The Asian Bar Association of Washington (“ABAW”) provides financial assistance in the form of scholarships to students currently attending law schools in the state of Washington. For 2008, ABAW will present four (4) scholarships to selected law students, in the following amounts:

• Yamashita Scholarship - $6,000
• ABAW President’s Scholarship - $4,000
• ABAW General Scholarship - $2,000
• ABAW General Scholarship - $2,000

To be eligible, you must be presently enrolled and attending a law school within the state of Washington. The following materials are required to apply for the scholarship:

• A cover letter, no longer than two pages, describing your contributions to the Asian American community, as well as how you plan to contribute to the Asian American community following graduation from law school
• A copy of your resume

You may also submit the following optional materials:

• One letter of reference
• Copy of your law school transcript

Please note that the optional materials are not necessary for a complete application worthy of serious consideration by the scholarship committee. The inclusion of optional materials in your package does not by their submission alone increase your chances of success, but merely provides you with the ability to submit additional information if you strongly believe such materials should be considered by the committee. All application materials must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, October 29, 2008, to the following address:

Lloyd A. Chee
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1201 Third Ave., Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98101

Alternatively, applications may be emailed no later than 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2008, to: lloydchee@dwt.com. Applications received by email must be in either (a) Portable Document Format (i.e., Adobe .pdf) or (b) Microsoft Word.

The 2008 ABAW Scholarships will be presented to the four selected recipients on Wednesday November 19, 2008, at the ABAW Welcome Reception for the 20th Annual National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”) Convention. Attendance at the Welcome Reception is highly recommended, but not mandatory.

The act of applying for the scholarship will constitute a release by you of your application materials and your consent to ABAW for any reasonable publication of information contained in such application materials. If there are any questions, please call Lloyd Chee at (206) 757-8019 or via email at lloydchee@dwt.com. ABAW reserves the right in its sole discretion, to change the number of scholarships awarded, the dollar amount of each scholarship or not to award any scholarships in 2008.