The 8^^ Annua

Pathways to Law:Pre-Law Diversity Conference

February 4, 2017UC Hastings

W e l c o m e

On behalf of the Asian American Bar Association's CommunityServices Committee, we welcome you to the 8th annualPathways to Law: Pre-Law Diversity Conference (formerly knownas Legally Asian)l We are happy you chose to join us today.

We hope today's program will help you gain a betterunderstanding of the legal profession and the career optionsthat a law degree offers. Our related goal is for you to becomemore aware of the current issues that affect the Asian PacificIslander and South Asian communit ies.

We hope that Pathways to Law is the start of your Journey toJoining the legal profession. Please feel free to engage with thelawyers and law students in attendance.

We also want to thank our sponsors, contributors, partners, andvolunteers for their continued and generous support.

If you would like additional information about the speakers,please feel free to contact the AABA Community ServicesCommunity at aabapathways@gmail.com. Also, check out ourwebsite at www.legallyasianlaw.com.

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8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

Morning Session

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L u n c h

12:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

A f t e r n o o n S e s s i o n

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

2:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration and Breakfast

Opening Statement from AABA -Hung Chang - AABA President andCounsel at Harman International

Firm & In-House Panel

L a w S t u d e n t P a n e l

Mock Class

Lunch, with opportunity to meetand speak with local attorneys andlaw students

Public Interest/Public Service Panel

Alternative Careers Panel

Prize Drawing and Closing Remarks

F i rm & In -House Pane l

i ' )Jenny Tseng

Jenny Tseng (Kim) is an associate in Morrison & Foerster'sFinance Department and a member of the Real Estate Group.Her practice covers a wide range of real estate equity and debttransactions, including development, financing and disposition ofretail, commercial and industrial projects. Jenny representscommercial and residential property owners in sales, permitting,construction, environmental clean-up, easement and corporatematters. She also negotiates and drafts property managementagreements and landlord and tenant side leases.

Jenny serves on the board of directors of the San FranciscoReal Estate Exchange (SFjRex) and the Korean American BarAssociation of Northern California. Jenny obtained her J.D. fromthe University of California - Hasting College of the Law and herB.A. In Psychology and Social Behavior from the University ofCa l i fo rn ia - I r v ine .

F i r m & I n - H o u s e P a n e l

Lin Chan is a partner at Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernsteinwhere she practices piaintiff-side ciass action litigation inempioyment and antitrust. She graduated with a B.A, inPsychoiogy from Weliesiey Coliege. After coliege, Lin receiveda Weiiesley-Yenching Teaching Feiiowship to teach English tocoliege students in Hong Kong, and she returned to the U.S. towork as a iabor organizer for the Sen/ice Empioyeesi n t e r n a t i o n a i U n i o n . L i n r e c e i v e d h e r J . D . f r o m S t a n f o r d L a w

Schooi and clerked for the Honorable Damon J. Keith of theSixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeais.

In her spare time, Lin serves as co-chair of the Asian AmericanBar Association of the Greater Bay Area's Women's Committee,sen/es on the Board of Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus,s e r v e s a s V i c e - C h a i r o f t h e A m e r i c a n B a r A s s o c i a t i o n ' s F a i r a n d

impartial Courts Committee, and parents her one-year old son.

Hung Chang is the director of product development and open sourcecounsel at Harman International. Under this role. Hung supports theexecutives from all four divisions in product development, marketstrategy, and processes related to open source, data privacy, datasecurity, and software development generally. Prior to Harman, Hungwas a legal counsel at Adobe Systems where he worked directly withbusiness development, engineering, product management, andmarketing clients and advise them on a wide variety of legal issues(e.g., data privacy and security, open source, technology licensing,patents, standards, marketing, SaaS, etc.)

Hung has been in the technology industry since 2005 and is veryfamiliar with mobile applications, video games, social media, hostedservices, professional video/audio products, digital content (stockimages and user-generated content), and other enterprise offerings.Hung also serves as a volunteer legal counsel at Hyphen Magazine,a non-profit Asian American magazine.

