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Friday, June 25, 2010
Women and Minorities Under Islamic Law
Breakout Panel 2b
Time: 11:45 a.m. t0 12:45 p.m.
Preeminent Islamic law scholars will explore
the rights and status of women and minorities under Islamic
law, an understanding of which is important to representation
in the family law, domestic violence, trusts and estate, and
other fields of legal practice.
Particular areas that may be addressed
include: :
- Marriage, divorce, inheritance, sexual relations, custody,
homosexuality
- How to separate what is seen as mandated by Islamic law
(Sharia), versus that mandated by culture?;
- How does the interpretation of specific laws vary in different
Islamic countries?
Moderator: Pnina
Lahav, Professor, Boston University School of Law
Speakers:
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Unique Networking Opportunity
First Annual Building Relationships
and Strengthening Connections Program
NASABA is proud to announce the first annual
"Building Relationships and Strengthening Connections"
program at Convention. This mentoring program seeks to promote
relationship building between law students, junior attorneys,
senior attorneys and other members of the legal and professional
community in attendance.
With the presence of numerous senior attorneys,
this program provides an opportunity for law students and young
attorneys to seek guidance as they pursue a career in the legal
profession.
If you are a law school student or a junior
attorney and wish to participate, please respond to Lalitha
Gunturi at lalithargunturi@gmail.com
with your name, law school class year or years in practice,
practice area, the days you will be attending the convention,
and what you are looking for from this program.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
An Insider's View of the White House
Plenary Breakfast
Time: 8:00 a.m. t0 9:00 a.m.
Hari Sreenivasan of the famed News Hour with
Jim Lehrer will discuss what's going on inside the White House
with two South Asian community organizers/attorneys turned Obama
officials and will learn how NASABA and its membership can contribute
to and gain from the
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and
Pacific Islanders.
Moderator: Hari
Sreenivasan, PBS Online/On-Air Correspondent,The NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer
Speakers:
- Kiran
Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders
- Nick
Rathod, Director, White House Office of Inter-Governmental
Affairs
Featuring Renowned Chef Devanand (David)
Chinta
Famed Chef Devanand (David) Chinta will be
cooking for us throughout the Convention Weekend including Indian
Snacks, a South Indian Breakfast on Saturday morning, and a
delectable North Indian dinner for the Saturday Evening Gala.
Having trained under two Michelin-starred chefs
in England and France, Chef Chinta brings high-end European
training along with Indian culinary experience to his new position
as the Chef de Cuisine at the Boston InterContinental's Four
Diamond Miel "Brasserie Provençale." Chef Chinta,
who hails from Hyderabad, India, trained at the Institute of
Hotel Management and Catering Technology in New Delhi, India
and the Oberoi Hotel in Hyderabad. He continued his training
at the Les Quatre Saisons Hôtel, a boutique hotel in Paris,
France, as Premier de Commis.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
DISCOUNTED ROOMS FILLING UP FAST
Convention Gala
Time: 7:30 p.m.
NASABA has secured a deeply discounted room
rate at the Intercontinental Hotel Boston for Convention registrants.
These discounted rates are available only for reservations
made while supplies last, but expire in any event on June 5.
If you haven't already, please be sure to book your room reservations
at these discounted rates Click
Here.
Desi Comic Rajiv Satyal
Rajiv
Satyal will be performing his unique brand of comedy for
our entertainment at the Gala Dinner on Saturday Night. Rajiv
is the small, bespectacled Indian humorist from Ohio whose witty,
universal, and TV-clean act resonates with Middle America by
covering everything from racial issues to soap bottles to his
favorite topic - himself.
