On the AALAM Legal Line front at Boston Neighborhood Network, the AALAM Legal Line call-in television show had three seasons from 2005 to 2008. The show is hosted by AALAM Directors Stephen Y. Chow, Tina Matsuoka and Ingrid Chiemi Schroffner.
On these monthly shows, the AALAM Legal Line hosts interview experts on various fields of interest to the Asian American community and others, including family law, cultural considerations, real estate, intellectual property and immigration. A full listing is provided below.
Private Practice Entrepreneurship Interview of one of AALAM's founding members, Attorney Francis Chin by Stephen Chow. |
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Cyber Crime and Protection Interview of Dana Lecesse, who heads up the Cyber Protection Program at the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, by Tina Matsuoka. |
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Employment and Immigration Law Issues Employer's Perspective: Renee Inomata, a Partner at Burns & Levinson LLP and Founding Member and Member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Women's Connection (committed to empowering and inspiring Asian women professionals www.awconnect.org) and Matthew Lee, Managing Partner of Tocci, Goss & Lee PC, share their tips and pointers for employers to address and protect themselves regarding employment and immigration law issues, including commentary on recent developments/trends. (30 minutes. Archived 10/17/2007) |
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Entrepreneur Advising Entrepreneurs. Attorney John Chu, who was once with one of the largest firms, Bingham Dana, left twelve years ago to found Chu, Ring & Hazel LLO. Attorney Chu talks about his experiences in helping grow start-up companies into businesses that have been sold for nine figures and about his own growth in the community. (30 minutes, Archived 11/14/07) |
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Juvenile Justice — Views of a Judge and PractitionerThe Honorable Jay D. Blitzman of the Middlesex Juvenile Court and Gloria Tan Esq. of the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School share their perspectives on challenges and initiatives in the juvenile court system. (30 minutes. Archived 7/19/2007) |
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Getting Venture Capital Paul Tu, Principal of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, the Commonwealth-seeded early-stage technology venture capital investor, explains the process of getting venture funding. (30 minutes. Archived 6/13/2007) |
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Massachusetts Healthcare Reform: Questions and answers about what the law means for individuals, businesses, and access to healthcare in the Commonwealth. A panel discussion featuring Katharine London, Executive Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council; Quentin Palfrey, Chief, Healthcare Division, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General; and Celia Wcislo, Assistant Director of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and Member of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Board. (1 hour. Archived 5/23/2007) |
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The Landlord side of Housing Court issues Boston Attorney Frank A. Flynn of Downing and Flynn describes issues that may arise for landlords and provides pointers and practical tips about how they can be addressed. Topics covered include evictions, injunctive relief, security deposits, criminal activity, inspections, self-defense, remedies and collections. (30 minutes. Archived 4/25/2007) |
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Women of Color Lawyers Annapoorni Sankaran (SABA President), Professor Caryn Mitchell-Munevar (New England School of Law), and Jack Cinquegrana (BBA President) discuss issues facing women of Color attorneys and what Law Firms, Schools, and Bar Associations can do to support them. (March 21, 2007) |
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Tenants' Rights Boston attorney Harvey S. Shapiro discusses legal issues relevant to tenants in Massachusetts. (30 minutes. Archived 1/24/2007) |
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Entrepreneurship A discussion of Asian-American entrepreneurship and networking with Dongsup "Sam" Kim, business attorney and partner of the Boston law firm , Gesmer Updegrove LLP. (30 minutes. Archived 11/29/2006) |
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GBLS's Asian Outreach Unit Cynthia Marks from the Greater Boston Legal Services discusses the special services offered to low-income Asian residents in and around Boston. (30 minutes. Archived 9/20/2006) |
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All About Patents With Joon Chung, Patent Attorney with Hamilton, Brook, Smith and Reynolds, PC. (30 minutes. Archived 8/23/2006) |
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Alfred Ah Kong Ku'ahi Wong Commissioner of the MA Asian-American Commission; President, Boston Hawaiian Club; Co-Chair, Greater Boston Cultural Exchange Committee; East Coast Director, Koani Foundation; talks about how his organizations are working to increase diversity in government, upcoming events of cultural significance and how he came to be called The Dancing Commissioner by Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey (30 minutes. Archived 7/19/2006) |
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Identity Theft Panel discussion with Pam Kogut of the MA Office of the Attorney General and Mark Spencer and Onyen Yong of EvidentData, Inc. (30 minutes. Archived 4/19/2006) |
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Asian-American Commission Reform Interview with Leverett Wing. (30 minutes. Archived 3/22/2006) |
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Corporate Law Interview with Jan-Yung Lin of Goodwin Procter, LLP about the legal aspects of entrepreneurship and setting up new companies. (30 minutes. Archived 2/22/2006) |
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Immigration Law Immigration law practitioners Vincent Lau, Esq (new AALAM Director) and Susan Ellison (Guest Lecturer at Boston College Law School) discuss the ins and outs of immigration law and how the system works. (30 minutes. Archived 1/25/2006) |
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Sam Yoon, Boston's First Asian-Americal Elected Official Interview with the new Boston City Councilor. (30 minutes. Archived 12/21/2005) |
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Le Dieux 2005 Award Recipient Attorney Hung Tran Attorney Tran succeded with the client security board on claims where individuals in the Asian community had been defrauded through funds misappropriation by an attorney who had been supposed to assist them with legal services. (30 minutes. Archived 11/23/2005) |
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Cultural Considerations in the Practice of Family Law Interview of Boston College Law Professor Carwina Weng. (30 minutes. Archived 10/19/2005) |
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Flora Chan Describes how the Asian-American Lawyer's Association outreach programs got started. (30 minutes. Archived 9/14/2005). |
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