Hung has been actively involved with AABA since 2007 when he tookthe position as a co-chair of AABA's community service committee.He has served on the AABA board since 2010 and is grateful to servethis community with a wonderful team. When Hung is not practicinglaw, he can be found practicing piano or designing and building thenext Minecraft project with his daughters.

F i rm & In -House Pane l

Mark Punza lan

Mark Punzalan is the Principal of Punzalan Law, P,C„ a SiliconValley litigation firm. Mark handles intellectual Property andCommercial Litigation and advises companies and Individuals intrade secret disputes, trademark matters, and complex businessdisputes. He is an experienced litigator who has representedc l i e n t s i n f e d e r a l a n d s l a t e c o u r t s n a t i o n w i d e .

In 2016, Mr. Punzalan was selected as a "SuperLawyer" In theNorthern California edition of SuperLawyers magazine, and hewas selected as a "Rising Star" In SuperLawyers' 2015 edition.

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Law Student Panel

G e n e v i e v eG a l m a n

Genevieve Galman, a Bay Area Native, is a 3L at theUniversity of San Francisco, School of Law, where she servedas President of the USF Law Democrats Club, President ofthe Pilipino American Law Society and Community ServiceChair for the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association.Genevieve previously worked for Judge Daniel Flores, theSan Francisco District Attorney's Office and currently, the SanMateo County District Attorney's Office.

Prior to law school, Genevieve graduated from UC Irvine witha B.A. in Political Science and in Sociology, volunteered forCourt Appointed Special Advocates, interned at the OrangeCounty District Attorney's Office and worked at KilpatrickTownsend and Stockton, LLP.

Law Student Pane l

Jason Yee is a graduate of the University of California Hastingsand is licensed to practice law in California. Jason Is an activemember of the American Immigration Lawyers Association andhas built his practice along with developing and managing hisfamily's businesses. He is active in the Asian American BarAssociation as a Membership Committee Co-Chair, as well asan active volunteer in various nonprofits including the AsianPacific Islander Legal Outreach and the Justice and DiversityCenter of the Bar Association of San Francisco.

Law Student Panel

Philip Tacason

Philip Tacason is a 2L at DC Hastings. Originally from SanDiego, California, he completed his undergraduate study atRichmond College in London, England.

He is interested in corporate and insurance litigation. AtHastings, he is a member of the Civil Justice Mediation Clinic. Hei s a l s o a n e x e c u t i v e b o a r d m e m b e r o f t h e A s i a n - P a c i fi c A m e r i c a n

L a w S t u d e n t A s s o c i a t i o n .

In his free time, Philip enjoys reading French existentialism andplaying finger-style acoustic guitar.

M o c k C l a s s

John B. Lough, Jr., is an associate at Scherer Smith & KennyLLP, where his practice focuses on empioyment iitigation andcounseiing. Before being eiected to the Board, John co-chairedthe AABA Community Services Committee. He has written onthe conceptuai deveiopment of the iaw. The Daily Journal,Hawaii Bar Journal, and LA Lawyer have published his articieson the U.S. Supreme Court's employment discrimination cases.John received his B.A. (Mathematics) from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeiey, and his J.D. from Santa Ciara UniversitySchooi of Law. He is also a member of the California andH a w a i i S t a t e B a r s .

Public Interest/Public ServiceP a n e l

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Jenni fer Tse

Jennifer Tse is the Regional Coordinator - Workplace Crimes for theWestern Region in the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S.Department of Labor. Her region covers eight states and three U.S.territories, including Guam, American Samoa, and the NorthernMariana Islands, in her position, she works with exploited immigrantworkers and makes recommendations whether to certify applicationsfor U and/or T Nonimmigrant Status on behalf of immigrant victims oflabor-related crimes and human trafficking.

Prior to her position with the U.S. Department of Labor, Jennifer wasan attorney at the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern PovertyLaw Center (SPLC) in Atlanta, Georgia. At SPLC, she worked as animmigration attorney and in civil litigation involving class-action labortrafficking, workers' rights, and civil rights cases. She is also currentlythe Co-Lead of the Northern California Regional Network (formerly ofthe White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific islanders).Jennifer received her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Lawand her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.

