Welcome to USC APALSA
Announcements
Monday, April 21, 2008
APABALA 6th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Program
May 14, 2008, 5:30-9PM
Los Angeles Imagin Asian Center
The Next Sleeping Giant: Is There An Emerging Asian
Pacific American Swing Vote?
With the presidential campaign in full swing and the largest voter
turnout in recent memory, where do APA voters stand? Are there
identifiable voting trends? Are APAs the newest “swing vote?”
Free, please RSVP to president@apabala.org by May 9th.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Take Back the Night
Panel and Discussion
Monday, March 31st ~ 6:00pm
Room 3
Harriet Kerr & La Shonda Blunt, Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center
Jane Blissert, Head Deputy, District Attorney’s Office, Sex Crimes Division
Professor Thomas Lyon
Professor Jody Armour
~ Reception with Food and Drinks to Follow ~
Proskauer Rose 1L Meet & Greet
April 2, 2008, Lunch
Crocker Plaza
In N Out served!
Come and enjoy a casual and informative lunch with lawyers from
Proskauer Rose — a leading international law firm with more than 750
lawyers worldwide.
RSVP to Lindsey Kucharsk(lkucharski@proskauer.com) by Friday, March 28, 2008.
Friday, March 28, 2008
APALSA End of the Year Banquet/ Annual Alumni Dinner
April 3, 2008, 7PM
Oiwake
122 Japanese Village Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Come out for good food, great friends, and of course Karaoke!!!! The
new board will be installed at this banquet and there will be raffle
prizes! Also we’ll be honoring the 3L’s and congratulating them on
being almost done!
Please RSVP by April 1st to alumni@uscapalsa.com for Discount
With RSVP: $5/Students, $10/Alumni
Without RSVP: $20/Students and Alumni
SABA-SC Public Interest Foundation’s 5th Annual Banquet
April 24th
Union Station
800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA
Cocktail Hour from 6:30 to 7:30
Dinner & Program begin at 7:30
Tickets: $125 for individuals ($75 for public interest attorneys,
government attorneys, & law students)
Sponsorship Opportunities are available
For additional information please visit our website:
http://www.sabasc.org/foundation.php
Kegger with JLSA, MESALA, and WLA
5pm, April 17, 2008
On the South Lawn
Come out and enjoy a nice kegger with other student groups. JLSA,
MESALA, and WLA will be present. More details to come!
Afterwards, head upstairs to the Diversity Reception! 5:30-7pm, Faculty Lounge. Please email events@law.usc.edu for more details.
Heller Ehrman’s Annual 1L Reception
April 8, 2008, 5PM-7PM
333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Heller Ehrman LLP invites all 1L law students to join us for a
reception sponsored by our Ethnic Diversity and Gender Diversity
Committees. This event will be an opportunity to mix and mingle with
Heller Ehrman attorneys and learn first hand about the firm’s new
First-Year Associate Career Development Program.
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served. Parking is available in the
building and will be validated.
RSVP to Kim.Stone@HellerEhrman.com
JABA 32nd Annual Installation and Awards Banquet
April 4, 2008, Evening
The Center at the Cathedral Plaza,
555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles
Japanese American Bar Association presents its 32nd Annual
Installation and Awards Gala Friday evening, April 4, 2008 at The
Center at the Cathedral Plaza, 555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles
Keynote speaker: Dale Minami
As part of the evening’s festivities, JABA is planning a special tribute
to Mitsuye Endo, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui,
all of whom courageously pressed significant legal challenges to the
mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
More information and invitations to come.
If you’d like to volunteer as a law student to help with the event,
please contact Kent Wakuta (kent.wakuta.2008@lawmail.usc.edu)
SABA-SC Networking Mixer
March 29, 2008, 8:30p.m. to 2a.m.
Falcon
7213 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 850-5350
www.falconslair.com
Appetizers available, and no-wait entrance using SABA’s name!
Contact MShah@PondNorth.com for details.
Proskauer Rose 1L Meet & Greet
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
APALSA BOARD ELECTIONS!!!
The results are in! Thanks to all those who voted. Without further
ado, here is the new face of APALSA for 2008-2009!
President: Grace Tse
IVP: Kristine Wang
EVP: Eric Cheng
Secretary: Phillip Lin
Treasurer: Ryan Tish
Webmaster: Blair McGregor
Social: Jeremiah Chung and Richard Chou
Academic: Nancy Chang and Kensie Kim
Community: Sonia Lau and Elena Taryor
Alumni: Brian Lam
The new board will be officially installed at the End of the Year
Alumni Banquet,
which is tentatively set for April 1, 2008.
SCCLA 33rd Annual Installation and Awards Banquet
March 28, 2008 6:00 PM
Don’t’ miss SCCLA’s Annual Installation & Awards Dinner, which will be
held on April 3, 2008, at Empress Pavilion Restaurant,
located at 988 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, (213) 617-9898. As
always, the dinner will commence to the traditional drum roll of the
Chinatown Lion Dancers, and will feature a sumptuous 10-course Chinese
banquet and special award recipients and speakers. Cocktails start at
6:00 p.m., Dinner at 7:00 p.m.
They need quite a few law student volunteers to help out with event.
As usual, volunteers get a seat at the dinner. Remember if you’re
volunteering you should fill out your community service hours online
at http://mylaw.usc.edu.
Please RSVP with Ning Ji at community@uscapalsa.com.
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