Networking Skills: Theory and Practice

Why are networking skills important? How do you develop your networking skills? At an event or conference, how do you begin to network and make “connections” with other participants? Outside of an event or conference, how do you begin to network and make “connections”? How can you use your network to help yourself and others? How do you build and maintain your network? Participants will learn useful tips on how to network effectively and maintain the relationships, and will be able to immediately put those tips to use at a networking reception following the panel discussion.


Speakers: Kimberly Tan Majure, Partner, Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Vincent A. Eng, Deputy Director, Asian American Justice Center
(formerly National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium)

Moderator: John C. Truong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia

Sponsor: APABA-DC’s Practicing Attorney Resource Committee

Location: Miller & Chevalier Chartered
655 15th Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005

Closest metro stops: McPherson Square - Exit at 14th & I Streets, N.W. or Metro Center - Exit at 13th and G Streets, N.W.

http://www.millerchevalier.com/about/contactus/?directionid=1

(Refreshments and food will be provided. There is no charge for the
event.)

When: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
6:30pm – 8:30pm

Contact: Please RSVP to May C. Lee at par@apaba-dc.org by July 7, 2006.


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If you are interested in being involved with APABA-DC’s Practicing Attorney Resource Committee, please contact May C. Lee at par@apaba-dc.org.

LAW STUDENTS, KNOW THY CAREER OPTIONS

Co-sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area (APABA), the APABA Educational Fund (AEF) and the South Asian Bar Association of Washington D.C. (SABA) and hosted by Jones Day.

Understanding your career options following law school is an endeavor that can, at times, be overwhelming. APABA, AEF and SABA have partnered together to offer a program that will shed light on the hiring process, work environment, strengths, and merits of at least three of the most common paths that attorneys take once the bar exam is behind them: private practice, government, and public interest.

This year’s speakers will include Yoora Pak, an attorney in private practice who has also worked in government as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Labor, Tejpal Chawla who is an Assistant US Attorney for the District of Columbia who was formerly in private practice at Crowell and Moring, and Pooja Mehta, a public interest attorney at the Children’s Law Center. APABA President-Elect Robert Wone will moderate the panel discussion. Following the panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to talk more directly with the speakers and with other attorneys through break-out sessions. We encourage you and your classmates to attend what will be an enlightening program about the various career options that lay ahead of you. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvre will be served. Please RSVP to rwone@cov.com.

DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2006 - 5:45-8:00

LOCATION:
JONES DAY
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-2113
Near the Judiciary Square Metro Station

SCHEDULE:
5:45 – 6:20 – Registration & Reception
6:20 – 6:30 – Greetings/Opening Remarks 6:30 – 7:15 – Panel Discussion
7:15 – 8:00 – Break-out Sessions

Questions or to RSVP email Robert Wone at rwone@cov.com.