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Click HERE to RSVP to the 2023 APABA Gala
APABA-MD Job Search Series Part 2 - Feb 20, 2023 05:00 PM
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For information about the Victim Rights Foundation, click here.
For information about the panel speakers, click below:
- Professor Taunya Banks (https://www.law.umaryland.edu/directory/profile.asp?id=009),
- Professor Kyeyoung Park (https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/kyeyoung-park/); https://www.sapiens.org/culture/anti-asian-racism-anthropology/
- Dr. Michael Eric Dyson (http://michaelericdyson.com/)
- Gregory Wims (http://www.victimsrightsfoundation.org/founder/founder.html)
- Robert Hur (https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/hur-robert-k/)
Missed the Dumpling-Making Tutorial?
We recorded it. Click here to watch!
In the current COVID-19 global pandemic, APABA-MD has been monitoring updates from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Governor Hogan’s office and Executive Orders in Maryland. Like most organizations, the health and safety of our members and greater community are of utmost importance to us. In light of the health and safety concerns and the current stay-at-home Executive Order, APABA-MD will be postponing our annual May Heritage Gala and cancelling our other In Person APABA-MD events until further notice. All sponsorships and tickets for our May Heritage Gala event will be credited and applied to our postponed event. Should any sponsor or ticketholder desire a refund instead of an application to our postponed event, please contact Caroline Lee-Ghosal at clg@braultgraham.com. We will keep you posted and hope everyone stays safe and healthy.
Past News & Events...
Bringing the Bars Together Happy Hour - April 26 at The 3rd in Columbia, MD
Co-Sponsored by Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, Bourne, Haitian American Lawyers Assoc., MAJ, MHBA, MSBA YLS. Free admission for APABA members! See the flyer and RSVP info here.
Dialogue Over Debate: Building Community through Difficult Conversations - March 22
Co-sponsored by APABA, MSBA YLS, & WBA. Free admission for APABA members!more information here.
APABA Happy Hour hosted by Stein Sperling - April 12 at 5:30 pm
See the flyer here. RSVP by April 10
2023 APABA-MD Gala - May 4 at ViSARTS
The Annual Gala will be honoring Asian-American Women Trailblazers in MD Politics. Don’t miss out on the spectacular event. RSVP now here. Click here for additional details.
APABA-MD job series part 2 on February 20 at 5:00 p.m. via zoom
Don’t miss out on Part 2 of the Job Series. Please rsvp and click here for additional details.
lunar new year celebration! Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Tian Restaurant in Ellicott City
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with colleagues. RSVP by 1/20 here. More details here!
APABA-MD presents Job Series Part 1 on January 16 at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom!
All are welcome! Please rsvp to Anne Grover at agrover@gbfamilylawyers.com. Click here for additional details.
Happy Holidays!
APABA President’s Message here
UB’s APALSA and APABA-MD Meet & Greet!
Networking and camraderie on Tuesday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. at The Brass Tap! Details here!
Ronald McDonald House Community service project and Mixer after!
November 8, 2022, 5:30 p.m. Can’t make it Donate from our Amazon Wish List by Oct 31, 2022. See details here.
Annual Judicial Reception - apaba together with the alliance of black women attorneys, mhba, and monumental city bar assoc.
October 27, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. at Gordon Feinblatt. RSVP by 10/20. More details here on our events page.
UM APALSA pRESENTS MEETING THE AAPI LEGAL COMMUNITY
September 29, 2022 at 5:15 - 7:15 p.m. UM APALSA invites the APABA members.
Welcome back happy hour - Sponsored by MSBA YLS, APABA, MHBA, ABWA, & Minnesota Lawyers Mutual
August 31, 2022, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Maryland Club in Baltimore. Details here.
2022 joint summer picnic hosted by APABA MD & MHBA
July 30, 2022 at 11am - 3pm at Needwood Park! RSVP by July 20. More details here.
2021-2022 Farewell Message from President Juvenile Magistrate Lena Kim
Read the President’s Farewell Message here.
Member Directory for Client Referrals has launched!
Find it here and always in the above top left corner of this page.
WBA & APABA-MD celebrates Roz tang! March 9 - 5:00-7:30 p.m.
Come celebrate Roz’s landmark appointment! Details here!
2022 APABA Gala - May 12, 2022, Vis Arts, 6-9 p.m. rsvp today!
All the details here!
Happy Lunar New YEar!
Welcome 2022 Year of the Tiger! Find out all the different ways Lunar New Year is called here.