An avid hiker, runner and consumer of delicious food and caffeine,Jennifer hikes and runs mostly so that she can continue consuming.

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Public Interest/Public ServiceP a n e l

Vilaska Nguyen is a senior trial attorney at the San Francisco PublicDefender's Office where he began his indigent defense career in 2005as a misdemeanor attorney litigating nearly 30 jury trials beforemoving on to the felony trial unit. His current focus is on serious felonymatters and he has successfully defended cases involving homicide,sexual assault and hate crimes. Over the course of his career, Vilaskahas mentored and championed students who later developed intostellar advocates in the courtroom and prominent leaders in the legalcommunity.

Vilaska is a zealous supporter of education and outreach. Hepreviously served as the President of the Asian American CriminalTrial Lawyers Association and currently serves as the Mentorship andTraining Director. Vilaska is a certified instructor for the NationalInstitute of Trial Advocacy and presented the first defense-orientedtraining at the annual NAPABA conference in 2014. He is a guestlecturer at USF's Criminal Law clinic and a faculty member of the lawschool's intensive Advocacy Program. Vilaska developed the MockTrial workshop at the non-profit 826 Valencia and he is a past co-chairof the AABA scholarship committee.

Beyond the courtroom, Vilaska is dedicated to criminal justice reform.He works closely with grass roots organizations such as the EllaBaker Center for Human Rights, C.U.R.B. and the Drug PolicyAlliance in a united effort to end mass incarceration, to stop the Waron Drugs, and to eliminate racism in the criminal justice system.

Public Interest/Public ServiceP a n e l

Neill Tseng

Neil! Tseng is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Divisionof the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Civil AppellateChief. Mr. Tseng defends the federal government in civillitigation, prosecutes financial fraud, health care fraud andcivil lights violations, and oversees the Civil Division'sactivities in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has alsotaught part-time at U.C. Berkeley School of Law. Beforejoining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Tseng taught full-timeat Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, practicedcivil litigation at a law firm in Hawaii, and cieri<ed for federaljudges on the Ninth Circuit and the United States DistrictCou r t f o r t he D i s t r i c t o f Hawa i i . He ob ta i ned h i s J .D . f r om

Harvard Law School and his B.A. in Economics from YaleCollege.

Hilda Chan is a first-generation Chinese American. During collegeshe helped low-wage workers facing wage theft, discrimination,and other workplace problems. For 7 years, she also worked withvery low-income kids and parents on welfare advocating for realpathways out of poverty through education and support. Afterfinishing law school, Hilda helped tenants facing eviction andhomelessness. Now, she helps survivors of domestic violenceescape abusive relationships at a non-profit legal aid organizationcalled Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach. Outside of work, sheenjoys fishing and Brazilian jiujitsu.

H o n o r a b l e

Margaret FujiokaJudge Fujioka was elected to the Alameda County Superior Court onJune 7, 2016 and is currently assigned to misdemeanor trials. She Isthe first Japanese American woman to serve on the 70+ memberAlameda County Superior Court.

Prior to becoming a Judge, she was an Administrative Hearing Officerwith the City of Oakland, the County of Alameda, and the City &County of San Francisco where she presided over a wide variety ofadministrative hearings. Margaret is a former long-time Deputy CityAttomey in the Oakland City Attorney's Office where she providedlegal advice and counsel to Mayors, City Council Members, CityAdministrators, City Departments, Boards, and Commissions on awide range of subjects, including contract, real estate, finance, firstamendment, housing, land use, and general municipal law.

Judge Fujioka was elected to the Piedmont City Council in 2008 andre-elected in 2012 with the highest number of votes in both contestedraces. Judge Fujioka is the first woman of color to serve on thePiedmont City Council in its 108-year history, in 2014 she wasunanimously elected Mayor by her fellow City Council Members andserved for two years before her election to the Superior Court.

