WSCL - Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

Got this in email
"LAFLA Seeking Part-time Law Clerks
For over 85 years, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) has been the frontline law firm
for low-income people in Los Angeles. LAFLA is committed to promoting access to justice,
strengthening communities, fighting poverty, and effecting systemic change through
representation, advocacy, and community education. LAFLA's more than 120 staff provide a
comprehensive range of free legal assistance to almost 100,000 people each year. LAFLA has
five offices, three courthouse-based family law/domestic violence clinics, Self-Help Legal
Access Centers located in four courthouses, and conducts community clinics and outreach in
locations throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
LAFLA’s Asian and Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project (API Project) is currently
seeking applicants with language skills in Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Khmer, and
Vietnamese for open part-time law clerk positions. LAFLA created the API Project to serve
limited English proficient (LEP) and monolingual APIs, providing access to the full range of
services LAFLA offers. LAFLA was one of the first legal services organizations in the country to
create a specialized API Project to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate assistance to
LEP clients. We have expertise in specific areas of law, including family law and immigration,
and we work closely with all of LAFLA’s substantive experts to ensure that API clients critical
legal services. We have also conducted pioneering advocacy work to ensure language access
for API communities to the courts, government benefits, and other social services.
Under the supervision of LAFLA attorneys, law clerks perform a wide range of duties, such as:
conducting client interviews over the phone and in person; performing factual investigations and
analyzing documents; developing legal research and writing skills, including drafting memos,
court pleadings, and administrative briefs as well as propounding/responding to discovery;
providing counsel and advice and brief services; attending hearings and trials, including
conducting simple hearings under the supervision of an attorney, as appropriate; working on
community education and outreach projects; staffing community-based clinics; and working with
community stakeholders and organizations.
If you are interested, please submit a resume and cover letter to Jackie Park at [email protected].
Thank you."

Join us for the next OCAABA event.

March 29th: FREE CLE PROGRAM "Doing Business in and with Asia: Recent Trends and Developments"

Orange County Asian American Bar Association installation dinner. Come network and see the new members of the board for 2017.

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http://www.advancingjustice-la.org/get-involved/volunteer-us/internships

Internships | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA Please note that Advancing Justice-LA receives many internship applications and you will only be contacted if selected for an interview.

Join us Thursday February 16th for a joint APALSA meeting amongst all of the Orange County Law Schools.

Online sign ups are open for the blood drive! To make your life-saving appointment, please go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code WesternState. Help us get to our goal of 30 donors!

American Red Cross - Give blood
ATTENTION: The American Red Cross is closely monitoring the Zika virus. We ask you not to donate if any Zika virus risk exposures apply to you. We are asking you to return to donate blood 4 weeks after your last risk exposure. All other eligibility requirements still apply.
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American Red Cross - Give blood ATTENTION: The American Red Cross is closely monitoring the Zika virus. We ask you not to donate if any Zika virus risk exposures apply to you. We are asking you to return to donate blood 4 weeks after your last risk exposure. All other eligibility requirements still apply.

OCAABA Outstanding Student Awards

Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA) is currently looking to award 2-4 students for paid fellowships and scholarships. SCCLA is encouraging all students to apply. The winners will be announced and awarded in early April at the SCCLA banquet dinner at the Empress Pavillion.

Whittier APALSA is hosting a joint OC APALSA Karaoke event next Friday, here are the details:

OC APALSA Karaoke Night
February 26, 2016 | 7:00 pm
Plush Karaoke Lounge
2710 Alton Pkwy #203, Irvine, CA 92606

email or message Leah at: [email protected] if you are interested in attending!

All grown up and climbing!