This former engineer and P&G marketer has repeatedly opened
for Dave Chappelle, Kevin Nealon, Tim Allen, and also for Russell
Peters in sold-out theaters across the U.S.A.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Opportunities for Uniquely Boston Experiences
on Sunday
Historic Faneuil Hall
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Register for these events a la carte at the
Convention
Website
Duck Tour of Boston
Take an amphibious
Duck Tour ($32/person)
through Boston and Boston Harbor. You'll cruise by all the places
that make Boston the birthplace of freedom and a city of firsts,
from the golden-domed State House to Bunker Hill and the TD
Banknorth Garden, Boston Common and Copley Square to the Big
Dig, Government Center to fashionable Newbury Street, Quincy
Market to the Prudential Tower, and more. And, as the best of
Boston unfolds before your eyes, your ConDUCKtor will be giving
you lots of little known facts and interesting insights about
our unique and wonderful city.
or
South Asian Art Tour
NASABA has also arranged for a private tour
of the South Asian Collection at the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston ($20/person). On view in the Asian
paper conservation lab will be a temporary exhibition created
specifically for NASABA. Laura Weinstein, Assistant Curator
of South Asian Art, will present the first part of the exhibit,
which will include a selection of masterpieces of South Asian
painting. The second part will include a group of paintings
in various stages of completion chosen to illustrate the methods
and materials these artists used. Joan Wright, Bettina Burr
Conservator, will be on hand to talk about how South Asian paintings
were made and how they are conserved. As a special treat, visitors
will have a chance to look through our high-powered microscope
at a painting to see what the surface looks like magnified fifty
times.
Questions? Call Natasha Varyani, VP of Convention at 617-449-6522
email her at nvaryani@mccarter.com
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Reconsideration of U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh Thind
Historic Faneuil Hall
Time: 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Judges Gandhi, Thapar And Woodlock To Hear
Reargument Of United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
Judges:
- Hon. Amul R Thapar, United States District Judge, Eastern
District of Kentucky
- Hon. Vijay "Jay" Chand Gandhi, United States Magistrate
Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California
- Hon. Douglas P. Woodlock, United States District Judge,
District of Massachusetts
Preeminent South Asian attorneys will argue
a 1923 civil rights case that Made History. In Thind, the Supreme
Court deemed South Asians ineligible for citizenship because
U.S. law allowed only free whites to become naturalized citizens.
Judges Thapar,
Gandhi
and Woodlock
will hear arguments and provide insight into the judicial deliberative
process. Judges Thapar and Gandhi are the first South Asian
federal Article III judges in the United States.
Room Rate Discounts
Expire On May 24
NASABA has secured a deeply discounted room
rate at the Intercontinental Hotel Boston for Convention registrants.
These discounted rates are available only for reservations made
on or before May 24, 2010. If you haven't already, please be
sure to book your room reservations at these discounted rates.
click
here.
Uconn And Bu Law School To Hostlaw Student Reception
At 2010 NASABA CONVENTION
Law Student Reception
Hosted by:
the
University of Connecticut School of Law and the Boston
University School of Law
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Intercontinental Boston
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Questions? Call Natasha Varyani, VP of Convention at
617-449-6522 or email her at nvaryani@mccarter.com
June 24 - June 27, 2010
2010 NASABA Convention
Intercontinental Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Please take advantage of Early Bird Registration
Rates and Register Now for the Seventh Annual NASABA Convention
in historic Boston, Massachusetts. Excellent opportunities to
network, earn CLE and spend time with colleagues old and new.
The South Asian American legal community has much to be proud
of and we look forward to celebrating together in Boston.
Sonjui L. Kumar
President, NASABA
The North American South Asian Bar Association
(NASABA) is a principal voice for legal issues in the South
Asian American community and a diverse voice for the community
at large. NASABA chapters serve local communities in the United
States and Canada, their members leading and practicing in top
law firms, government agencies, academia, and public interest
groups. With over 6,000 members in 27 chapters NASABA provides
a powerful support network for South Asians in the legal community
as well as a deep expert pool for the media and events.
Sincerely,
NASABA
For Questions, Call Natasha Varyani, VP of Convention at 617-449-6522
or
Email: nvaryani@mccarter.com
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
- U.S. Attorney, Preet Bharara
- Former Interim U.S. Assistant Secy of the Treasury, Neel
Kashkari
More: Don't miss it - Early registration available
until March 31, 2010
Stay Tuned for more Convention information.
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