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Thompson Coburn LLP issued the following announcement on May 5.
Government contracts associate Jayna Rust has been selected for the 2021-22 Leadership Advancement Program (LAP) of NAPABA, the nation s largest Asian Pacific American membership organization representing the interest of 50,000 attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students.
Jayna is among 24 attorneys across the country selected for LAP, a year-long experiential program where fellows cultivate and transform their leadership styles, develop a vision for their careers, and foster relationships with peers within the profession, especially with in-house counsel.
Jayna advises companies, transportation authorities and other entities regarding their rights and obligations when doing business with the Federal Government. She helps clients recover money owed under Federal contracts, protest problematic contract awards and challenge adverse agency actions. In doing so, she represents them before agencies, the
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Readout of White House’s Listening Session with Asian American and Pacific Islander Leaders on Rising Hate Crimes and Incidents
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Today, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, White House Public Engagement Director Cedric Richmond, Acting Director of the White House Initiative on AAPIs Laura Shin, and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President Rohini Kosoglu hosted a virtual roundtable listening session with Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates and community leaders from across the country to discuss the increasing rates of anti-Asian harassment and violence. Participants shared their perspectives on the climate of fear that Asian American communities are facing. They also shared the important work they are doing across the country, recommendations for preventing and addressing violence against Asian American communities, and highlighted the coalition building that is happening across communities.
Today, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, White House Public Engagement Director Cedric Richmond, Acting Director of the White House Initiative on AAPIs Laura Shin, and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President Rohini Kosoglu hosted a virtual roundtable listening session with Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates and community leaders from across the country to discuss the increasing rates of anti-Asian harassment and violence. Participants shared their perspectives on the climate of fear that Asian American communities are facing. They also shared the important work they are doing across the country, recommendations for preventing and addressing violence against Asian American communities, and highlighted the coalition building that is happening across communities.
An Oregon lawyer will get to argue that lawyers shouldn’t be required to join the state bar, in light of a 2018 statement the bar made condemning white supremacy that he says violated his First Amendment right to free association.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. (Photo credit: Sanfranman59/Wikipedia)
(CN) Can the Oregon State Bar require lawyers to maintain membership, even though it runs political columns in its monthly Bulletin that they might not agree with? It’s a question that the Ninth Circuit on Friday ordered a federal judge to consider.
In its April 2018 edition, the Oregon State Bar ran two lengthy “statements” in its monthly Bulletin, condemning white nationalism and faulting then-President Donald Trump for promoting racism and the “normalization of violence.”
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