2024-25 NAPABA Elections

The Ballot is Now Closed

NAPABA is the nation’s largest Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) membership organization representing the interests of over 80,000 attorneys, judges, law professors, law students and nearly 90 national, state, and local Asian Pacific American bar associations. 

The organization continues to grow exponentially—maturity, stature, and staff. The NAPABA Board of Governors cultivates the strategic direction of the organization, provides resources to achieve goals and strategy, and exercises oversight ensuring the advancement of NAPABA’s strategic plan. The governing Board of 23 and national staff complement and collaborate with each other—together united with a shared focus on advancing NAPABA’s mission through different perspectives and actions.

NAPABA is committed to having a governing board that reflects the diverse AANHPI legal community and has the right blend of skill, expertise, community connections, and diverse perspectives. We value an inclusive culture that embraces our diversity and empowers leaders to engage with each other and the community in a meaningful way by building trust, increasing transparency, and maximizing impact. We seek outstanding individuals of high character and integrity with proven leadership and board governance skills and who have demonstrated a strong commitment to NAPABA. 

The Nominating and Elections Subcommittee is no longer accepting nominations for Officer and Director candidates or applications for At-Large Board Member candidates for the 2024-25 NAPABA Board of Governors.

The Governance, Elections, and Nominations (GEN) Committee is pleased to present for your consideration the Officer and Director candidates for 2024-25. The Committee has approved candidates who not only have demonstrated leadership capabilities, but more importantly are passionate about NAPABA’s mission and who have skill sets and perspectives that align with NAPABA’s strategies, goals, and needs—not just now, but into the future. In preparation of the exercise of your right to vote, we encourage you to take the time to consider each candidate’s vision for NAPABA and the diversity of the Board as a whole. 

The ballot to cast your vote in the 2024 NAPABA Elections closed on September 23, 2024 at 8 pm ET. Thank you to all who participated in the electoral process. 

Endorsements Now Closed

Deadline to Endorse was September 11 at 8 pm ET

The Committee believes that the active participation of member affiliates and individuals is essential to a vibrant and diverse organization. The Subcommittee encourages the engagement of NAPABA’s members in the nomination and election process. For these reasons, the Committee desires to facilitate the ability of members to inform other members of candidate qualifications and support candidates through endorsements, advertisements, articles, etc. NAPABA supports the use of endorsements in the nomination and election process that determines NAPABA leadership for future years. NAPABA believes that endorsements serve an important function in its electoral process:

• Endorsements serve to engage affiliates and individual NAPABA members in evaluating and assessing the qualifications of candidates for NAPABA offices. 
• Endorsements foster discussion and debate among and between NAPABA affiliates and individual members about NAPABA activities and the organization’s future and direction. 
• Endorsements educate members about the sources of support and the degree of enthusiasm for particular candidates. Endorsements may offer insights into the views and attitudes of candidates on particular issues.
• Endorsements may speak to a candidate’s level of involvement, leadership, and experience with affiliates or other organizations. 

Friday, September 6 at 2 pm ET

To engage NAPABA members in the Board of Governors elections process, the NAPABA Nominations and Elections Subcommittee provided the opportunity to meet the 2024-25 NAPABA President-Elect candidates in a moderated discussion on Friday, September 6. Watch the recording below.

• NAPABA Bylaws

• Nominations & Elections Rules

• Updated Nomination & Elections Timeline Approved 8.26.24

• At-Large Board Member Guidelines

• Board Duties and Expectations

• Standards of Professionalism

• Code of Conduct

Voter Eligibility 

In order to vote, you must be licensed to practice law in the U.S. or Canada (or have previously been licensed and now retired) and you must have activated your membership with NAPABA on or before July 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET.  

Non-lawyer members (Law Student and Non-Attorney membership categories) and members who use a National Associate's complimentary code are not eligible to vote.

• How to Activate or Renew Your NAPABA Membership
  
• Member FAQs
  
• Join or Renew Your NAPABA Membership

Questions/Concerns?

All candidates have agreed to abide by the NAPABA Standards of Professionalism  and Code of Conduct.

If you have any questions, comments, observations, or concerns about potentially inappropriate or unfair campaign activity by candidates or their supporters, please contact elections@napaba.org.