Judge Fujioka is a past president of the National Asian PacificA m e r i c a n B a r A s s o c i a t i o n a n d t h e A s i a n A m e r i c a n B a r A s s o c i a t i o n o fthe Greater Bay Area. Judge Fujioka received a B.A. from UCBerkeley and a J.D. from UC Hastings College of Law.

Al te rna t i ve Careers Pane l

Alex Wong joined AAPIP in 2012. As AAPIP's CommunityPhilanthropy Manager, he has the pleasure of working with all ofAAPIP's partners and philanthropists across the country and isresponsible for the National Giving Circle Network's continuedvibrancy. In addition to fostering the growth of the communityphilanthropy through partnerships, he is also an avid and activemember of several giving circles.

Alex is currently pursuing his MBA from Haas School ofBusiness, holds a JD from University of California, HastingsCollege of the Law and graduated magna cum laude from NewYork University with a double major in Economics and Politics.His legal experience Includes serving as judicial extern tofederal magistrate and district judges, litigation attorney, and in-house counsel to a digital advertising agency. Prior to lawschool, he worked as a legal advocate for Asian AmericansAdvancing Justice - Los Angeles and Asian Law Caucus in SanF r a n c i s c o .

He is a member of the State Bar of California and District ofColumbia Bar and a recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Award forPro Bono Legal Services.

Al te rna t i ve Careers Pane l

Hina B. Shah is Associate Professor of Law and Director of theWomen's Employment Rights Clinic (WERC) at Golden GateUniversity School of Law, addressing employment and laborIssues faced by low wage and immigrant workers. WERC alsoserves as legal counsel to the California Domestic WorkersCoalition, helping expand and protect overtime rights fordomestic workers In California.

Professor Shah has over twenty years of experience inemployment litigation working for private union-side law firmsand non-profits organizations and substantial appellateexperience as a Staff Attorney at the Ninth Circuit and haswritten numerous amicus briefs on important legal issuesaffecting low-wage workers. Professor Shah has lectured andwritten on the plight of low-wage and immigrant workers,Including Broadening Low-Wage Workers' Access to Justice:Guaranteeing Unpaid Wage in Targeted Industries, published inthe Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal and Notes fromthe Field: The Role of the Community Lawyer in GrassrootsAdvocacy, published in the Clinical Law Review. She alsospeaks on Issues of implicit bias In the legal profession.

Al te rna t i ve Careers Pane l

Amy K, Lee is the Director of Diversity. Labor & EmployeeRelations, Academic Personnel and Programs at the Universityof California. Office of the President. Amy manages laborcontracts for lecturers, librarians, postdoctoral scholars, andteaching assistants. She also collaborates with the campuses topromote faculty diversity and address faculty concerns. Thispast year, Amy served as the Interim Executive Director andDeputy to the Vice Provost of Academic Personnel andPrograms. Prior to joining the University of California. Amy wasa labor and employment attorney defending companies inlitigation and providing advice and counsel.

A l t e r n a t i v e C a r e e r s P a n e l

Jennifer Y Lee

Jennifer Y. Lee is an immigration attorney in private practicerepresenting foreign national artists, athletes, entrepreneurs,professionals, religious workers, scholars and students withtemporary visas or permanent residence options so they canpursue their dreams in the United States. She also assists U.S.employers with the hiring of foreign national employees andimmigration compliance. Jennifer has handled a full range ofimmigration cases throughout her career including asylum,deportation and removal defense, and family-based immigration.Jennifer was elected as the Chair of the American ImmigrationLawyers Association (AILA), Santa Clara Valley [Silicon Valley]chapter from 2012 to 2013, and served as a member of thechapter's Executive Committee since 2010. She was alsoappointed to the AILA Northern California Chapter's AdvisoryCounc i l f r om 2008 t o 2010 . Jenn i f e r i s ded i ca ted t o t he

community and legal needs of the Asian Pacific Islander (API)community and has previously served as a Co-Chair of theAABA Community Services Committee for three years. Shecontinues to remain active in community service and pro bonolegal services to benefit the API and other underrepresentedcommunities and serves as an immigration attorney advisor atthe AABA/APILO pro bono legal clinics.

