more information.
The Navy Yard is located at the south end of Broad Street and is easily accessible from I-95 (Exit 17, Broad Street). Drive through the main gates; the event is held on the Parade Grounds. Entrance to the grounds is on the southeast corner, off Constitution Avenue. The Navy Yard is also well served by mass transit: click here for more information.
The South Asian Bar Association of Delaware (SABA-DE) is co-hosting a presentation on October 3, 2011, at the Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE, entitled Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking and Bonded Labor. The speaker, Saju Mathew, Director of Operations, South Asia, International Justice Mission, has been featured on the CNN Freedom Project.
Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Program begins at 6:30 p.m. with Welcoming Remarks by Linda L. Ammons, Dean of Law School.
Please plan to join us and pass along this invitation to anyone else you think may be interested. The event is free and open to everyone. For planning purposes, please RSVP to collinsc@ballardspahr.com.
This event is qualified for 1.5 CLE credits in DE(free), PA($3) and NJ (self-reporting). Please see the event flyer for more details.
Please join us for this month's happy hour at Twenty Manning, 261 S. 20th Street, on Thursday, September 29, 2011, at 5:30pm-7:30pm. Come out and enjoy the beginning of fall with friends and colleagues.
The Twelfth Annual Diversity Recruitment Reception will be held on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Raymond Harley Training Room, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Three South Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3499.
Current and former prosecutors from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, and the United States Attorney’s Office will gather together to meet recent law school graduates and law students who are interested in employment as a prosecutor.
If you are interested in employment as a prosecutor, please bring two copies of your resume – one for impromptu interviews and one to ensure that the reception committee has a copy. Feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who is interested in learning the truth about being a minority prosecutor.
Please e-mail or call Namratha Ravikant (Namratha.Ravikant@phila.gov or 215-686-6304) or Daren Waite (Daren.Waite@phila.gov or 215-686-5835) to confirm your attendance before September 30, 2011.
The
Diversity in the Profession Committee, with the support of the
Business Law Section, presents "Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in
the Legal Profession: The Business Case or Moral Imperative?" It is
scheduled for Monday, July 25, 2011, from Noon to 1:30 p.m. at the
Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street, 11th Floor Conference
Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
Speakers include:
Paul Bonney, General Counsel & Vice President, PECO
Albert S. Dandridge, III, Partner, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
Michael K. Tucker, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Roberta Jacobs-Meadway, Member, Board of Directors and Executive
Committee, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, Eckert Seamens
The distinguished panelists will discuss:
Whether the business case for diversity or the “moral imperative” argument is more compelling;
How a commitment to diversity and inclusion is conveyed within and outside their organizations;
Best practices for the recruitment, retention and advancement of women and diverse attorneys.
SAALT has recently launched a campaign to mark the 10th anniversary of September 11th. The goals of the campaign are to ensure that the South Asian perspective are part of the national dialogue and to demand our leaders to take a stand against xenophobic rhetoric and policies targeting minorities. For more information, please visit their website.
The Law Library of Congress is searching for a Foreign Law Specialist for countries in South Asia. For more information, please visit their website. The vacancy is open until May 31, 2011.
