The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) was founded in 1976 to provide Asian American attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area with a vehicle for the unified expression of opinions and positions on matters of concern to all Asian American attorneys. AABA also encourages and promotes the professional growth of its members, serves the Asian American and minority community, and fosters the exchange of ideas and information among its members and the legal community at large.

AABA strives not only to meet the professional needs of our members, but to use our resources and expertise to serve the public interest through legal clinics and other programs. To learn more about AABA, click on About Us and Mission/History. Read about our committees and become a member. One of AABA’s main goals from its inception has been to promote the appointment of more Asian Pacific Americans to the judicial bench. Visit our APAs In The Judiciary Resource Page.

A Message from AABA’s President

Welcome to our new AABA! Our Annual Dinner on March 7 was a smashing success. It was wonderful, as always, to see old friends and make new acquaintances. If you missed the dinner, you can feel like you were there by reading Kathy Aoki's article and seeing the photos in the latest issue of the newsletter. In preparing for this year, I found it helpful to review our organization's stated "purposes" as contained in our bylaws and summarized on the website. Read More >>

AABA President Celia Lee

SF Board of Supervisors Election, District Three

AABA is considering endorsing a candidate for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 3 race. The District 3 elections will take place in November 2008 within the larger general elections in San Francisco. As part of the decision-making process, the AABA Board is seeking members' feedback on the qualifications of each candidate. The AABA Board has distributed a questionnaire to each candidate who has filed with the SF Department of Elections. The responses are posted in the links to the right. Note that not all candidates responded to the questionnaire. Please send your comments to aaba.gba@gmail.com regarding these candidate responses or other candidate qualifications by 12 noon, May 30, 2008.

Sal Busalacchi Claudine Cheng David Chiu Mike DeNunzio Denise McCarthy

General Counsel's Round Table -
Climbing the In-House Corporate Ladder

	The In-House Counsel Committees of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) and the Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APBSV) cordially invite you to a panel discussion with distinguished current and former API general counsel at the first annual: General Counsel Round Table – Climbing the In-House Corporate Ladder. The event will be held on:
Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Morrison & Foerster 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA
This event will provide an opportunity for API general counsels to share their personal insight and experience on climbing the in-house corporate ladder and as chief legal officers of public and private companies. You will need to be an in-house attorney to attend as space is limited, and therefore, please also provide your company name along with your title in your RSVP (click on the Evite to RSVP). Questions can be directed to Larry Chew .

AABA Call to Community Service – 2007-08

By Edwin Prather, AABA Immediate Past President. While AABA, the first and largest local Asian American bar association in the nation, has come to serve thousands of lawyers on a variety of national and local issues, we must always be mindful of our history and our origins as a civil rights organization. We have deep roots in the Asian American community and were founded over three decades ago on Asian lawyers’ commitment to public service.  Read More >>

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