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November 2011 FACL Congratulates Past President Jason Leung! First Canadian Lawyer to join the Board of Governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) FACL congratulates our own Jason Leung of Ridout & Maybee, who has become the first Canadian lawyer to join the board of governors of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)! The Washington, DC-based organization has a membership of 40,000 Asian American and Asian Canadian lawyers across North America. FACL is a Canadian affiliation of NAPABA. Jason's two-year term as northeast regional governor, a region which includes Toronto, New York, Boston and Philadelphia, begins this month! FACL Conference on Nov. 12 has been accredited for CPD Hours The FACL Conference and Banquet on November 12 will feature over a hundred attendees, many speakers, and promises to be a wonderful networking and learning event. See the final agenda. This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1 Professionalism Hour for experienced members (licensed before May 31, 2010). This program can be applied towards the 4.75 Substantive Hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) required by the Law Society. Diversity Soiree with TLA and 9 Other Bar Associations Sign up now! The Diversity Soiree hosted by the Toronto Lawyers Association and sponsored by FACL along with 9 other Bar associations takes place on Thursday November 24 from 5 pm to 7 pm at 361 University, 2nd Floor TLA Lounge! This is a joint event we are having with the Toronto Lawyers Association and 9 other bar associations including CABL and SABA. It is shaping up to be a very well attended event. See poster for more info. NEW: FACL Bridge the Gap Program Needs YOU! FACL in conjunction with the Law Foundation of Ontario has started the Bridge the Gap program. Bridge the Gap is a community initiative whose goal is to enhance access to justice by providing educational materials on legal topics of interest to Asian Canadians and new Asian immigrants facing language barriers in Canada. Bridge the Gap hopes to address these issues and “bridge this gap” by creating educational video modules, to be delivered in Chinese, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Filipino (Tagalog) and Korean, that will provide a basic overview of, and introduction on how to access, legal resources in the area of human rights, youth criminal justice and immigration. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Email Jason Tam at jtamlaw@gmail.com, and see flyer for more info. FACL Omatsu Scholarship Established FACL has proudly established the Omatsu FACL Scholarship. One award in the amount of $1,000 or two awards of $500 will be awarded in 2012 to a law student/students who demonstrate leadership and community involvement, vision, academic ability, and financial need. The Omatsu FACL Scholarship has been established in honour of Judge Maryka Omatsu. Appointed over 17 years ago, Judge Omatsu is Canada’s first female judge of East Asian ancestry. Nation-wide she was co-chair of the National Judge’s Association on Equality and Diversity, co-editing the Judge’s Handbook on Equality & Diversity (2007). Judge Omatsu established a dispute resolution court for consenting persons who have ongoing relations. She sits in criminal court in downtown Toronto and also presides in the therapeutic courts in the areas of: Domestic Violence, First Nations, Mental Health and Drug Treatment. For seven years (2000-2007), she was a Toronto representative of the Ontario Judge’s Association, negotiating for sabbaticals and a less discriminatory pension. In 2006, Judge Omatsu was one of the founding members of the FACL, a NAPABA affiliate. She is the recipient of the 2010 FACL Lifetime Achievement Award. Please complete the 2011/2012 Application Form and submit by email to facl.ontario@facl.ca by no later than February 1, 2012. FACL Awards Launched to Celebrate FACL's 5th Anniversary FACL is proud to launch the FACL Awards to recognize significant and longstanding contributions of Asian-Canadian legal professionals in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. The FACL Awards, which will be presented in April 2012 at the FACL Gala, are as follows: 1.FACL Lifetime Achievement Award 2.FACL Lawyer of Distinction Award 3.FACL Young Lawyer of the Year Award For the criteria for these awards, please click here. |
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