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• Family Event at Clemyjontri Playground with APABA-DC Working Parents Forum

  • When
    21 Jun 2025
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    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Clemyjontri Park, 6317 Georgetown Pike McLean, Virginia 22101

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• Ally Event: Annual Pride Event with Steptoe and the LGBTQ+ Bar Ass'n of D.C

  • When
    23 Jun 2025
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    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Steptoe, 1330 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036

  Annual LGBTQ+ Bar Assocation of Washington, D.C.

  Annual Pride Event with Steptoe

  The LGBTQ+ Bar Association is excited to invite their APABA-DC colleagues and allies to attend a special Pride celebration on June 23, 2025.

  
  

  Date: Monday, June 23, 2025

  Time: Starts at 6:00 p.m.

  Location:

  Steptoe’s D.C. Office

  1330 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036

  We cannot wait to celebrate Pride with you all so RSVP HERE today!

  
  

  
  

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• Forum and Support Session for Government Employees

  • When
    25 Jun 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual (link will be provided to registranst)

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  For our US government employee members and colleagues:

  APABA-DC invites you to join our next confidential virtual forum to share your concerns, experiences, and perspectives. These sessions are intended to provide a supportive space for those impacted or at risk, offering an opportunity to connect, be heard, explore potential avenues for support, and hear about/share resources.

  Date & Time: Wednesday, June 25th at 7:00pm ET
  Location: Virtual (link will be sent to registered attendees)

  If you are a federal government employee currently, on probation, recently separated, or on leave but cannot register due to your self-selected category for your APABA-DC account, please reach out directly to president@apaba-dc.org to register for this forum. 

  This is a closed session to foster candid discussion. 

  
  

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• Ally Event: Supreme Court Term in Review

  • When
    2 Jul 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
  • Location
    Georgetown University Capitol Campus, 125 E Street - 9th Floor, Washington, D.C.

  APABA-DC is pleased to share the following event hosted by the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law (Georgetown University Law Center):

  
  

  Annual Supreme Court Term in Review

  
  

  Date: Tuesday, July 2

  Time: 10:00am to 12:15pm ET

  This year’s program will feature leading scholars, legal experts, and award-winning journalists—including Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Linda D. & Timothy J. O'Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown Law; Co-Faculty Director, O'Neill Institute, Sherrilyn Ifill, former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, George Conway, The Lincoln Project Co-Founder, and Mark Joseph Stern of Slate Magazine. The discussion will focus on the most consequential Supreme Court decisions from the 2024–2025 term. The program will also include a special panel examining how the Trump administration is testing the rule of law in the United States and the consequences of weakening institutional checks on power.

  More information and direct registration with the event host can be done through this link.

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• Leaders Among Us Dinner (In-House Only)

  • When
    10 Jul 2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    TBD

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  Calling all APABA-DC In-House Counsel! Join us for this year's annual APABA-DC Leaders Among Us dinner, an exclusive event honoring trailblazing leaders in the Asian Pacific American in-house legal community.

  
  

  This special evening celebrates individuals who have succeeded to the highest ranks of in-house counsel and who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and society at large through their leadership.

  
  

  Come enjoy a memorable night of recognition, inspiring remarks, and networking with fellow in-house counsel and our sponsor attendees.

  
  

  Honoree and Featured Speaker

  SANDRA LEUNG

  Executive Vice President and General Counsel (ret.)

  Bristol Myers Squibb

  
  

  Date:        Thursday, July 10, 2025

  Location: Location will be provided to confirmed registrants

  
  

  Networking Reception at 6:30pm

  Dinner at 7:00pm

  
  

  If you did not receive an invitation, please let us know at in-house@apaba-dc.org if you are interested in attending or know any APA in-house counsel who would like to attend!  

  
  

  This event is complimentary for APABA-DC In-House Counsel members as well as non-member invited and confirmed in-house counsel. Because seating is limited, priority will be given to active APABA-DC IHC Members.

  
  

  This year's dinner is made possible through the generous support of Venable LLP.

  
  

  Any questions, please contact the In-House Counsel Committee at in-house@apaba-dc.org

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• ACC NCR/APABA-DC In-House Counsel Summer Tea at Hillwood Estate (In-House only)

  • When
    12 Jul 2025
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    1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, 4155 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008

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  ACC NCR DEI Leadership Committee and APABA-DC In-House Counsel Group – Summer Tea at the Hillwood Estate

  
  

  Date:   Saturday, July 12th

  Time:  1:30pm

  Location: The Merriweather Café at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

  
  

  Please join the ACC NCR DEI Leadership Committee and APABA-DC In-House Counsel members at The Merriweather Café at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens for a special collaboration event: a lovely summer afternoon tea! Price is $64 per person (which includes tax & gratuity) for the tea - please note the tea is a pay-your-own-way event.

  Payment for the Tea must be settled by or on the day of the tea. Hillwood Estate requires that there be a single payor and one of the ACC NCR DLC members has graciously agreed to serve in that role) and can be paid via Venmo, Zelle, check or cash. Arrangements for payment to that individual will be provided separately to registered attendees.

  You are kindly asked to register for this event by July 5^th so we can have a proper headcount for the reservation as required.

  In addition to the tea, for your information, if you wish to separately tour the Hillwood Estate Mansion, the Mansion offers guided 1-hour tours led by a docent for an additional cost of $15. Regular admission to the Hillwood grounds is a $12 suggested donation for a self-guided tour and access to the grounds. You are invited to leisurely explore the mansion, gardens, special exhibition and greenhouse at your own pace.

  
  

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• APABA-DC Book Club: July

  • When
    23 Jul 2025
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Shaw neighborhood

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  Join APABA-DC Book Club in July 2025 to discuss the entertaining Dial A for Aunties by Chinese-Indonesian author Jesse Q. Sutanto. Dial A for Aunties is a comedy caper that follows Meddelina Chan, a 26 year-old photographer who accidentally kills her blind date and only has her meddlesome aunties to help her cover up the mess.

  We will meet at 6:00pm on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in the Shaw neighborhood. The exact location will be shared with those who RSVP here. First drink and appetizers on us! We hope you join us for a great discussion.

  
  

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