STUDENTS - SAVE THE DATE!

Career night is an opportunity for undergraduates and J.D. candidates to meet practitioners of different walks of life in the legal profession. Our 2006 career night panelists were Hon. Tomson Ong (Judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles County), Ramiro Cisneros (Public Defender, Los Angeles County), Ben Hofilena (Associate, McDermott Will & Emery LLP) and Ireneo Reus (The Law Offices of Ireneo A. Reus III).

Stay tuned to this website for the venue and a list of panelists for this year's career night! If you would like to be added to the information distribution list for this event, please contact Gilbert Villaflor.

Bowling Night!

Join us for our annual Bowling Night!

PABA BOWLING NIGHT
October 4, 2007
7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Jillian's Universal City
1000 Universal Studios
Universal City, CA 91608
Phone: 818.985.8234

We're moving on up! Instead of Mar Vista Lanes, this year's Bowling Night will be at the very posh Jillian's at Universal City.

Bowling Night is a mixer for PABA attorneys and law students, but more than that, it's a whole lot of fun! The cost is a mere $10 for law students, and $25 for attorneys. Admission includes lane rental and shoe rental, and OPEN BAR!!!!

Please RSVP via the Evite distributed to the listserv, or by contacting Arnold Pamplona by September 27.

WHO WANTS TO BE A JUDGE? PABA to Co-Sponsor Workshop on Sept. 14

If you have aspirations toward the bench, it would behoove you to attend the Japanese American Bar Association's Judicial Appointment Workshop entitled "Practical Tips on the Appointment Process. The event will be held on the campus of Southwestern Law School (3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles) and will take place on Septmeber 14, 2007 at 6 p.m.

This program, co-sponsored by PABA, will feature a panel discussion including Judge Lance Ito, Judge Roger Ito, Judge Tammy Ryu, and Judge Greg Dohi.

Michael, Yamaki, Former Appointments Secretary will be a special guest for the evening.

The cost is $40, and includes appetizers, drinks, and 1 hour of MCLE credit.

Please RSVP by September 11, 2007 to jabarsvp@gmail.com and by sending your check payable to JABA, to Katherine Hikida, P.O. Box 4212, Orange, CA 92863.

Help PABA Recruit Law Students! (Please?)

PABA is co-sponsoring the Asian Pacific American Bar Association's law student welcome mixer on Thursday, September 13 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at

Busby's East
5364 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

Light appetizers will be served. The event is free for all law students and PABA members (including those PABA members whose dues are in arrears, or who have never paid their dues) PABA needs you to help recruit law students for our great organization! If you can step up to the plate, please contact Arnold Pamplona.

PABA to Co-Sponsor Racial Profiling and Selective Prosecution Seminar

On Wednesday, September 12, 2007, APIforJustice will present a community teach seminar entitled

Equal Justice? Racial Profiling and Selective Prosecution in the API Community

PABA is a co-sponsor of the event, which will be held at the Japanese American Culture and Community Center, located at 244 S. San Pedro, Conference Room A & B, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Registration and a light dinner will commence at 5:30 p.m. The seminar will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

A media panel will examine if mainstream media and entertainment have fanned the negative stereotypes of APIs and paranoia in the country. At the criminal justice panel, legal experts and community activists will examine the issues of racial profiling and selective prosecution in the API community. Intended outcomes include: (1) raised the awareness of these issues among APIs leaders; and (2) calls for action.

This seminar is for community leaders, concerned citizens, legal professionals, and students who care about the welfare of API community members and who believe in upholding the constitutional rights of all citizens in this country.

Admission is FREE, but space is limited. If you plan to attend, please contact Arnold Pamplona. Here is a partial list of speakers:

Guy Aoki, the head and co-founder of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans. He is also a contributing columnist for the Rafu Shimpo.

Warren Furutani, a member of the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.

Emil Guillermo, a print and broadcast journalist. The first non-white host of NPR's "All Things Considered," Guillermo is the author of the book "Amok."

Erin Aubry Kaplan, columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Alan Kumamoto of Kumumoto Associates, a a marketing, management and communications general partnership.

Angela Oh, Esq., one of the nation's leading commentators on race relations and author of "Open: One Woman's Journey."

Brian Sun, Esq., partner with Jones Day, and former defense attorney to Wen Ho Lee.

Tritia Toyota, an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years in Southern California television news.

Mia Yamamoto, distinguished criminal attorney.

PABA to Co-Sponsor Summer Networking Reception

PABA, a member of the Multicultural Bar Alliance of Southern California (MCBA), is co-sponsoring the MCBA's annual summer networking reception this Thursday, August 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

MCBA has secured Connie Rice as this year's speaker. Ms. Rice is the co-director of the Advancement Project Los Angeles. One of the pre-eminent civil rights lawyers and activists of our time, Ms. Rice will share some of her leading-edge ideas on the vital partnership between lawyers and the community in addressing current issues of inequity and exclusion and helping marginalized communities to overcome racial, class, and other barriers to opportunity.

The event will take place at

Taipan Restaurant
330 S. Hope Street Los Angeles

(Wells Fargo Center, 2nd Floor)

(213) 626-6688

Admission is free for all PABA members, and includes an all-you-can-eat buffet.

The Multicultural Bar Alliance of Southern California is comprised of the following organizations:

Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (APABA), Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (BWL), Iranian American Lawyers Association, Italian American Lawyers Association, Japanese American Bar Association (JABA), John M. Langston Bar Association, Korean American Bar Association (KABA), Latina Lawyers Bar Association (LLBA), Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LGLA), Mexican American Bar Association (MABA), Philippine American Bar Association (PABA), Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA), South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (SABA-SC), Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA), and its Associate Member: San Fernando Valley Bar Association (SFVBA).

PABA and CELA Will Take You Accross Enemy Lines

On Thursday, August 2, 2007, PABA, along with the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA), will present "Crossing Enemy Lines," a labor and employment seminar where plaintiff and defense attorneys will dialogue about effective and not-so-effective strategies.

The seminar will be from 4-6 p.m., with a 1-hour networking reception to follow (Filipino food catered by the parents of PABA Board Member Cecilia Amo), and will take place at the downtown Los Angeles office of Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, the law firm of PABA President-Elect Francisco "Kiko" Ochoa.

Two hours of MCLE credit are available. The registration fee of $40 covers the seminar, program materials, and the networking reception after the seminar.

Please see the attached registration form for more information.

The Panel:

Plaintiff Team
Alejandro Blanco, Attorney at Law
Toni Jaramilla, Toni J. Jaramilla, a Professional Law Corp.
Anthony Luti, Luti Law Firm


Defense Team
Melvin N.A. Avanzado, Jeffer Mangels, Butler & Marmaro
Fransico Ochoa, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
Vince Verde, Musick, Peeler & Garrett


Investigator and Mediator
Nancy Bornn, Bornn & Surls