For Students
KABA welcomes all law students to join. Membership for students is free. Please complete a KABA Membership Form.
Student Liaisons
Gonzaga School of Law
Phillip Kim & Woori Cheh
phill413@gmail.com & woori.cheh@gonzaga.edu
Seattle University School of Law
Tim Park
parkt@seattleu.edu
University of Washington School of Law
Hyung Jin Kim & Albert Buchman
jink24@gmail.com & abuchman@u.washington.edu
Mentorship Program
Law students are encouraged to participate in KABA’s Mentorship Program in which students are matched with attorneys in similar fields of practice. To participate, complete the KABA Mentorship Form.
For questions, please contact:
Sung Yang at suyang@starbucks.com
2010 Annual Scholarship
The Korean American Bar Association of Washington (“KABA”) awards one $1,000.00 scholarship to a law student attending a law school in Washington State. The scholarship is intended to recognize a law student who has a demonstrated significant commitment to community service, particularly service to the Korean/Korean American community. You need not be of Korean ethnicity to apply.
JUDGING CRITERIA
All applicants will be judged on the following criteria:
Community service and community involvement, particularly service to the Korean/Korean American community;
Academic achievement, work experience, activities, and post-law school goals; and
Essay.
There is no minimum G.P.A. requirement
SELECTION & NOTIFICATION
The scholarship recipient will be selected and notified by the KABA Scholarship Committee.
The award will be presented at the KABA Annual Banquet (Luncheon) on February 18, 2010.
Timeline
January 15, 2010, Applications are DUE.
January 22, 2010, Finalists contacted for interviews.
February 1 - 12, 2010, Interviews
February 12, 2010, Notification
February 18, 2010, Scholarship Presentation at the KABA Annual Banquet
DEADLINE
All scholarship applications must be received by Friday, January 15, 2010.
Please mail, fax, or email (in .pdf format) your application to:
Peter Kim
Swedish Health Services
747 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
Fax (206) 215-3242
Email: peter.kim@swedish.org
Please click here for the 2010 scholarship application.