VLF Fall 2015 Newsletter
Learn more about VLF Fellows and their latest work in our Fall 2015 Newsletter.
Cambodian refugee issued 3-year reprieve from deportation to donate kidney to brother
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[…]
You’re Invited to the VLF Launch Celebration & Coffee Meet & Greet
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[…]
Announcing Statewide Fellowships Totaling $100,000
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[…]
Advocates Try to Keep Brothers Together As One Fights Deportation, The Other for His Life
A Cambodian refugee who was spared deportation last year so that he could donate his kidney to his brother recently learned he is not a blood match with his older sibling and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is coming after him again. Read more here…
Sweatshops on Wheels and the Dark Side of the “Sharing” Economy
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….