Announcements

2025 AEF Benefit Dinner

Keynote Speaker

Andrew Ting, Chief Legal Officer of Panamora Education

Community Service Award Recipient

Edgar Chen, Senior Policy Advisor of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

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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 2025 AEF Benefit Dinner.

The 2025 AEF Benefit Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at 6:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.  Andrew Ting, Chief Legal Officer of Panamora Education, is scheduled to be our keynote speaker.  We will also honor the recipient of the AEF Community Service Award, Edgar Chen, who has vigorously served the APA community.

You can purchase individual tickets here. If you have any questions or are interested in being a sponsor, please email us at outreach@aefdc.org.

2025 AEF Summer Public Interest Fellowships

AEF is pleased to announce that applications for 2025 AEF Summer Public Interest Fellowships are now being accepted. Law students that are interested in funding for their unpaid public interest internship should submit their application to applications@aefdc.org by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 11:59pm ET.

2024-2025 Matsui Writing Competition

AEF is now accepting submissions for the 2024-2025 Robert T. Matsui Writing Competition. If you would like to be considered, please submit (1) a completed Application Form; and (2) your written submission to applications@aefdc.org no later than Sunday, March 16, 2025. Please follow specific instructions in the Application Form. 

2024-2025 AEF Student Liaison Program

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 AEF Student Liaison Program.

Student Liaisons serve as an invaluable bridge between AEF and the Asian Pacific American ("APA") law student community in the Washington D.C./ Maryland/ Virginia (DMV) area. To better serve students, Student Liaisons provide direct insights into student needs and interests that help shape AEF's programs. This year, AEF is looking to fill at least three (3) positions across various law schools in the DMV.  Prior or current involvement with APALSA is highly preferred. 

The deadline to apply is Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 11:59PM ET.

Fall 2024 First-Generation Law Student Scholarship

AEF is excited to announce it is accepting applications for the Fall 2024 First-Generation Law Student Scholarship. This year, the Scholarship will award $5,000 to 1-2 law students who are the first in their families to pursue a legal career and who have demonstrated outstanding academic success in the face of challenging cultural, social, and economic circumstances. 

To access the application materials, visit https://www.aefdc.org/first-generation-law-student-scholarship. Apply by Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.

2024-2025 Mentorship Program

AEF is pleased to launch its 2024-2025 Mentorship Program. AEF pairs attorney mentors with law student mentees in the Greater Washington, D.C. area with a view to fostering a mutually rewarding personal and professional relationship that can continue beyond the one-year period of our program.  If you have any questions, please email us at mentorship@aefdc.org.

Attorneys: To be paired with a law student mentee, please sign up here by Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.

Law Students: To be paired with an attorney mentor, please sign up by Friday, September 27, 2024 at 11:59PM ET.