Goodbye Summer, Hello Law School

Hello APALSA Members!

On behalf of this year's E-Board, welcome to the official blog of APALSA @ BU Law. E-Board members will be posting here periodically about news and events pertaining to APALSA life at BU Law.

APALSA is the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. We are committed to voicing and addressing issues facing Asian/Pacific Americans at BU Law, in Boston, and in the legal community at large. We also sponsor several academic, professional, and community service events throughout the year and sponsor a 1L mentorship program. We provide many opportunities for law students of all years to socialize and make friends as well. We welcome and encourage people of all races and ethnicities to join our organization, so don't be shy!

At this time we are developing our calendar of events for the upcoming academic year. We will post events as they are scheduled.

And now for some announcements:

1. ATTENTION 1Ls! We strongly encourage you to participate in the Be Yourself Orientation on August 24-25, 2009. Please go to http://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/contacts/affairs/beyourself/index.html and fill out the registration form by August 10th. A tentative schedule is available at the above link and a final schedule will follow in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Nicole Price,Associate Director for Academic and Multicultural Affairs at (617)358-1800 or ngprice@bu.edu.

I can personally attest to how the Be Yourself Orientation is enjoyable and worthwhile. I met many of my law school friends at the Be Yourself Orientation. It was a great experience and allowed me to meet many of my new classmates before the formal orientation program. It also gave me a good sense of what the BU Law community is like for students of color and allowed me to network with alumni of color as well.

2. The annual NAPABA Convention will be held in Boston this year from Nov. 18-21. Attending the conference or volunteering is a great way to get to know the Asian Pacific legal community and its interests as well as meet attorneys and other law students.Please e-mail busl.apalsa@gmail.com if you are interested in attending or volunteering at this event. Details about the conference can be found here: http://www.napaba.org/

3. If you are an alumnus of BU Law's APALSA or if you are a law graduate from any school who would like to join our network, we encourage you to e-mail us with your name, e-mail address, graduation year, law school, undergraduate school, and current place of employment at busl.apalsa@gmail.com so we can send you updates about BU Law and so we can put you in our alumni database. In these difficult economic times, it is more important than ever to develop a strong network of APALSA alumni for the benefit of current students and alumni. Having a strong alumni network would also help us attract more Asian students and those interested in Asian culture to apply to BU Law. Please help by e-mailing us today!

Thanks for reading,
Carolyn
External VP