全美華人協會「法律英才計劃」 成功舉辦秋季講座

2018年10月22日下午，全美華人協會（NACA）「法律英才計劃」 秋季講座在喬治亞州律師協會會議中心拉開了帷幕。這是NACA「法律英才計劃」2018年度的第三次集體講座。

這次講座很榮幸地邀請到了兩位演講嘉賓：The Honorable Carla McMillian, 喬治亞州上訴法院法官，美東南第一位被任命的亞裔州上訴法院法官，以及Angela Hsu女士, Duke Realty 公司法律事務副總裁。

全美華人協會理事Maggie Mers向來賓們致歡迎詞。這次講座的主題包括：領導力造福社區，以及如何從挑戰和機遇中走出成功的法律職業之路。兩位嘉賓就這些主題發表了精彩演講，並分享了她們的相關個人經歷和故事，贏得了大家熱烈的掌聲。

全美華人協會秘書、「法律英才計劃」負責人胡冰子律師還向大家彙報了一些mentee近來取得的成功。他們有的得到了心儀的工作機會，有的正展開全新的實習計劃。大家衷心為他們的成績感到高興。

參加這次活動的各界人士包括 「法律英才計劃」的mentor和mentee、執業律師、各大法學院學生、等等。會議中心莊嚴大氣，場內氣氛互動熱烈，主辦方還準備了精美的水果、餐點和飲料款待各位來賓。

自2018年以來，NACA自豪地推出了全新的「法律英才計劃」。該計劃旨在培養年輕的法律人才和法律界的未來領導者。通過該計劃，NACA將年輕的律師和法律學生（mentee）與經驗豐富的執業律師（mentor）一對一聯繫起來，分享他們的職業建議和實踐經驗。該計劃服務於NACA的三項使命：構建文化橋樑，打造未來領袖，服務造福社區。

今年「法律英才計劃」還將繼續邀請重量級嘉賓，推出一系列精彩活動。我們期待您的參與！

NACA』s Legal Talents Program held Fall 2018 Group Mentoring Event

On Monday, October 22, 2018, the National Association of Chinese Americans (「NACA」) successfully held the Fall 2018 Group Mentoring Event of its Legal Talents Program at the conference center of the State Bar of Georgia.

NACA is honored to have invited the Honorable Carla McMillian and Ms. Angela Hsu as speakers for this event. Judge Carla Wong McMillian was appointed to the Georgia Court of Appeals by Governor Nathan Deal, taking office on January 24, 2013. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, she is the first Asian Pacific American state appellate judge ever to be appointed in the Southeast. Upon her election in 2014, Judge McMillian became the first Asian American to be elected to a statewide office in Georgia.  Ms. Angela Hsu holds the title of Vice President, Legal at Duke Realty Corporation, a Fortune 500 publicly traded industrial real estate company with a presence in 22 states in the U.S.  She currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity, an agency of the State of Georgia. Angela also serves on the first advisory board for the Emory University School of Law Transactional Law Center. She has been invited to rejoin the board of the Georgia Asian Pacific Bar Association in 2018.  The topics of this event included: leadership makes a difference in your community, and build a successful career in law from challenges and opportunities.  The speakers delivered wonderful speeches and shared their own experiences relating to these topics.

Ms. Maggie Mers welcomed the attendees on behalf of NACA.  The attendees included mentors and mentees of Legal Talents Program, practicing attorneys, law students, etc.  Ms. Bingzi Hu, Chair of Legal Talents Program, shared the mentees』 recent achievements – they obtained very exciting job offer or internship opportunity.  The attendees gave the mentees a round of applause and wished them every success in the future.

Since 2018, NACA proudly launches the Legal Talents Program. This program aims to cultivate young legal talents and future leaders of the Asian legal community. Through this Program, NACA connects young lawyers and law students (mentees) with experienced practicing attorneys (mentors), who will share their career advice, practice experience, and provide leadership guidance to the mentees.  This Program serves NACA’s three missions: bridging cultures, building leaders, and benefiting communities.

NACA thanks the speakers and all participants for joining the event.  The Legal Talents Program is going to hold more events this year.  Look forward to seeing you there!