This year NASALSA proudly presents its 10th Annual Conference, hosted by University of California , Los Angeles School of Law. The conference will be held Presidents' Day Weekend, February 15-17, 2008.

Building on the success of the previous ten NASALSA conferences, the 2008 conference is entitled Reflecting Back, Reaching Forward: Building on a Decade of Progress. Ten years ago a group of South Asian law students created an organization to support the experiences and growth of South Asian law students and legal professionals across North America. This year’s conference seeks to reflect on the shared successes and struggles that both NASALSA and our community at large has faced over these last ten years. In the past ten years, South Asians in North America have experienced a growth in visibility including; global outsourcing, increased immigration, a larger North American-born South Asian community, and the effects of a post 9/11 world. All of these changes have been greatly influenced and have significantly impacted, the law. With this year's conference, we have created a variety of panels, networking opportunities, and social events that will allow current and prospective law students to find inspiration and mentorship from the growing number of South Asians that have contributed to, and deeply affected, the American legal profession.

In addition to looking back on the past ten years, this conference also seeks to build an interconnected and informed community of South Asian legal professionals that will continue to be effective contributors to the fast-paced, globalizing, and dynamic legal world. To this end, this conference will provide various other panels and workshops focused on exposing students to the vast array of career opportunities available to them, including giving tangible tips and describing the skills necessary for pursuing such opportunities. The conference aims to create a community of law students that will go on to become a broad, strong, professional network; benefiting the individual attendees as well as their future employers.

If you are interested in helping us with this year's conference or would like to participate as a speaker, please feel free to email us nsalsa@nsalsa.org or email any of the Board Members directly.

If you have any specific questions related to the conference feel free to contact our Co-President in charge of the conference

Rohini Khanna at khanna2009@lawnet.ucla.edu

Hope to see everyone in February!!!