Welcome to AABA
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The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) was founded in 1976 to provide Asian American attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area with a vehicle for the unified expression of opinions and positions on matters of concern to all Asian Pacific Americans (APA). AABA also encourages and promotes the professional growth of its members, serves the APA and minority communities, and fosters the exchange of ideas and information among its |
members and the public. AABA also uses its resources and expertise to serve the public interest through legal clinics and other programs. Please read about our history and committees, and join us. In 2009, AABA received the California State Bar's Diversity Award (bar association) in honor of its long history of advocating for diversity in the legal profession.
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AABA Giants Oktoberfest Night
Please join AABA for Oktoberfest Night at AT&T Park on Wednesday September 29, 2010 to watch the Giants battle the Arizona Diamondbacks (7:15 p.m. first pitch).
For a mere $20 ($30 for non-AABA members), you gain admission to the game and score a Free Giant’s beerstein (pictured above) filled with your choice of a complimentary beer/soda on the Giants at the ballpark.
What could make this deal even better? Well we’re even going to throw a free “tailgate”at Greenberg Traurig at 153 Townsend Street on the 8th Floor starting at 5 p.m. (conveniently located right near the Ballpark). Lexis Nexis will be providing us with an assortment of ball park food (e.g. hot dogs and burgers), and Social Kitchen and Brewery will be donating a keg just for us.
After the tailgate, we will be heading to the Giants’ parking lot at 6:40 p.m. for the Oktoberfest celebration so everyone can pick up their free beerstein and drink. We will then leave the festivities at 7:05 p.m. to catch the first pitch at 7:15 p.m.
David Tsai will have all the tickets for this event. Please contact him in advance at DJTsai@townsend.com to reserve your ticket as soon as possible. In the event you are running late and can’t pick up your ticket at Greenberg Traurig, you can email David and he’ll try to meet you at the ballpark to give you your ticket. If you have any questions, you can also contact Danny Wang at dwang@samlaw.net.
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APAs In The Judiciary
One of AABA's main goals from its inception has been to promote the appointment of more Asian Pacific Americans to the judiciary, where they are vastly underrepresented. We believe we the judicary should reflect the diversity of the general populace. As more and more APAs appear in court as litigants, jurors, criminal defendants, and attorneys, it is vitally important that the adjudicators themselves who represent the justice system reflect those individuals' backgrounds
(Photo: dbking)
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and cultures. Please visit our APAs in the Judiciary Resource page which contains recent news articles on this subject, including the lack of any Article III (federal) judge in the Northern District of California which covers the entire San Francisco Bay Area.
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