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About the 2024 Cal-APABA Annual Conference

The California Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Cal-APABA) is excited to bring the 2024 Cal-APABA Annual Conference to San Francisco! The Conference will be held from September 20-22, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 5 Embarcadero Ctr., San Francisco, CA 94111. Our theme is “Empowering APA Attorneys: Pipeline to Excellence,” and it reflects our focus on rebuilding the pipeline to attorney success.

Schedule

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Pre-Conference Virtual Programs (Open to All)

Friday, September 20, 2024

  • 12:30-2:00: Board Retreat & Lunch — Hyatt Regency, Waterfront AB (Cal-APABA Board Members Only)

  • 2:30-4:00: Private Docent-led Tour of Asian Art Museum (Free for Conference registrants; Click to RSVP)

  • 2:30-4:00: Presidents & PEs Summit — Hyatt Regency, Waterfront AB (at Hotel; by invitation only)

  • 5:00: Welcome Reception — Hyatt Regency (Open to all members of any APA bar association!)

Saturday, September 21, 2024

  • 7:30-9:15: Breakfast — Hyatt Regency, Garden Room

  • 9:25-9:30 am: Welcome — Hyatt Regency, Garden Room

  • 9:30-10:30: Pipeline Post-Harvard (Elimination of Bias MCLE)

  • 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break

  • 11:00-12:00:

    • Track 1: Civility in the Workplace/Courtroom — Waterfront A (Civility MCLE)

    • Track 2: Founding Revolutionary Movements in a Time of Need — Waterfront B (Elimination of Bias MCLE)

  • 12:10-1:10: Plenary Lunch — Waterfront CDE

    • Fireside Chat with Ruthe Ashley & Anna Clark re Building the Pipeline

  • 1:20-2:30:

    • Track 1: Advancing Civil Rights through Politics & the Public Sector — Waterfront A

    • Track 2: History of the Legal Systemic Racism Against AANHPIs and Its Continued Impacts on our Community — Waterfront B (Elim. of Bias MCLE)

  • 2:30-3:00: Coffee Break

  • 3:00-4:00:

    • Track 1: Developing a Mindful Practice: Why Advocating for Yourself Isn’t Selfish — Waterfront A (Competence MCLE)

    • Track 2: Ethics of Using Experts — Waterfront B (Ethics MCLE)

  • 5:00-6:00: Judicial Reception, Celebration of 350 APA Bench Officers — Upper Atrium

  • 6:30-8:30: Gala Dinner

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Sonoma Wine Country Tour & Lunch (Wine Tour Registration Closed)

  • 8:30-10:00: Breakfast

  • 10:00: Depart Hyatt Regency for Wine Tour

  • 11:00: Tasting 1 - Cline

  • 12:00: Tasting 2 & Lunch - Viansa

  • 3:00: Arrive back at Hyatt Regency

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