FACL BC is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the recipient of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)’s Affiliate of the Year Award. FACL BC board members will attend the NAPABA Convention and Gala in Seattle, Washington on November 9, 2024 to receive this award onstage.

NAPABA is the largest Asian Pacific American membership organization in the US representing the interests of 80,000 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students.

FACL BC has been an affiliate organization of NAPABA since 2019 and is currently the only affiliate in British Columbia. The NAPABA Affiliate of the Year Award was established to recognize outstanding NAPABA affiliates for their best practices and accomplishments in their local communities over the past year. Two of these awards are given each year: one to an affiliate organization with less than 100 members and another to an affiliate organization with over 100 members.

With over 760 active members, FACL BC is the first Canadian affiliate to receive this honour and joins the list of impressive past NAPABA award recipients, including US Vice President, Kamala Harris, who received the 2012 Trailblazer Award. 

Read more about the NAPABA official announcement here (under 2024 Awardees).

Northwest Alternate Regional Governor

For the first time, FACL BC has also nominated the next Northwest Alternate Regional Governor to the NAPABA Board of Governors, a role which will aim to strengthen relations between affiliates based in the Northwest region, including but not limited to Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii.

The Northwest Alternate Regional Governor will serve in this capacity from 2024 to 2026 and commence officially on the Board of Governors as Northwest Regional Governor from 2026 to 2028.

Other than the Northwest Regional Governor, NAPABA also appoints Regional Governors in the Central, Central California, Eastern California/Nevada, Northeast, Northern California, Southeast, Southern California, and Southwest regions across the US and Canada.

Complimentary Membership

Current FACL BC members are entitled to receive complimentary membership to NAPABA. To receive your complimentary membership code, contact info@faclbc.ca.