Thursday, April 25, 2024

6:00 pm at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco
700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004

The event was captured by Jon Fleming Photography

2024 AEF Benefit Dinner

Keynote Speaker

Linda Mar Weidman, VP and Senior Counsel, Marriott, International

Community Service Award Recipient

Jennifer Ngai Lavalee

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Dedicated to bringing together Asian Pacific American (“APA”) attorneys and law students in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (“AEF”) hosts several charitable and educational events each year.

With over 30 years in service, AEF has continued its reputation for engaging programming.  As these programming efforts face steep inflation, we need your support more than ever.  To support AEF’s scholarships and programming, we hope that you can join us for the 2024 AEF Benefit Dinner.

The 2024 AEF Benefit Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 6:00 pm at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C.  Linda Mar Weidman, VP and Senior Counsel at Marriott, International is scheduled to be our keynote speaker.  We will also honor the recipient of the AEF Community Service Award, Jennifer Ngai Lavalee, who has vigorously served the APA community in the area.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at outreach@aefdc.org.


Thursday, May 4, 2023

6:30 pm at the National Press Club

529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045

The event was captured by Jon Fleming Photography

2023 AEF Benefit Dinner

Keynote Speaker

Secretary of State of Maryland, Susan C. Lee

Community Service Award Recipient

The Honorable Theodore D. Chuang, U.S. District Court of the District of Maryland

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Dedicated to bringing together Asian Pacific American (“APA”) attorneys and law students in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (“AEF”) hosts several charitable and educational events each year.

This year marks AEF’s 30th Anniversary. Celebrating this monumental year, we have started our programming year strong by bringing back all in-person events we missed. Most notably, in memory of Robert E. Wone, AEF successfully hosted the Robert E. Wone Judicial Clerkship & Internship Conference on February 4, 2023, at the University of the District of Columbia, with the new addition of a networking reception. AEF is also proud to announce the new Summer Judicial Internship Program, which will serve as another pipeline for diverse law students to the legal field. As these revitalized programming efforts now face steep inflation, we need your support more than ever. To support AEF’s scholarships and programming, we hope that you can join us for the 2023 AEF Benefit Dinner.

The 2023 AEF Benefit Dinner will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 6:30 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Maryland Secretary of State Susan C. Lee is scheduled to be our keynote speaker. We will also honor the recipient of the AEF Community Service Award, which recognizes the work of an organization or individual who has vigorously served the APA community in the area.

If you have any questions, please email us at outreach@aefdc.org.

AEF wishes to express its gratitude for the following sponsors of the 2023 Benefit Dinner

Diamond

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Gold

Cooley LLP

Silver

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Foley Hoag LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst and Manbeck, P.C.

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Vedder Price PC

AEF wishes to express its gratitude for the following sponsors of the 2023 Benefit Dinner

Diamond

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Gold

Cooley LLP

Silver

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Foley Hoag LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst and Manbeck, P.C.

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Vedder Price PC

 2022 AEF Benefit Dinner

Keynote Speaker

Don H. Liu, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal & Risk Officer of Target Corporation

Community Service Award Recipient

Akil Vohra, Executive Director, Asian American LEAD

AEF wishes to express its gratitude for the following sponsors of the 2022 Benefit Dinner

Diamond

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Gold

Clifford Chance US LLP

Covington & Burling LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Williams & Connolly LLP

WilmerHale

Silver

Carr Maloney

Crowell & Moring LLP

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Foley Hoag LLP

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Latham & Watkins LLP

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Champion

The George Washington University Law School

 2021 AEF Virtual Benefit Dinner

May 24, 2021 at 6:30pm
Zoom Webinar + Zoom Breakout Rooms

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Special thanks to Peter Kapuscinski for graphic design.

Fireside Chat: Ivan Fong (Chief Legal Officer, 3M) and Adam Tsao (President, AEF)

Fireside Chat: Ivan Fong (Chief Legal Officer, 3M) and Adam Tsao (President, AEF)

AEF Volunteer Award: Jessie K. Liu (Award Recipient and Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP) and Huy Le (Award Presenter and AEF Director)

AEF Volunteer Award: Jessie K. Liu (Award Recipient and Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP) and Huy Le (Award Presenter and AEF Director)

AEF Community Service Award: Naznin Saifi (Award Recipient and Executive Director at the APALRC) and Erica Lai (Award Presenter and President of APABA-DC)

AEF Community Service Award: Naznin Saifi (Award Recipient and Executive Director at the APALRC) and Erica Lai (Award Presenter and President of APABA-DC)

Former Wone Fellow Presentation: Christine Lorica (2020 Wone Fellow) and Lauren Ige (Wone Fellowship Introduction and AEF Director)

Former Wone Fellow Presentation: Christine Lorica (2020 Wone Fellow) and Lauren Ige (Wone Fellowship Introduction and AEF Director)

 
Breakout Rooms

Breakout Rooms

 

AEF wishes to express its gratitude for the following sponsors of the 2021 Virtual Benefit Dinner

Tier 1
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
WilmerHale

Tier 2
American University Washington College of Law
Arnold & Porter LLP
Clifford Chance US LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Crowell & Moring LLP
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Groom Law Group, Chartered
Latham & Watkins LLP
Linklaters
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP

Tier 3
Foley Hoag LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

Champion
Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
Relman, Dane, & Colfax PLLC
The George Washington University Law School

2020 AEF Benefit Dinner

In response to COVID-19, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Annual Benefit Dinner, previously scheduled for March 25, 2020. “The decision was made to protect the health of our guests, speakers, and hospitality workers. The health and safety of the community is our primary concern as we navigate these trying times,” said Madeline Dang, AEF President.

AEF awards summer fellowships and grants each year to law students from around the nation. The primary purpose of the fellowships is to fund public interest internships for law students whose work will benefit the metropolitan Washington, D.C. community-at-large and/or the Asian Pacific American community. Funding for AEF comes from generous donations from national corporations, law firms, individuals, and the Annual Benefit Dinner. “Please be assured that, although AEF will no longer host this year’s Annual Benefit Dinner, AEF remains committed to granting fellowships to law students this summer,” said Ms. Dang.

AEF is deeply grateful for the generous support from Rishi Varma, General Counsel of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., who was scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the Annual Benefit Dinner. In addition, AEF would like to honor and thank its Community Service Award recipient, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote). APIAVote is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes civic participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the electoral and public policy processes at the national, state and local levels, including efforts to raise awareness and ensure a complete count in the 2020 Census.

Finally, AEF wishes to express its gratitude for the following sponsors of the 2020 Annual Benefit Dinner.

Platinum
Covington & Burling LLP

Gold
WilmerHale

Silver
American University Washington College of Law
Baker McKenzie LLP
Edgeworth Economics
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Groom Law Group
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Lathrop GPM LLP
Linklaters
Marriott International, Inc.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Williams & Connolly LLP

Champion
The George Washington University Law School  

“We apologize for any inconvenience and thank everyone for their understanding and continued support of AEF’s initiatives. It is a difficult time for all, and AEF expresses its profound gratitude for those working on the front lines to battle the disease,” said Ms. Dang, on behalf of the Board of Directors of AEF. 

 2019 AEF Benefit Dinner

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Keynote Speaker

Michael C. Wu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Carter’s, Inc.

Community Service Award Recipient

Jacinta S. Ma, Director of Policy and Advocacy National Immigration Forum

Corporate & Law Firm Sponsors

Gold
Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Silver
Edgeworth Economics, L.L.C.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP
Groom Law Group
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Linklaters LLP
Marriott International
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Veritext Legal Solutions
Williams & Connolly LLP