These award programs are designed to provide recognition to young diverse attorneys and legal organizations who provide excellent legal services and work to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the OC community. Read more about the awards and submit your nominations HERE by April 30, 2021.

Join Bubbe Roth for a Passover family program! Read stories, learn about Passover, and cook some special Passover foods for dinner. Go HERE for more information.

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APABA-DC is deeply troubled by the steep rise in hate crimes and acts of discrimination targeting the AAPI community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially the recent violent attacks against AAPI elders in Northern California and the horrific shooting of six AAPI women and others in Atlanta. Go HERE to register.

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Edward J. Loya, Jr., Chair of HNBA's Criminal Law Section and Partner at Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., will interview former U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on topics relating to Judge Gonzales's life and career, his role as U.S. Attorney General, and his current ideas for criminal justice reform. Go HERE for more information.

Featuring Prof. Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard Law School with Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Australian National University, and the Hon. Norman Eisen, Brookings Institution. Go HERE for more information.

Join JAMS neutral, Shirish Gupta Esq., and the APABA Small Firm/Solo Committee and Women in Law Committee for a panel discussion on negotiation skills for women litigators. This panel will be specifically geared towards Asian Pacific American women litigators. The practitioners and neutrals on the panel will discuss their professional backgrounds, effective negotiation styles, skills, and tips, overcoming racial and gender bias, and other items related to negotiating effectively. Register HERE.

Join past & present SCCLA board members for a virtual reunion. Go HERE for more information and to RSVP.

This webinar sponsored by Littler will update businesses on new California laws, regulations and guidelines that affect the workplace and will include discussions about what to expect for the rest of 2021. Go HERE for more information.

Session 4: Where Do APAs Fit in Today's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conversation?

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Join an interactive virtual mixology class via Zoom with Tannaz, the Curly Bartender!

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Register HERE for the second opportunity to learn about the judicial appointment process featuring Luis Cespedes, Governor Newsom’s new Judicial Appointments Secretary. Secretary Cespedes and a panel of recently appointed Judges will discuss the criteria used by the Governor to select judges and the process used to vet and select them.

Join in-house and outside counsel members of the NAPABA IP Committee for a panel discussion of how the past pandemic year has affected their businesses, their practices, and the legal industry. The panel will also discuss what trends are likely to be temporarily and what will remain. Regisiter HERE.

Join in a fireside chat with panelists who have taken and/or passed the CA Bar Exam in the last two administrations. Panelists will provide study tips, particularly those specific to the online format, the logistics of the online exam, the rules to follow for the online exam, how to apply for and appeal disability accommodations decisions, and more. Read about the program and register HERE.

Learn how to make authentic Vietnamese coffee. Go HERE to register.

Part 3 - Mentorship Roundtable

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A socially distanced mixer. Go HERE to read more about it and register to attend.

Free admission and open to all members of the Los Angeles area Black Law Students Associations. With Hon. Craig S. Barnes, LA County Superior Court; Hon. Patricia C. Titus, LA County Superior Court; and Hon. Yvette D. Roland, CA State Bar. Go HERE for more information and register to attend.

Session 5: Know Your Rights

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The American Constitution Society is forming an Orange County ACS Lawyer chapter. ACS is the nation's largest progressive legal organization, and works to promote constitutional rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy, and the rule of law. A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that believes the law should be a force to improve the lives of all people, through lawyer and student chapters across the country, ACS engages its members and policymakers to push for a progressive judiciary and build a pipeline of progressive attorneys to shape the future of law and democracy. In addition to an LA lawyers chapter, UCI Law, Chapman, UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Loyola have student chapters. Please email csarosy22@gmail.com or pli@acslaw.org if you are interested in learning more about a new OC lawyers chapter.

The National Conference of Puerto Rican Women (NACOPRW) supports the rights of women and is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization seeking to promote the full participation of Puerto Rican and other Latina women in the social, economic, and political life in the United States. Deadline to apply: April 28th. Go HERE to read about this scholarship.

OCBA Members are encouraged to participate as a Protégé in the 2021-2022 Mentoring Program. This program will provide lawyers with a helpful, independent resource to assist in their career development. Protégé participants will be matched with an experienced, active OCBA member Mentor available in such areas as ethics and professionalism, practice and law office management, general lawyering skills & business/client development. Complete a Protégé Application online, or email mentoring@ocbar.org for more information. Application Deadline: Monday, April 19, 2021.

The Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (KABA) is now accepting applications for the 2021 KABA Scholarships. Deadline: April 16th. Go HERE for more information.

Read about the scholarship HERE. Closing date April 4th.

This special endowment, in memory of Justice Spencer, will enable high-achieving Southwestern students who receive a judicial externship with an award. The fund may also provide scholarship support to Southwestern students. Learn more HERE.

a diversity pipeline initiative intended to provide law students in Orange and Los Angeles Counties that may lack access to and/or knowledge of in-house legal practice, exposure to such practice. The focus of the program is on 1L students. Go HERE for more information.

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The Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Central District of California is currently offering Post-Bar Fellowships. Go HERE for detailed information and to apply.

Applications are now open to volunteer on the California State Bar committees and they are seeking to fill positions on the following committees:

Detailed descriptions of these committees with vacancies can be found HERE.

Laura’s House, a domestic violence shelter, also accepts a variety of items for their clients, families, and their upscale resale store. Get more information about Laura's House HERE.

Doing everything in their power to help men, women, young adults and veterans overcome difficult challenges so they can achieve the dignity of work. Information about clothing and accessories needed for their clients is available HERE.

Check out our updated job postings ~ Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law seeks an Assistant or Associate Director Academic Achievement.

Go to our website's job corner to view the listings.

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