Program Coordinators

Lisa P. Mak is a trial attorney atMinamI Tamaki LLP in the Consumerand Employee Rights Group. She ispassionate about protecting the rightsof consumers and employees asindividuals and in class act ions. Shecurrently sen/es as a Director for theAsian American Bar Association of theGreater Bay Area and on the Board ofDirectors of the non-profit AsianPacific islander Legal Outreach. Ms.Mak graduated from UC San Diegoand received her law degree from UCHastings.

1 Stephen T.Chong

Stephen Chong is the principala t t o r n e y a t t h e L a w O f fi c e o fStephen T. Chong. He focuses hispractice on representing clients inthe realms of estate planning,p r o b a t e c o u r t a n d j u v e n i l edependency court. He is an activemember of the East Bay Trusts andEs ta tes Lawyers , t he A lamedaCounty Bar Association - Trusts andEstates Section. Stephen currentlys e r v e s a s o n e o f t h e c o - c h a i r s o f t h e

Community Services Committee ofthe Asian Amer ican Bar Associat ionof the Greater Bay Area and co-coord inator o f the APILO/AABA ProB o n o C l i n i c i n O a k l a n d .

Claire Y. Choo

Claire Y. Choo is an attorney withD a n k o M e r e d i t h . r e p r e s e n t i n gplainti ffs in individual, class andcol lect ive act ions in catastrophicpersonal injury cases. Claire wasnamed a Northem California SuperLawyers Rising Star each year from2013 to 2016. She currently serves asone of the committee chairpersons ofthe Community Services Committeeo f t h e A s i a n A m e r i c a n B a rAssociation of the Greater Bay Areaa n d t h e T r e a s u r e r a n d B o a r d m e m b e rof the San Mateo County TrialLawyers Association.

P a m e l a

.ChungPamela Chung is an associate at theLaw Offices of Nancy E. Hudglnsspecializing in medical malpracticedefense and Section 1963 litigation.Prior to joining her firm she practicedl a n d l o r d - t e n a n t , f a m i l y, a n dimmigrat ion law in Oakland andWalnut Creek. During law school sheexterned for Judge Volkmann of theSanta Cruz Superior Court and theSan Francisco City Attorney's Office.P a m e l a i s a c o - c h a i r o f t h eCommun i t y Serv i ces Commi t teeAsian Amer ican Bar Associat ion anda iong-time co-coordinator of theAPiLO/AABA pro bono iegal clinic inO a k l a n d .

A b o u t A A B A

The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area(AABA) was founded in 1975 to provide Asian PacificAmerican (APA) attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area witha vehicle for the unified expression of opinions and positionson matters of concern to all APAs,

AABA encourages and promotes the professional growth ofits members, sen/es the APA and minority communities, andfosters the exchange of ideas and information among itsmembers and the public. AABA also uses its resources andexpertise to serve the public interest through legal clinics andother programs. In 2009, AABA received the California StateBar's Diversity Award in honor of its long history ofadvocating for diversity in the legal profession.Please read about our history and committees at www.aaba-bay.com, and join us as a member.

About Community Services Committee

The AABA Community Services Committee (CSC) providesopportunities for attorneys and law students to engage thecommunity through pro bono and community serviceactivities. In addition to the pipeline diversity conferencePathways to Law, CSC partners with the nonprofit AsianPacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO) to run monthly probono clinics in Oakland and San Francisco,

This past year, CSC has participated in community activitiesincluding a gardening in Golden Gate Park, helping restorethe Catholic Charities Senior Center, volunteering at the SanFrancisco Food Bank, making holiday cards for Meals onWheels, and preparing holiday gifts for women and teenagegirls in need with Project Glimmer.

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Eiisa ShiehD e r r e k To m i n eDanielle K. Lewis

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Raymond PascualStephen T. ChongClaire Y, ChooPamela ChungM i r i a m K i m

Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay AreaIf you have any questions about this year's Pathways to Lawprogram, please contaa the AABA Community ServicesCommittee at AABAPathways@gmaii.com