The mentorship program is designed to provide law students and new attorneys an opportunity to interact with practicing lawyers.  We have continued our success with the mentorship program in 2008, and have received this comment from one of our mentees about her mentor:

"Thanks a lot for arranging this program. It is very beneficial to me. My mentor and I have met for three times already, two for lunch and one for the Saturday cleanup event . . . I not only got valuable advice from her, but more importantly, she connected me with several people from the law firm where I am going to work at for the summer. So to put it short, I really appreciate her responsiveness, frankness and willingness to help me reach out."

For a copy of the program guidelines, click here

If you are interested please click here to download a mentorship application.  

For more information about the Mentorship Program, please contact Mentorship Committee Chair Ty Ho at (206) 328-2401 or at ty.ho@hoassociates.com  

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP EVENTS  

Each year, we start off the year by celebrating the Vietnamese New Year, TET.  In 2007, our TET event was sponsored by the law firm of Darby & Darby.   In 2008, our TET event was sponsored by the law firm of Christensen O'Connor Johnson and Kindness.  For photos from the 2008 event, click here and scroll down to the pictures from the event.

In April 2007, we had our second membership event which was also a celebration of Washington’s First Vietnamese American Judge, the Honorable Judge Tam Bui, to the Snohomish County Everett District Court. The event was also an opportunity to bid best wishes to the representatives of the Washington State Trade Commission to Vietnam. Thank you to the law firm of Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt for sponsoring our April membership event. We invite you to read more about our Trade and Research Mission to Vietnam at //http://vabaw.com/trademission.aspx.

Our biggest membership event was our Annual Banquet, which was held on November 7, 2007. For details about our most recent Annual Banquet, please click here.  For details about our 2008 Annual Banquet, please contact VABAW Banquet Chair and President-Elect Thi Huynh at thi@huynhlaw.com

For more information about our membership events in 2008, please check back soon for details or check out our calendar.  If you have any questions about our social events, please contact Social Committee Co-Chairs Alice Wong  at alice.wong@nordstrom.com or at 206-303-4025 or Tien Nguyen at 425-743-8800 or at tin_win@hotmail.com

To become a member of VABAW, download our Membership Form by clicking here.  To be eligible to join VABAW, you must either be (a) admitted to practice in Washington state or (b) admitted to practice in another state but a resident of Washington.  If you have any questions about membership, please contact Membership Committee Chair Catherine Vuong at (206) 689-2105 or at cvuong@helsell.com  Students of all three Washington law schools may join VABAW for free.   We also feature each month a profile of one of our paid members.  Click here to visit our Featured Member of the month profile.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Since 2006, VABAW has joined with other community groups in the annual Asian Counseling and Referral Service “Walk for Rice,” which is a yearly 2.5 mile fun run and walk-a-thon to help supply culturally appropriate foods to low-income families. Our own VABAW Board Member Kim Tran is currently President of the Asian Counseling and Referral Service. For photos from the event, click here and scroll down to the pictures from the event. 

VABAW participated in the Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) on April 19, 2008. Nine VABAW members braved the cold, snow, sleet and rain to paint over graffiti in the Little Saigon area. For photos from the event, click here and scroll down to the pictures from the event.  We hope you can join us next year for this event as VABAW continues its community service outreach and projects.

VABAW will be holding a Legal Workshop for the Vietnamese Community on September 13, 2008, from 8 am to 4 pm at the Chinese Information and Services Center (611 South Lane Street, Seattle).  Click here for the flyer. For further information, contact VABAW President-Elect Thi Huynh at thi@huynhlaw.com

JOB LISTINGS

Please click here for the most current job listings //http://vabaw.com/jobs.aspx  For employers who would like to post a job listing on our website, please contact Thuy Nguyen-Leeper at Thuy.NguyenLeeper@expeditors.com