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Please join us as we host How to become a Judge. This event will provide practical advice from a panel of distinguished Justices including Justice Shannon Frison, Justice Pamela Dashiell, Justice Serge Georges, Justice Wilbur Edwards and Judge Helen Brown Bryant. Our moderator for the evening will be E. Macey Russell, former Chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission. When: April 27, 2017 5:00pm - 7:30pm Where: Collora LLP 100 High Street 20th Floor Boston, MA

The MBLA, along with the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston (SABA GB) and the Asian American Lawyers Association of MA (AALAM) invite you to attend an upcoming Career Development Panel. Panelists will focus on career development issues including topics such as developing business, soliciting mentorship, how to follow up after events with the business cards you collected, switching paths from Government to private sector, transitions from firms to in-house roles, and more. The panel will feature a wide range of participants with diverse backgrounds, including: Dhruv Kaushal (Director of IP, Editas Medicine), Sarah Kim (Deputy Treasurer, Commonwealth of MA), Scott Mays (Asst. General Counsel, Tufts Health Plan); and Srikanth Reddy (Partner, IP Litigation, Goodwin Procter LLP). The panel will be moderated by SABA GB Advisory Board Member, Samia Kirmani (Principal, Jackson Lewis P.C.). Goodwin is generously sponsoring the event. When: Tuesday, May 2nd, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Panel 6:30-7:30 p.m. Reception 7:30-8:30 p.m Where: Goodwin LLP Conference Room 9B-2 on the 9th floor 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, 02210,

On Friday, March 3, 2017 at 5:30pm, the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and Boston Police Department together with numerous community based organizations will host the 3rd Annual Know Your Rights! Youth Forum at the BCYF Mildred Avenue Community Center in Mattapan, MA. The forum is a youth driven program which features role plays, solution based discussions and a panel of experts of color. The topic this year will be police interactions in the context of the school-to-prison pipeline, with a focus on the youth perspective. The target audience is middle and high school aged children. In attendance will be police officers, attorneys of color, court personnel, community organizers and youth leaders. Many young people feel their voices are not being heard. Many young people are not aware of their rights when they encounter police at school or in the street. Many young people are forced into the school-to-prison pipeline. This program seeks to address these issues in a fun and interactive way. We plan to create opportunities for the students to drive the conversation. This provides insight to what students are thinking in their daily interactions with police and educators and how we, as professionals, can better address and respond to their concerns. When: Friday March 3, 2017 5:30 pm Registration 6:00 pm Program begins Where: BCYF Mildred Avenue Community Center 5 Mildred Avenue Mattapan, MA 02126