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May 2019 Newsletter

Message from the HABA Board

Greetings -

Join me in celebrating HABA's first scholarship recipient! I know many of you involved over the years have worked on this effort to fund and award a HABA scholarship. Thanks to all of you we have come this far today. The HABA scholarship will remove the financial barrier of a LSAT preparation course for a potential law student and is proof of yours and HABA's commitment to diversifying the legal field by aiding law school hopefuls at the earliest stages of their legal career. I was impressed with the caliber of the applicants and foresee them accomplishing many great achievements. Congratulations to our scholarship recipient Mai Tong Yang whom agreed to share a little bit about herself below.

Now is a great time to stay engaged if you're a regular and if you've never joined us before, I encourage you to get to know HABA. We've got our annual HABA picnic coming up on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Keller Regional Park. (Picnic flyer and a map of our shelter location is below in this newsletter). Block your calendars and make every effort to attend as we will have some really good food, play some games and activities, and continue to build up our Hmong legal community.

Enjoy our first ever Hmong Veterans Day on May 14th and continue the celebrations with Asian Pacific Heritage the rest of the month!

- Mai Lee Yang, HABA President

HABA LSAT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Mai Tong Yang graduated from the College of Saint Benedict with a B.A. in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations. She was named one of five national finalists for the Boys & Girls Club of America Annual Youth of the Year award and was invited to the White House to speak with President Barack Obama on expanding education opportunities for inner city youth. She has been an advocate for youth accessibility to international education and diplomacy. Currently, she is finishing up her 3rd grant year as a Fulbright in South Korea where she teaches English, runs a debate club, and coordinates volunteer opportunities with North Korean defectors through the local HANA Center in Jeonju.

Congratulations Mai Tong! And thank you to all of the impressive applicants who took the time and made the effort to apply for our scholarship.

HABA PICNIC

Events in the Legal Community

The Judge's Notebook Series: What's it Like to be a Judge?

Join the American Constitution Society Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, and Minnesota Lavender Bar Association for a free lunch and discussion on the ins and outs of becoming and serving as a judge.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. CT
Robins Kaplan LLP
800 Lasalle Avenue
Suite 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Register Here

Job Postings

Staff Attorney/Senior Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. They are looking to add 5 new staff attorney positions. Four of them will be to work on a large tobacco control-related project in California. One position (which has not yet been posted but will be in the next two weeks) is for a staff attorney for the Healthy Eating/Active Living Team. Click here for full job descriptions and to apply.
Senior Attorney, Civil Division, Saint Paul City Attorney's Office. This position reports directly to the Deputy City Attorney, Civil Division. The position performs wide-ranging professional legal work in the Civil Division of the Saint Paul City Attorney's Office for all types of civil matters. Must apply at http://bit.ly/2Pvjls4 by May 17, 2019, 4:30 PM CST.
Counsel, Commercial Attorney, Tilray. The counsel will provide broad commercial support to Tilray's US CBD business and to Manitoba Harvest, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tilray. The position will be located in either Seattle or Minneapolis. See attached description and please contact tchao.thao@tilray.com with any questions.

2019 Schedule of HABA Events

MAY

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

JUNE

HABA Summer Picnic
Saturday, June 1, 2019
See flyer above!

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HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

JULY

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

AUGUST

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

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HABA CLE

SEPTEMBER

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

OCTOBER

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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Annual Banquet - SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, October 4, 2019

NOVEMBER

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

DECEMBER

HABA Board Meeting
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

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HABA CLE & HOLIDAY SOCIAL

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