VABANC was formed to cultivate and nurture professional relationships between Vietnamese American judges, attorneys, law students, and the Vietnamese American communities in Northern California.
With your support, VABANC has accomplished so much in the last twenty-eight years, including:
- Celebrating the appointment of numerous Vietnamese American judges to the bench in California, with the most recent being the appointment of the Honorable Judge Nhan Vu;
- Raising over $50,000 in scholarship funds to support our next generation of lawyers, including law students from Berkeley Law, Santa Clara Law, and UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings);
- Establishing the VABANC Law Foundation, a charitable arm of VABANC that offers a year-long public interest fellowship which has grown to $50,000 annually and has fostered the work of seven public interest attorneys working with various legal aid organizations to promote justice and access to legal services and resources for those in the community, particularly those from under resourced or underserved communities;
- Establishing free legal clinics in Oakland and San Jose, which provide in-language legal support to hundreds of community members;
- Reviving a mentorship program alongside the Honorable Judge Jacqueline Duong where experienced attorneys are paired with law students and new/transitioning attorneys;
- Elevating our mentorship program spearheaded by the Honorable Judge Jacqueline Duong where experienced attorneys are paired with law students and new/transitioning attorneys; and
- Launching the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA), which will be celebrating its 17th anniversary this year.
A big thank you to our sponsors for our 2024 dinner!
Diamond Sponsors:
Gold Sponsors:
Fenwick & West LLP
Patent Law Works LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Silver Sponsors:
Block Change Real Estate
Law Offices of Henry H. Liem
Law Offices of Trang Do
Luu Law P.C.
Minami Tamaki LLP
Step Forward Foundation
Togo’s El Paseo
Ton Law P.C.
Bronze Sponsors:
Berliner Cohen, LLP
County of Santa Clara Supervisor Cindy Chavez
Law Office of Linda Sung
McDermott, Will, & Emery
McManis Faulkner
Paul Hastings LLP
Check out some photos from the 2023 and 2024 Scholarship Dinners below!
For more photos from our 26th Annual Scholarship Dinner (2024), click here.
For more photos from our 25th Annual Scholarship Dinner (2023), click here.
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