Save the Date:  VABA-DC will host its Fourth Annual Scholarship Dinner on Thursday, April 12, 2012

Now accepting Scholarship Applications

VABA-DC was established, in part, to contribute to the public interest by serving as a voice for the local Vietnamese American community and assisting community members with legal concerns. In furtherance of that mission, we are proud to sponsor up to two $1,000 scholarships for law students who have ties to the East Coast and who have demonstrated a commitment to serving the Vietnamese
American communities in that region. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of community service, academic performance, essay, and to a more limited extent, their connections to the Vietnamese American community on the East Coast. The scholarship recipient(s) will be expected to attend a VABA-DC Scholarship Dinner in their honor to be held on April 12, 2012.

Download the application here
Deadline to apply:  March 9, 2012

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VABA-DC Third Annual Scholarship Dinner
Saturday, April 2, 2011

On April 1-2, 2011, VABA-DC hosted the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) in Washington, D.C.  This was NCVAA's fifth annual conference, but the first time the conference was held outside of California.  Themed "Raising the Bar in the Nation's Capital", the conference featured a series of esteemed speakers, panelists, and guests.  

The conference opened with a Welcome Reception on Friday evening at the firm of Arent Fox, with former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh providing the keynote.  

On Saturday, April 2, we held a day-long conference at the D.C. Bar Conference Center with panels on Latest Developments in IP Law; The Art of Immigration Advocacy; Career Paths for Vietnamese American Attorneys; Effective Skills for Practicing Before Federal Agencies; The Gulf Oil Spill and the Vietnamese American Community; Autopsy of a Distressed Real Estate Loan; and the ever-popular Judges' Panel.  

   

   

 

During lunch, we heard from Reverend Vien The Nguyen, who was featured in the film “A Village Called Versailles” about a Vietnamese American community in the outskirts of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. 

The conference concluded with a combined Closing Gala and VABA-DC's Third Annual Scholarship Dinner, at which scholarships were awarded to three law students in recognition of their excellence and commitment to the Vietnamese American community. 

The dinner featured the Executive Director of BPSOS, Dr. Thang D. Nguyen, as the keynote speaker, and Paul D. Nguyen was awarded the Trailblazer Award.

For more information about the NCVAA, please visit www.ncvaa.org.

See more photos from NCVAA 2011 here.

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