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MUBANY's Second Year, April 2007 to April 2008 March 29, 2008 Princeton, New Jersey | CAMP Leadership Summit The Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals (CAMP) held their second leadership summit, "Building Excellence in Leadership." The event was attended by over 240 people and was a great success.
| February 21, 2008 Thursday 8pm | "Public Interest Career Teleconference" Interested law students called in and obtained advice from several lawyers who were currently working in the public interest and public service sector. The event was well-received and appreciated by the participants.
| | January 27, 2008 | Fundraising dinner for Turning Point/networking event with the Muslim Finance Professional Association (MFPA) Location: Diwan Restaurant Turning Point is an organization dedicated to addressing domestic violence in Muslim communities. Robina Niaz, the Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point, presented a brief overview of Turning Point’s work. Several terrific items of art were auctioned off, helping make this fundraiser a true success.
Turning Point is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. You will receive confirmation of your donation. View a slideshow of the evening's festivities.
| | November 30, 2007 | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY: DISCUSSION WITH ROBINA NIAZ FROM TURNING POINT
Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community. View the flyer.
*A screening of clips from -
"Garments for One Another: Ending Domestic Violence in Muslim Families"
*And a discussion with Robina Niaz from Turning Point-
Turning Point is a community based, non-profit organization addressing the
needs of Muslim women and children through culturally competent crisis
intervention, individual and group counseling, advocacy, outreach,
education and training. Turning Point helps women empower themselves and
transform their own lives as well as those of their families and children.
Co-sponsored by:
The Muslim Bar Association of New York (MuBANY)
Barnard Columbia Rape Crisis/Anti-Violence Support Center
Barnard Columbia Take Back the Night
CU Men's Peer Education Program
CU Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Program
| | November 29, 2007 | Teleconference for Recent Graduates and Law Students seeking jobs MuBANY attorneys offered advice and job seeking tips to students ranging in year from 1L to 3L and callers hailing from Chicago, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Syracuse as well as NYC.
| | November 28, 2007 | In-House Panel Discussion Held at Debevoise & Plimpton (thanks for providing the location, food and beverages) Many thanks to the Panelists:
Haroon Cheema, Esq. – Merck
Tanzina Chowdhury, Esq. – Intercat
Ayesha Khan Farooqi, Esq. – Goldman Sachs/Latham & Watkins The panelists led an interesting discussion as to what life was like and what it meant to be In-House Counsel. The panelists had varied backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints which proved to make for an interesting event.
| | October 22, 2007 | New York City Council's Eid Celebration Council Chambers at City Hall MuBANY President Asim Rehman spoke to a packed Council Chambers room filled with members of the Muslim community and a few Council members about the role of Muslim attorneys and MuBANY in our community. His brief remarks were witty and well-received as at the end of the event, Asim was bombarded by several people seeking his card. (This illustrates the need for an organization such as MuBANY). The event also featured several other speakers and performances including school children who defined the alphabet in Islamic terms except for "X" ("X is very hard for us to rhyme, therefore we aren't going to waste your time"). But the true highlight was a young student who delivered Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech from memory. (View the original speech here).
| | October 2, 2007 | MuBANY's Annual Iftar
| | September 30, 2007 | MFPA / OPEN / MuBANY Career Day in NYC Panel Series followed by 1 on 1 resume counseling / mock interviews. Locaton: Columbia Business School Over 160 individuals attended this event and spent the afternoon networking and getting insights directly from leading executives in a variety of industries on market trends and career opportunities. In addition, individuals partook in a series of 20-minute mock interviews and a resume workshop where they received detailed feedback from experienced professionals. Representative industries included investment banking, management consulting, hedge funds, private equity, law, pharmaceuticals and more. Co-sponsored by the Muslim Finance Professionals Association (MFPA) and the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN).
| June 28-29, 2007 Boston | National Conference for the Minority Lawyer. Hosted by the American Bar Association. MuBANY was one of the co-sponsors. | | June 18, 2007 | Screening of "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" Location: Alwan - 16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor. Co-sponsored by Alwan for the Arts and Muslim Bar Association of New York. After the very powerful film which featured interviews with service members stationed at Abu Ghraib as well as detainees there, a representative from the Center for Constitutional Rights answered questions and discussed CCR's global efforts regarding the issue.
| | June 6, 2007 | Dinner for Finance Professionals and Lawyers Featuring Guest Speaker, Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). Salam will discuss MPAC's work and the launch of MPAC-NY. Location: Diwan Restaurant. View the flyer.
| | May 23, 2007 | Women's Rights in Islam Sponsored by the Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law and the Sex and Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Co-sponsored by MuBANY and the Women's Bar Association.
| | April 26, 2007 | Religious Values and the Practice of Law. The Ethics of Surveillance: Monitoring Mosques. Speaker Professor David Harris, author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing offered four ways in which the Muslim community and law enforcement can work build their trust. First, was that the question should be asked if informants should be put into mosques. After that he indicated that if "passive" informants (those who just listen and gather information) are allowed, there has to be some sort of fact-based reasonable suspicion before allowing "active" informants. Second, he indicated that there should be no enticement or egging on of targets. Third, informants should not be used as a first resort. Finally, he indicated that there should be mutual education. What should the law enforcement community be looking for. Law enforcement should learn the language used by the speakers and how it is interpreted in the native language as there may be a different interpretation when translated into English. Prof. Harris also expressed some skepticisim about the quality of the terror cases and convictions obtained by the government. Foria Younis, a former FBI agent, was the first Pakistani agent. She indicated that she spoke openly and said things that the Muslim community didn't like to hear. She said that since she was coming from law enforcement and has traveled to many Muslim countries, she has seen many ugly things committed at the hands of Muslims. From her own observations and conversations she felt that ordinary Muslims need to do more to speak out against the tragedy of 9/11 and terrorism. Adem Carroll, Chair of the Muslim Consultative Network and and co-host, WBAI Radio War on Immigrants Report, indicated that in his work he has worked with families of detainees as well as families of the victims of 9/11. He indicated many instances where law enforcement really set back their relationship with the community by their actions. He also indicated that there existed a real imbalance between the power of the government and the community who lacked resources. CLE credit was available. Fordham Law School's Institute on Religion, Law and Lawyer's Work hosted the event with Amy Uelmen serving as moderator. MuBANY was a co-sponsor. Held at Fordham Law School.
| | April 22, 2007 | Working Towards Peace in Darfur: Our Responsibilities as Muslims Presented by Muslims for Justice in Darfur Speakers:
Imâm Al-Hâjj Tâlib `Abdur-Rashîd, author of A Muslim Manifesto on Darfur and Imam, Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood
Matthew Emry, recently returned from visit to Darfur, Senior Program Officer for
Conflict and Emergency Regions, American Jewish World Service MuBANY was a co-sponsor along with Mosque of the Islamic Brotherhood, Muslim Graduate Students' Group of NYU.
| | April 19, 2007 | Annual General Meeting featuring keynote speaker, Aziz Z. Huq. Aziz, director of the Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center for Justice, a former clerk of the United States Supreme Court, and co-author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror, treated MuBANY members and guests to an informative discussion on the historical expansion of the powers and role of the executive branch of the government. Held at Bukhara Grill restaurant.
| | April 16, 2007 | Election of 2nd Board of Directors |
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