Happy New Year from the President
Read President Special Juvenile Magistrate Lena Kim’s New Year Message here.
rosalyn tang appointed to the court of special appeals by gov. hogan!
Rosalyn Tang is a principal at Miles & Stockbridge, P.C. Prior to joining Miles & Stockbridge, she was an associate county attorney and an assistant state’s attorney for Montgomery County. She is a past APABA-MD president, a past Women’s Bar Association of Maryland - Montgomery County president, and currently an active member of both. Congratulations Roz!! Read the announcement here.
marketing yourself workshop
The annual resume and interview workshop is on 1/12. Become the strongest applicant. Details here.
Holiday Party in rockville & Baltimore!
Don’t miss APABA’s holiday party in Rockville (12/16) & in Baltimore (12/20)! Details here.
November Community outreach
Please join in APABA’s November community outreach! Details here.
Diversity in the Law Panel
Don’t miss this discussion moderated by Indira Sharma including panelists, Judge Jeannie Hong and Magistrate Dilip Paliath. More details here and register today!
ICYMI Crab fest & BBQ and APALSA HH was a hit!
Pics here!
pipeline summer scholars is accepting applications
The deadline to apply for the summer 2022 program is Friday, October 8, 2021. Additional information here and here.
apalsa hh - wednesday, september 29, 2021
The APALSA happy hour has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Please see details and RSVP info here!
multiple JUDICIAL vacancies in maryland
There are several judicial vacancies in Maryland, including Montgomery County, Frederick County, and Baltimore City at this time. Find out more here!
President’s message and meet the APABA-MD executive board committee for the 2021-2022 bar year!
Read President Special Juvenile Magistrate Lena Kim’s message for 2021-2022 here.
Check out the new 2021-2022 APABA-MD executive board committee here.
apaba kick-off event - crabs & bbq - sat. september 25, 2021
Kicking off the bar year right! Crabs and BBQ! Please join us on Saturday, September 25, 2021 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Details here.
Sun E. Choi Appointed as ALJ
Sun E. Choi, a past APABA-MD President, was recently appointed as an Administrative Law Judge at the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings. Congrats, Sun!
2020 GALA - May 15, 2020 - POSTPONED
Gov. Hogan Appoints Michael Siri to the District Court of Baltimore County
Michael Siri is a partner and business litigator at Bowie & Jensen, where he has worked since 2004. He graduated from the University of Maryland and has been an active member of APABA-MD. Congratulations!
Lena Kim is selected to serve as the juvenile Magistrate for the circuit court for Montgomery County
Lena Kim had been an Associate County Attorney at the County Attorney’s Office for Montgomery County where she represented the County in child welfare proceedings in both Child In Need of Assistance and termination of parental rights proceedings. Lena graduated from the University of Michigan (BA) and the University of Maryland School of Law (JD). She is an active member of the Women’s Bar Association (WBA) and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland (APABA-MD). Congratulations!
UMD/UB/APABA Networking Happy Hour
February 6, 2020. Click here for photos.
APABA-Holiday Party
December 6, 2019. Click here for photos.
Fireside chat with judge chuang and Robert hur
September 18, 2019. Click here for photos.
APABA GALA - APA HERITAGE MONTH
May 11, 2019. Click here for photos by Usman Suleman!
Holiday Party
One last look at 2018! APABA – MD thanks Mylee Sabarre, Social Chair, and other committee members, for our successful Holiday Party celebrated at the Clyde’s at Tower Oaks in Rockville, MD. Click here for photos.
Mysticism & Meditation: The meeting of east & west
October 3, 2018
Lunar New Year gala
February 17, 2018 - Click here for photos!
End of Year Celebration
June 22, 2017 - Click here for photos!
8th annual apalsa spring reception
March 2, 2017 - Click here for photo!
"Pathways to the Bench"
February 9, 2017 - Click here for photo!
HOLIDAY COCKTAIL RECEPTION
December 8, 2016 - Click here for photos!
WEDNESDAY MAY 8, 2023 at 6-9 pm
VisArts, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD
If you would like to sponsor a Law Clerk or Law Student, please add the option below. You can also sponsor the Gala:
$3500 PLATINUM SPONSOR (ONLY 2) Bar signage w/ company name, full page ad, reserved table of 8 comp tickets w/ table signage, & 8 additional comp tickets to sponsor Court personnel )
$2000 GOLD SPONSOR (full page ad & reserved table of 8 comp tickets w/ table signage)
$1000 SILVER SPONSOR (half page ad & 4 comp tickets)
$650 BRONZE SPONSOR (program recognition & 2 comp tickets)