On August 17, the Nisei Week Foundation honored JABA Member Louis Ito as a 2011 Nisei Week Pioneer. He and four other pioneers were honored as some of the most active and dedicated leaders of the greater Los Angeles Japanese American community. “I am grateful for the warm reception accorded to me and my co-honorees [...]
JABA Softball Team Returns to Winning Ways
On August 13, 2011, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association hosted its 9th annual softball tournament. JABA once again participated, alongside various bar associations and other attorney organizations from the Greater LA area. Despite being placed in the Group of Death with the Latino Prosecutors Association (LPA) and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA), team [...]
JABA Encourages Members to Join LACBA
JABA encourages members to join the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA). JABA members receive a discount toward LACBA membership dues. Simply check the box on the LACBA membership application form. Apply online today! In addition to the various LACBA resources and programs that are available to its members, by joining LACBA, you will also [...]
JABA Free Legal Clinic Assists Those in Need
On June 25, over 40 clients attended the JABA Community Education Committee’s free legal clinic at the Little Tokyo Service Center. The volunteer attorneys assisted clients over a wide variety of legal issues, including family law, estate planning, bankruptcy, immigration, landlord-tenant, consumer fraud, employment and government benefits. “Our volunteers were terrific fielding questions and providing [...]
JABA Educational Foundation: Krunk Fu Battle Battle at East West Players
On June 10, 2011, the Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation (JEF) held its second annual theatre night benefit to raise scholarship funds for deserving law students. The inspiration of Anne Inoue, JEF Theatre Night has become an annual event highlighted by a production of the East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre [...]
Magistrate Judge Arthur Nakazato Honored by OCAABA with Lifetime Achievement Award
On May 12, the Orange County Bar Association (OCAABA) honored U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Nakazato at its 18th Annual Installation Dinner in Westminster. Judge Nakazato has the honor and distinction of serving as the founding President of OCAABA, as well as being President and a founding Director of the Orange County Japanese American Lawyers Association. [...]
JABA Sponsors Thousand Hearts Japan Benefit Concert
JABA members and friends came out in great numbers to support the Thousand Hearts Benefit Concert at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium to benefit survivors of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. With 1,700 persons attending, the concert raised many thousands of dollars for some of the hardest hit areas of Japan – the Iwate, [...]
JABA Foodie Group Samples Burger of the Year
The JABA Foodie Group made its April outing to Umami Burger, the home of GQ’s Burger of the Year, to find out if they truly had the best burger in LA. The eclectic and packed venue provided a group-friendly atmosphere, and in spite of them running out of their regular fries (what burger place runs [...]
JABA Softball Team Swings for Fences at MABA Tournament
Coming off a semi final berth in the 2010 APABA Softball Tournament, the JABA Softball Club made its inaugural appearance in the Mexican American Bar Association (MABA) tournament on April 16, 2011. Held at Whittier Narrows Regional Park, the 3rd annual tournament attracts a wide assortment of bar associations, law firms, and private companies all [...]
Jon Mayeda Honored as UCLA APILSA’s Alumni of the Year
UCLA’s Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association (APILSA) and Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ) honored JABA and APABA Member and Retired Judge Jon Mayeda (UCLA Law ’71) as their Alumni of the Year. “We selected Judge Mayeda as our recipient because he is a wonderful leader who has shaped our community in a way [...]
