APABA, a 501(c)(6) organization, is the oldest and largest association of Asian Pacific American attorneys in the Washington, DC area. Founded in 1981, APABA is an affiliate chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. This blog is the product of efforts by the APABA Executive Board. It will provide updates on APABA activities and serve as a forum for feedback. APABA encourages its members to post their thoughts as comments to this blog.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

APABA-DC Government Attorneys Forum Happy Hour/Networking Event

Government Attorneys Forum of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area (“APABA-DC”)

NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR

on

Thursday, July 26, 2007, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

at

R.F.D. Washington
810 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 289-2030
www.lovethebeer.com

Directions: R.F.D is located a half a block from the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro (Red Line/Yellow/Green Lines).

Questions: If you have any questions or would like more information about the Government Attorneys Forum, please e-mail APABA.GAF@gmail.com or visit APABA-DC’s website at www.apaba-dc.org.

RSVP: Please RSVP to APABA.GAF@gmail.com.

Mission Statement of the Government Attorneys Forum: The purpose of the Government Attorneys Forum of APABA-DC is to encourage and support APA attorneys at all levels of the federal and local governments, cultivate an understanding of the issues facing APA government attorneys, promote the value of public service, increase the representation of APA attorneys in all branches of government, and further their advancement, by providing substantive legal programming, career advice seminars, and social and networking opportunities.

Thursday, June 21, 2007


Meet up with old friends and make new ones at

The APABA-DC Women’s Forum Networking Event

Featuring guest speaker

Grace Chung Becker
Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

On Tuesday, July 10, 2007

From 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Baker & Hostetler
Washington Square, Suite 1100
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-5304

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

Please RSVP at womensforum@apaba-dc.org by Friday, July 6, 2007.

Guest Speaker: Grace Chung Becker currently serves as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. She previously served as an Associate Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Defense. She also has worked as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, Assistant General Counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission, Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and an associate at the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Earlier in her career, Ms. Becker clerked for Judge James L. Buckley on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and obtained her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and was an Associate Editor on The Georgetown Law Journal.

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If you are interested in becoming involved with the APABA-DC Women’s Forum, please contact Elizabeth Lee and Rosy Lor at womensforum@apaba-dc.org. For more information about APABA-DC, visit http://www.apaba-dc.org/.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

The APABA-DC Women's Forum invites you to join our June APA Film & Dinner Social Event!

We will be viewing "The Grace Lee Project," one of the most recent and acclaimed movies by a Korean-American filmmaker. Following the film viewing, we will have dinner and a discussion of the film at a local restaurant.

"The Grace Lee Project" is being shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts as part of the 2007 Korean Film Festival in DC. The film is Grace Lee's celebrated documentary about dozens of women with the same name. Variety calls "The Grace Lee Project," "Delightful! A funny but complex meditation on identity, ethnicity and cultural expectations," and New York Magazine says it's, "…Ridiculously entertaining…" These screenings are made possible by the Korea Foundation.


Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Time: The film runs from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. Please meet promptly by the main entrance doors at 6:15 PM and purchase your $5 Ticket prior to the meeting time (Tickets are available only at the door/Cash only). Ticket reservations have been made under Rosy Lor, APABA-DC.

Location: The National Museum of Women in the Arts

(1250 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington , DC 20005-3970, #202-783-5000)

Take the Red, Blue or Orange line to Metro Center . Use the 13th Street exit and walk two blocks north.

For more information, click on link, http://www.nmwa.org/


Dinner & Discussion: After the viewing, we will walk to Sushi Aoi ( 1100 New York Avenue, NW , Washington , DC , #202-408-7770), for dinner and a discussion of the movie. Appetizers will be provided.


EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!


RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS VIEWING. Please RSVP at womensforum@apaba-dc.org by Monday, June 11th, 2007.

Monday, June 04, 2007

Washington, DC Dragon Boat Race: May 19-20, 2007