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NFALA-ganza! 2025 

June 21, 2025 | New York City, NY

The LGBTQIA+ Network of the National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA), the NFALA Foundation, and FALA New York invite you to attend in full glamour Live in New York: NFALA-ganza!, the fourth annual and first in-person NFALA Pride Event which will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 5:30 p.m. Eastern/3:30 p.m. Central/2:30 p.m. Pacific/12:30 p.m. Hawai’iʻi. NFALA will livestream the event (but it won’t be the same as being live in the action.)

Funds raised from the event will provide law school scholarships for LGBTQIA+ Filipino American law students.

We will celebrate at the National Historic Stonewall Inn NYC. Due to venue capacity, we have limited spots. We will sell out, so grab your tickets now!

NFALA-ganza! will be a 1.5 hour live/virtual event that will bring together attorneys, judges, professors, and law students from across the country to celebrate all that we are and the promise of who we have yet to become. FALA New York’s fabulous Connie Montoya and Christopher Arcitio will be our hosts.

NFALA-ganza! will complement the NFALA Mid-Year Conference. Add therefore this ticketed event in your cart. And don’t forget to chip in a little extra for scholarships.

We will showcase entertaining and talented performances, featuring NFALA’s own homegrown talent and NYC stellar drag artists, Hibiscus and Vanity Lavain. We will also highlight community updates from the NYC scene. Plus, we got raffles, auctions, dancing, and music waiting for you.

We will be live from New York: NFALA-Ganza! at the Stonewall.

Join, sponsor, celebrate, and move to action!

For more information, visit NFALA-ganza!

NFALA’s 2025 Mid-Year Leadership Summit

June 20-22, 2025 | New York City, NY

The NFALA Mid-Year Leadership Summit is an annual forum that convenes leaders of the Filipino American legal community to engage in strategic planning sessions, share resources, and strengthen relationships across all the regions that comprise NFALA’s national network of attorneys, judges, law students, and legal academics.

Registration is open! Visit NFALA Mid-Year for more information

NFALA Joins NAPABA in Amicus Brief to

Defend Birthright Citizenship

The National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA) joins the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association(NAPABA) and over 40 other affiliate bar associations from around the country in an amicus brief to defend the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.

The brief was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the case State of Washington, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. (No. 25-807), on appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

This case concerns Executive Order 14160, which seeks to limit birthright citizenship in the United States to only the children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, excluding the children of legal visa-holders, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants, among other groups. Our amicus brief supports affirmance of the nationwide preliminary injunction issued by The Honorable John C. Coughenour, enjoining implementation and enforcement of EO 14160 on the basis that it violates the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

To view the Brief, visithttps://lnkd.in/eB6utkVW

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