ABAS Bowling Mixer

Please join ABAS members, friends, and law students for a bowling mixer on Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 10:30-12:30 at AMF Land Park Lanes, 5850 Freeport Boulevard. The event is free for members and $10 for non-members. Please RSVP to
Grace Arupo.

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Join ABAS or Renew Your Membership

Ready to join ABAS? Join ABAS or renew your ABAS membership for the 2012 year!

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ABAS Holiday Party

All ABAS members and friends are invited to help celebrate 2011 and ABAS at our Holiday Mixer on Wednesday, December 14 from 5:30-7:30 at Frank Fat’s. The event is free for all members and anyone who joins or renews their membership and is only $10 for non-members. ABAS also encourages you to bring a children’s gift that will be donated to the Salvation Army. We hope to see you there!

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ABAS Law Foundation Scholarship

The ABAS Law Foundation awards scholarships to law students and very recent law school graduates from local law schools who have demonstrated potential for community service and leadership in the Asian-Pacific Islander community, academic achievement, and financial need. The application deadline is February 24, 2012.

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ABAS Unity Bar Scholarship

Sacramento-area law students are encouraged to apply for the ABAS Unity Bar Scholarship. The Unity Bar dinner will be held on October 20, 2011, at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is September 23, 2011.

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Professor Goodwin Liu Confirmed to California Supreme Court

Yesterday, August 31, 2011, the three-member panel of the California Commission on Judicial Appointments unanimously confirmed Professor Goodwin H. Liu’s nomination to the California Supreme Court. He will be sworn in as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California today, September 1, 2011, in Sacramento by Governor Jerry Brown.

Professor Liu is a nationally recognized scholar in the areas of education and constitutional law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he has taught since 2003. He was born in Augusta, Georgia, where his parents were living as doctors recruited from Taiwan to work in underserved areas. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and received his law degree from Yale University School of Law. Professor Liu’s interest in public service and the law was sparked when he served as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives, thanks to the sponsorship of the late Congressman Robert Matsui.

ABAS is proud to have supported Professor Liu’s nomination and looks forward to his tenure on the California Supreme Court. ABAS thanks Governor Brown’s for nominating Professor Liu, who is Governor Brown’s first Asian Pacific American state high court nominee.

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ABAS Congratulates Professor Goodwin Liu on his Nomination to the California Supreme Court

On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown nominated Sacramento native Professor Goodwin Liu to become a California Supreme Court Justice. The Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS) commends Governor Brown for this nomination. “ABAS is proud of Professor Liu’s numerous achievements and of Governor Brown’s commitment to diversity,” said ABAS President Grace Arupo. “ABAS is confident that he will be an excellent Justice on the California Supreme Court.”

Governor Brown has a long commitment to diversity on the judiciary. During his first Gubernatorial term from 1975 to 1983, Governor Brown appointed the first African American, the first female and first female Chief Justice, and the first Hispanic American to the California Supreme Court. Professor Liu is the first Asian Pacific American to be nominated to the California Supreme Court by Governor Brown.

Professor Liu is a tenured professor of law at the University of California Berkeley School of Law. He has taught there since 2003. Professor Liu was born in Georgia but was raised in Sacramento, where he attended local public schools. He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University, was a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University, and received his law degree from Yale University School of Law.

ABAS wholeheartedly supports Professor Liu and congratulates him on his nomination.

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NAPABA Publication: The Path to the Federal Bench

NAPABA co-authored a publication entitled “The Path to the Federal Bench.”  It is intended to serve as a guide to law students and young lawyers who are interested in pursuing an Article III judgeship in the future, with the intent of encouraging well-qualified, diverse attorneys to consider this path, and also to provide some much needed clarity to an often obscure process. Included in the guide are profiles of several retired and current judges and their respective paths to the bench, including that of our own Judge Tashima on the Ninth Circuit.  The guide has been a collaborative project over many months, and our co-sponsors on the project are the American Constitution Society, the Hispanic National Bar Association, Justice at Stake, the National Association of Women Judges, that National Bar Association, the National Congress of American Indians, and the National LGBT Bar Association.

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ABAS Letter to Governor opposing cuts to California judiciary

On June 28, 2011, ABAS sent a letter to Governor Brown opposing the proposed budget cuts to the California judiciary.

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Angel Island

ABAS members and friends will be making a road trip to the Angel Island Immigration Station, a national historic site in the San Francisco Bay, on July 30. The bus has sold out, but if you’re interested, you can meet up with ABAS on the island. Contact John Yung at jyung@lockelord.com for more information.

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