South Asian Bar Association of Northern California
Mid-June 2014 Newsletter |
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This newsletter we Spotlight Anand Parikh of Morrison & Foerster and feature the SABA-NC In-House Counsel Group.
In light of the SABA North American convention, we'll be skipping our monthly SF happy hour for June. But we hope you're planning to join us, and our colleagues across the country in Chicago!
Also, please join the SABA-NC Foundation at a reception to honor this year's Public Interest Fellows on June 26th!
If you haven't yet (or even if you have) give back a little by volunteering at our legal clinics. We have an online scheduling tool to make sign up quick and easy.
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SABA-NC Events
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 SABA-NC Pro-Bono Legal Clinics: Call for volunteers!
10 am - 12 pm
We need volunteers for the following dates and locations:
Sunday, June 22 - ICC Milpitas
Sunday, July 13 - ICC Milpitas
Sunday, July 27 - ICC Milpitas
Visit our website for more information. Please email [email protected] to sign up. We greatly appreciate your support and dedication!
SABA-NC In-house Counsel Group Inaugural Dinner
Wednesday, June 25, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
TBD, Palo Alto
Are you In-House Counsel? If so, the SABA-NC In-House Counsel Group is for YOU! This brand new group will help foster networking and mentoring among SABA-NC's in-house members. Join us for our inaugural event, "Dinner with a Trailblazer", with featured speaker Devang Shah, GC, Secretary & VP of Zynga.
SABA North America: Annual Convention
June 19-21
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago
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SABA North America is excited to invite you to it's 11th Annual Convention "ELevating the Bar" at the Fairmont Millennium Park in Chicago, June 19-21. This is the professional and networking event for South Asian lawyers across the continent.
As always, we strive to provide you with the most interesting, relevant and unique panels possible. This year's Keynote Speaker, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court (N.Cal.), celebrates a year with unprecedented numbers of South Asians rising to the bench (double digits!)
For more information on panels, speakers, venues, events and all things Convention, go to www.sabanorthamerica.com/convention.
8th Annual SABA-NC Foundation Public Interest Awards Reception
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Farella Braun + Martell LLP, 235 Montgomery St, 17th Floor, San Francisco
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Please join SABA-NC Foundation as we honor our Public Interest Fellows, selected from a pool of competitive applicants all working in social justice/public interest sectors over the summer. The Public Interest Fellowship is designed to encourage law students to consider practicing as public interest lawyers.
Please RSVP to [email protected] by June 19, 2014. Light appetizers and refreshments to be served.
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SABA-NC Spotlight: Anand Parikh
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Anand Parikh is an associate in the corporate practice of Morrison & Foerster. His practice focuses on emerging companies/venture capital, public company counseling and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, Anand was part of the team that assisted Intel in its $740M investment in Cloudera. He has also been involved in several IPOs and large acquisitions of public and private companies. Anand is also passionate about the rights of underrepresented minorities and is currently representing an LGBTQ individual in an asylum hearing.
Prior to his legal career, Anand was a Senate Fellow in the California State Senate working for State Senator Joe Simitian, with a policy portfolio focused on energy, transportation and housing. He was the legislative aide staffed on SB 33, the landmark legislation requiring investor-owned utilities, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to increase procurement from eligible renewable energy resources to 33% of total procurement by 2020. He also founded and sold a successful tutoring and test preparation company while in college at the University of Michigan.
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Other Events
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So You Want To Be A Judge? The Judicial Appointments and Elections Process
Monday, June 16, 2014, 4:30-8:00 pm McGeorge School of Law, 3200 Fifth Avenue, Sacramento
Guest Speakers:
Joshua Groban, Special Assistant to Governor Jerry Brown
Jason Lee, Chair, Judicial Nominees Evaluations (JNE) Commission
Moderator
Lara Krieger, Immediate Past Chair, Judicial Nominees Evaluations (JNE) Commission
"Ask The Judges" Workshop
● Hon. Thadd A. Blizzard, Sacramento County Superior Court
● Hon. Tami Bogert, Sacramento County Superior Court ●Hon. Kimberly Colwell,Alameda County Superior Court
● Hon. Elena Duarte, 3rd District Court of Appeal
● Hon. Laurie Earl, Sacramento County Superior Court
● Hon. Tara Flanagan, Alameda County Superior Court
● Hon. Adrienne Grover, 6th District Court of Appeal
● Hon. Judy Holzer Hersher, Sacramento County Superior Court
● Hon. Linda McFadden, Stanislaus Superior Court
● Hon. Kimberly Mueller, US District Court, Eastern District
● Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, US District Court, Northern District
● Hon. Arthur Scotland (Ret.), 3rd District Court of Appeal
● Hon. Emily Vasquez, Sacramento County Superior Court SABA members receive the $125 member sponsor rate
AABA 27th Annual Summer Law Clerk Reception
Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 6-8 pm
Sens Restaurant, 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
Recognizing Summer Associates and Law Clerks in the S.F. Bay Area and Honoring AABA's 2014 Summer Grant Recipients for their dedication to community service and client advocacy.
Sevathon 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014, 6:30 am - 1 pm
Baylands Park, Sunnyvale
Sevathon is an annual multi-non-profit fundraising race/walkathon. Sign up individually or as part of group, and walk or run a half marathon, 10k, or 5k while raising money for your favorite charity.
Click here for more information.
Click here to register.
Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association 1st Inaugural Banquet
Friday, June 27, 2014 6 pm - 9 pm
Opening Remarks by Dale Minami (Minami Tamaki LLP) and Keynote Address by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. A Night Out With FPOC In San Francisco
Thursday, July 10, 2014, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California 94105
An Inspirational Evening Celebrating For People of Color, Inc.'s Accomplishments & Honoring Its Award Recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
Eva Paterson President & Co-Founder Equal Justice Society
Trailblazer Award
Sergio C. Garcia
Attorney at Law
Diversity Award
Environmental Law Section - State Bar of California
Tickets: $50 per person.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served and partially hosted bar. Click here for more information.
About For People of Color, Inc.: For People of Color, Inc. ("FPOC") provides free, high-quality law school admissions consulting services to thousands of prospective law school applicants. FPOC is recognized as a leader in its efforts to diversify the profession. Its workshops and publications are credited with assisting students gain admission to the country's most selective law schools.
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SABA-NC 2014 Gala
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Thank you to our 2014 Gala Sponsors:
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Renew Your SABA-NC Membership Today!
If you still haven't renewed your SABA-NC membership for 2014, get to it! SABA-NC membership comes with great benefits, such as access to our professional development programs, MCLEs, and networking opportunities. Most importantly, your membership dues support our many community activities, including our legal clinics, co-sponsorship of bar association events, civil rights advocacy, and contribution to the SABA-NC Foundation, which supports public interest fellowship for 6 law students every summer. We need your support to keep these activities going. Our dues are tiered to be affordable to law students, public interest and government attorneys, and for those in between jobs. For those employed in private or in-house practice, ask if your employer will cover your dues. So renew today!
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More About the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California
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The South Asian Bar Association - Northern California chapter ("SABA-NC") was the first South Asian bar association in North America. Founded in 1993, SABA-NC provides a voice to Bay Area South Asian lawyers and seeks to ensure they are provided an avenue to develop professionally, network among peers, and volunteer within the South Asian community. SABA-NC also seeks to protect the rights of South Asians in the Bay Area and to educate the public on issues facing the South Asian community.
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