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• 2025 KABA Scholarship Announcement

  • Start
    Friday, March 07, 2025
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    3:00 PM
  • End
    Monday, March 31, 2025
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    11:59 PM

  Dear Law Students:
  
  The Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (KABA) is now accepting applications for the 2025 KABA Scholarships. Based on available funding, the KABA Foundation will be awarding a number of $1,000 - $3,000 scholarships to law students in the Southern California area.
  
  Kenneth B. Chang Memorial KABA Foundation Scholarship
  This scholarship was named in honor of Judge Kenneth B. Chang, who was KABA’s inaugural president and the first Korean American to be appointed to the Superior Court in Southern California. Judge Chang immigrated to the United States in the early 1950s and graduated from Santa Clara Law School. After working in a civil litigation firm, he joined the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office as a criminal prosecutor. In 1968, Judge Chang worked for the U.S. government in Korea, where he negotiated and drafted the Status of Forces Agreement, which set guidelines on the Korean government’s treatment of U.S. military personnel in Korea. He returned to Los Angeles in 1972, practicing in the private sector until 1980, when he was appointed to the Superior Court bench by Governor Jerry Brown. Judge Chang was the first and only Korean American judge in Los Angeles until 1998, since which time several Korean Americans have followed in Judge Chang’s footsteps to serve on the bench.
  
  Additional Scholarships
  Additional scholarships are funded through the generous annual donations from the LimNexus Foundation, KABA Past Presidents, Ro & You LLP, OCINET, as well as other individual contributions. This year, we have added a new scholarship for students pursuing a legal aid career.
  
  To Apply
  The scholarships are open to law students who currently attend a law school in Southern California. We are seeking applicants who can demonstrate, through past, current, or future contributions, a commitment to serving the Korean American community and/or Asian American & Pacific Islander community. Financial need and availability of other resources—including receipt of other scholarships, fellowships, and awards—may be factors.
  
  Law students will be evaluated based on their completed applications. The scholarships will be presented at the 2025 KABA Annual Installation Dinner on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
  
  Please complete and sign the attached application. Applications will be accepted by email at foundation@kabasocal.org (all documents must be combined into a single PDF attachment). All applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2025.
  
  Click HERE for the application form.
  

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• Koreatown Beautification: Volunteer with KABA SoCal & KYCC!

  • When
    Saturday, March 22, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    KYCC, 680 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles, CA 90005

  Saturday, March 22, 2025 | 10am - 2pm

  KYCC, 680 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles, CA 90005

  KABA SoCal is kicking off a series of group volunteering projects in partnership with KYCC (Koreatown Youth and Community Center). This month, we are in need of volunteers to help paint, organize, decorate, and remodel the Youth Services Center classroom at KYCC. Come join us to give back to our local students, meet great people, and help make Koreatown look a little brighter! Lunch and free KABA T-shirts will be provided to our amazing volunteers.

  Please sign up here by 3/20/2025: https://forms.gle/Ucejc6ovkTYLaEuH6

  
  

  
  

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• KABA Monthly Clinic

  • When
    Tuesday, April 08, 2025
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    981 S. Western Ave. #100, Los Angeles, CA 90006

  We are actively recruiting volunteer attorneys and Korean speaking interpreters. Bring your attorney friends and coworkers. Law students are welcome!

  Tuesday, April 8th at 6:00 PM

  (*held on the first Tuesday of each month)

  Time: 6-8 PM

  Location: KAFLA Office - 981 S. Western Ave. # 100, Los Angeles, CA 90006

  Volunteer Parking: Koreatown Plaza - 928 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90006

  Dinner will be provided.

  Click HERE to volunteer.
  If you have any questions, please email foundation@kabasocal.org.

  
  

  
  

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