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Help Confirm Professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

NAPABA/AAJC ACTION ALERT

THIS IS IT: LET’S GET IT DONE!

Call NOW to Urge the Senate to Vote to Confirm Professor Goodwin Liu!

Last week, the Senate voted 56-42 in favor of confirming Judge Edward M. Chen to serve as a federal district court judge for the Northern District of California. Now the vote for judicial nominee Professor Liu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will occur in the next two days.


NAPABA Law Foundation Full-Time Development and Programs Manager


The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Law Foundation (NLF)
seeks a motivated and hardworking individual to serve as a full-time
Development and Programs Manager in Washington, D.C. The Development and
Programs Manger is responsible for collaborating with the NLF board and
others to carry out the mission of NLF, described below. The position
provides an excellent opportunity for the right individual to develop and
hone multiple skills in a small, results-oriented, not-for-profit office.


APAP Applauds John Yang for Outstanding Work on Judicial Nominations

Written by Stella Tsai

About John C. Yang


Eugene Lee named one of top lawyers

Great news. Eugene Lee, one of APAP's founding board members, has just been honored for the awesome voting rights work that he does over at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.


Vincent Who? at the NAPABA conference

Hey folks. The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association is having their annual in convention in Los Angeles this week. They've actually asked us to screen parts of "Vincent Who?" as their plenary session at Friday lunch. (It's a last-minute addition and we're still working out some of the details.) Anyway, stop by and say hello if you can. Here is the press release that NAPABA just sent out.


Chen and Liu Voted out of Committee

Good news out of DC. Here's a press release from NAPABA and AAJC.

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Judge Edward M. Chen and Professor Goodwin H. Liu for federal judgeships today, prompting leaders from the Asian Pacific American community to call upon the full Senate to confirm them before breaking for the midterm elections.


ALERT: Chen and Liu Re-nominated, AAJC & NAPABA Announce Sticker Initiative

Take Action Now: Tell Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell that Goodwin Liu must be confirmed before Oct. 8 when the Senate breaks for the midterm elections!


State of APAs in the Federal Judiciary

Judges Jacqueline Nguyen, Edward Chen, and Dolly Gee at their historic confirmation hearing in September 2009.