VLF joins with VABANC, Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center (KGACLC), Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Northern California Regional Network for the 2nd Community Dialogue with the Vietnamese American community at Tully Library on August 10, 2016 at 7:00[…]
PAINTED NAILS is a documentary showing at the 2016 CAAMFest Film Festival in San Francisco this week. This documentary follows Van Nguyen’s journey as she bravely speaks out on behalf of her co-workers, the Vietnamese community and nail salon patrons everywhere on the hazards of the cosmetics industry on consumer health. VLF’s second fellow, Gina Szeto, focused[…]
VABANC Law Foundation Fellow Jacqueline Dan will be presenting at the 2016 Advancing Justice Conference, hosted at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California on March 30, 2016. Jacqueline will be one of 4 panelists discussing “AANHPI Incarceration & Beyond,” examining “school to prison to deportation pipeline” as it impacts Asian Americans and Pacific[…]
On February 10th at 6:30 – 8:00 PM at the Tully Branch Library, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ Northern California Regional Network, Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California Law Foundation and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus will host a community dialogue inviting Vietnamese immigrant workers and advocates[…]
VLF is now accepting applications for the 2016 Public Interest Fellowship. To download the application and learn more about the requirements, visit our application page. Applications are due on Friday, January 15, 2016.
Learn more about Touch Hak, one of the immigration cases that 2015 VLF Fellow Jacqueline Dan has been working on. Cambodian refugee issued 3-year reprieve from deportation to donate kidney to brother: Santa Ana, Calif. (Nov. 18, 2015) — Overcoming initial pushback and representing a big win for the refugee and immigrant community, Cambodian refugee Touch Hak[…]
As a recognized leader in the Vietnamese American community, we invite you to a coffee meet and greet to celebrate the launch of the 2015 VABANC Law Foundation Fellows, Jacqueline Dan and David Ta. We hope that you will share your insights and experiences in working with the Vietnamese American community. This important event will[…]
The Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California Law Foundation (VLF) is proud to award two public interest fellowships totaling $100,000 to David Ta with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (Advancing Justice-ALC) and Jacqueline Dan with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Orange County (Advancing Justice-OC). These awards mark the first time that VLF will expand[…]
Join 2015 VLF Fellow David Ta as he presents at a brown bag on workers’ rights in the shared economy, part of Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus’ 2015 Summer Brown Bag Series. Learn more….