APABA-PA 2026 Annual Banquet

Dear Friend of APABA-PA:

We are pleased to hold our 42nd Annual Banquet in person this year on Friday, October 16, 2026, at the Sheraton University City Hotel, 3549 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cocktail reception will commence at 5:30p.m., and dinner will be served at 7:00p.m.

Our Annual Banquet is the most prominent annual social event for APABA-PA. It draws many attorneys, judges, and law students from the region. We will again present our Attorney of the Year Award and Marutani Fellowship Scholars at the Annual Banquet.

APABA-PA’s William M. Marutani Fellowship established in 2003 to honor Judge Marutani’s legacy as a civil rights advocate, jurist, and pioneer in the law. Each year, first and/or second-year law students who exhibit the same commitment to social justice as Judge Marutani are selected to receive this financial award in support of summer employment with a public interest organization or government agency.

For more information about the Annual Banquet, scholarship, and our organization, please visit the APABA-PA webpage at http://www.apaba-pa.org.

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

The APABA-PA Annual Banquet Committee

Honorable Stella Tsai

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Judge Tsai is the first Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) to be elected as judge in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and a past President of APABA-PA.

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Shinhee Kang -Temple University

Xitai Wang - University of Pittsburgh