The KCLA held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the offices of Robins, Appleby & Taub LLP.

The 2011 KCLA executive committee provided a summary of events and finances for 2011. 

An election was then be held for the 2012 executive committee.  Congratulations to the new 2012 KCLA Executive Committee: Jina Lee, John J.S. Park, Melissa Kim, Regina Lee and Rosa Yi.

The KCLA held its End of the Year Dinner at Arisu (584 Bloor Street West) on December 2, 2011.  We would like to thank our members for your continued support this past year.

In addition, the executive committee is grateful to all the members and volunteers who helped make our 2011 events a success.  We look forward to growing the organization and continuing to make a meaningful contribution to the Korean legal profession and to the Korean-Canadian community as a whole.

The KCLA was pleased to host a dinner on Sunday, September 4, 2011 with Senator Paull Shin.

Senator Shin grew up in Korea.  He was orphaned at the age of 4 and grew up uneducated and begging on the streets of Seoul.  He was eventually adopted by an American soldier named Ray Paull during the Korean War at the age of 19.  He went to America with his new family and completed his GED in 18 months.  He then went on to attend Brigham Young University where he obtained his Bachelor's degree, the University of Pittsburgh where he obtained an MPIA, and the University of Washington where he obtained his Master's degree and PhD.

Paull Shin was then elected to the House or Representatives in 1993 and then the State Senate in 1999.  For more details please visit: http://www.sdc.wa.gov/senators/shin/