ALSA Meeting

Guest speaker:  Warren Huang, AABA President.

Also, exam study tips and free lunch.

Location: 240 BLB

General Meeting

Monday, November 10th

Location: Trailer 7B

Topic: summer plans, 1L needs, Rockets game, Winstead scholarship meeting

Food: will be served (come eat)

AABA

Thursday, October 9th: Breakfast With the General Counsel Series.  This
month’s special guest will be David B. Garten, Vice President & General
Counsel of Chevron Global Downstream LLC.  The breakfast will be held at
the Junior League of Houston (1811 Briar Oaks Lane).  Registration and
reception will start at 7:30 am with the breakfast and presentation
following at 8:00 am.  Admission is free for AABA members and $25 for
non-AABA members.  Special thanks to Pillsbury for underwriting this
program.  Please RSVP at www.aabahouston.com.

Friday, October 10th / Saturday, October 11th: The AABA – in conjunction
with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the
Organization of Chinese Americans, and the Asian Pacific American Law
Students Association at South Texas College of Law – will be helping
monitor the polls and conducting non-partisan voter surveys at polling
sites in the Greater Houston area.  For your convenience, you can choose
to attend one of three different training sessions: (1) October 10th,
12:00 Noon, at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (1301 McKinney, 51st Floor); (2)
October 10th, 3:30 pm, at South Texas College of Law (1303 San Jacinto,
Room 317); and (3) October 11th, 3:00 pm, at OCA Conference,
International Trade Center Building (Bellaire & Boone).  For more
information, please contact Warren Huang at whuang@fulbright.com.  We
strongly encourage everyone to participate in this important event.

Saturday, October 11th: The AABA – in conjunction with Lone Star Legal
Aid and the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program – will be hosting a
Hurricane Ike outreach clinic at the MetroBank Community Center (Dynasty
Plaza, 9600 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 201).  The clinic will run from
8:00 AM – 11:05 AM (Vietnamese-language session) and 12:00 PM – 3:05 PM
(Mandarin Chinese-language session).  The clinic will be devoted to
educating members of the APA community on how to obtain FEMA benefits
and to providing legal assistance for problems arising from Hurricane
Ike.   If you are interested in participating (either as faculty or to
help with the logistics of the event), please sign up at
www.aabahouston.com or contact AABA VP of Community Relations, Lynn
Kramer, at lkramer@munsch.com.

Thursday, October 16th: The AABA – in conjunction with the Asia Society
- will be holding a Pre-Election Meet-and-Greet Mixer at HUE (3600 Kirby
Drive, Suite H / Kirby & Richmond).  The mixer will run from 6:00 PM -
8:00 PM, and attendance is free for everyone.  Come out to meet local
APA candidates for public office and see friends and colleagues.  Please
RSVP at www.aabahouston.com.

First Meeting Success

Thanks to all the people who came to the introductory meeting.  The turnout was great and I hope we gave you at least one reason to join our organization.  If you have questions, please contact one of us and we will be glad to answer them.  I will try and get the membership form to download here on the site.  Again, thanks for coming.  If you have questions email me:  jcwu2 at central_uh_edu

ALSA Introductory Meeting (Welcome!)

Time and Place

Date:	Thursday, September 25, 2008
Time:	12:00pm – 12:45pm
Location:	BLB 240

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AABA Gala

Just a friendly reminder that the Asian American Bar Association of
Houston will be holding its 2008 Gala & Silent Auction at the Hilton
Americas in Downtown Houston.  In recognition of the hardship Hurricane
Ike has inflicted on Southeast Texas, the AABA is pleased to announce
that it will be donating a percentage of the proceeds of the Gala to
Hurricane Ike relief efforts.

The featured keynote speaker this year will be Ellen Summer (Secretary
and General Counsel of Schlumberger Limited), and the 2008 AABA Impact
Award will be presented to Daniel Hu (United States Attorney’s Office).
The reception and silent auction will start at 6:30 pm, followed by
dinner and the program at 7:30 pm.  Admission is $50 for law students,
$75 for AABA members, and $100 for non-AABA members.  Reservations can
be made with Gala Co-Chair Sherry Scott at Sherry.L.
Scott@ExxonMobil.com or online at www.aabahouston.com.

Space is limited, so please RSVP no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday,
September 23, 2008.

AABA – second annual Law Day pro bono event

Saturday, October 11, 2008: The AABA and HVLP will be holding their
second annual Law Day pro bono event at MetroBank Community Center at
Dynasty Plaza (9600 Bellaire Blvd., Suite 201).  Law Day is a day-long
seminar in which AABA members teach classes on legal issues of interest
in Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese to the local APA community, helping
to educate the community on their legal rights and answer legal
questions they may have.  If you’re interested in volunteering, please
contact VP of Community Relations Lynn Kramer at lkramer [at] munsch.com

2008 AABA Gala

2008 AABA Gala is coming up on Friday, September 26, 2008, at the Hilton Americas Hotel.  The Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction begin at 6:30 pm and the dinner starts at 7:00pm.  Tickets for law students are $50;  please be sure to reserve them today.

Alison and Sherry are also looking for some students to help volunteer that day .  If you are free and are interested, please email them at aaba.gala@gmail.com.

24th Annual Gala & Silent Auction

Dear AABA Friends,

I can’t believe it’s August!  Our 24th Annual Gala & Silent Auction will be held next month on Friday, September 26, 2008 at the Hilton Americas.  I hope you will join us as we honor Daniel David Hu for his many contributions to our legal community and listen as Schlumberger’s General Counsel Ellen Summer inspires us with her words of wisdom.  More information about the Gala as well as other AABA and community news and events can be found in the attached newsletter.

We also want to highlight two events coming up this month:  (1)  Fundamentals of Business Development featuring Jim Cranston of Hildebrant International this Friday, August 8, 2008 at Gardere Wynne Sewell’s offices, and (2) Breakfast with the General Counsel on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at The Junior League.  You may RSVP on-line at www.aabahouston.com.

Best,

Catherine Than

AABA President

Morgan Lewis Diversity Fellowship Program

Morgan Lewis is proud to announce our Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP). The DFP includes stipends that are designed to assist Diversity Fellows with law school expenses. Our goals are to promote diversity in the legal profession and to attract future leaders who are committed to the importance of diversity.

Fellowships

The DFP awards salaried summer associate positions and $15,000 stipends to highly qualified second-year students to promote diversity within the firm. Fellowships will be awarded to summer associate program candidates. The stipends will be paid to fellowship recipients who complete the Summer Associate Program and accept offers of full-time associate employment with the firm. Half of the stipend will be paid when the summer associate accepts the offer of associate employment, and half will be paid upon commencement of associate employment.

Eligibility

The DFP is open to any second-year law student. Eligible applicants will (1) have successfully completed one year of law school, (2) have demonstrated academic excellence, (3) have outstanding leadership skills, (4) have an interest in employment with Morgan Lewis, and (5) have a demonstrated interest in promoting diversity.

Please click the link below to view more information on the firm’s DFP and download the application.  The deadline to apply is September 19, 2008.

http://www.morganlewis.com/index.cfm/nodeID/944BDA3F-4138-430A-A602-FBFE2800DCE4/fuseaction/content.page

Sarah B. Rhoads
Attorney Recruiting Coordinator
Morgan, Lewis, Bockius LLP
txrecruiting@morganlewis.com
www.morganlewis.com