Welcome 1Ls!

Membership Dues: $20

Please pay your dues by either cash (at the next general body meeting) or by check (drop it in Sanjeet Ganjam’s pendaflex).  Make checks payable to APALSA.

Cultural Committee

• Help take part in planning the logistics of our annual cultural show.  Help recruit acts, raise funds and advertise among other duties.  Get involved in one of APALSA's biggest events of the year!  (Co-Chairs: Kristina Liu – kristliu@umich.edu and Cara Wall – cbibiana@umich.edu)

External Relations Committee

• Admissions:  Help Michigan recruit prospective students to this awesome law school through phone-a-thons, mail-a-thons, and planning social events for the preview weekends.  Most of the activity occurs in the second semester, but there will be a few events during the first semester.  Help show these students why Michigan is a great school!
• Alumni:  Get in touch with Michigan APA alumni!  Plan alumni events, the Senior Send-off, and create a network/mentor/mentee program between Michigan alumni and current Michigan law students.
• Faculty Hiring: Improve the diversity of both the faculty and curriculum, with an aim to increasing the study of racial issues. This interest in diversity includes but is not limited to APA professors and subjects. In the Fall of 2000, the committee selected and advanced to the Faculty Hiring Committee the names of roughly 30 Asian American law professors whom it believed would do well as potential faculty hires at Michigan Law School. The committee also drafted a statement, passed by the general body, regarding faculty hiring. The committee was also charged with articulating APALSA's stance on the issue of affirmative action, a stance that is expressed through APALSA's affirmative action statement. (Chair: Hiren Naik – hiren@umich.edu)

Fundraising Committee

• The purpose of the newly minted fundraising committee is to develop and
  implement innovative ideas to raise money for APALSA activities.  This is a great committee for students who are creative and enjoy dealing with people. Since it's a new committee, we're really looking into any and all fundraising possibilities.  So, if you have any great ideas to share, we'd definitely like to hear them and help you carry it out.  Also, if you're looking for a way to get involved in APALSA with minimum time commitment, this is the committee for you! (Chair: Sanjeet Ganjam – sganjam@umich.edu)

Political Action Committee

• Speaker Series:  This committee recruits speakers and minority leaders to hold bag lunches, mini-symposiums and speaker series throughout the semester.  Have someone in mind?  Let us know!  This is a great opportunity to find leaders who will talk/teach about APA-related subjects that the law school community might be interested in. 
• Political Action Committee:  This committee updates APALSA on current political and social issues relevant to Asians and other minorities. (Chair: Amanda Lee – leeta@umich.edu)

Social Committee

• Plan social/community building events throughout the semester year.  Coordinate a trip to Windsor to eat dim sum, bowling, or karaoke nights.  This committee is for creative, outgoing people who want to create a fun, APALSA social scene! (Chair: Adam Teitelbaum – atbaum@umich.edu)