Pro Bono Activities

Ms. Chin is a graduate of Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, as well as New York University School of Law, where she currently is pursuing her LL.M. degree. Ms. Chin has served on the Boards of Directors for: National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (VP, 2000-04; Treasurer, 1998-2000); 80/20-NJ (2003); NAPABA Law Foundation (1998-2004); American Bar Association CLEO (2006-09); and APALA/NJ, Inc. (President, 1997-98; Advisory Board, 2005-08); Counsel and ED to NAASA. Ms. Chin's pro bono activities also have included service on New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Model Civil Jury Charges (2002-04), Women in the Courts (2000-02), Fee Arbitration, (1997-2000), Chair, Essex County VB (1999-2000), and on the State of New Jersey's Asian American Commission (2002-03). She has been active in other community and professional non-profit organizations, including NAASA (2005-06); AAHC (1999-2004); ADL WOA (2000); Cornell AAA; and AAPC (life member). In these various capacities, Ms. Chin has organized countless fundraisers, programs, and events.

Ms. Chin also has lectured extensively on appellate advocacy and legal writing; she has taught as an adjunct, then coadjutant, professor at Seton Hall University School of Law and Rutgers Law School-Newark. She regularly serves as a mock judge, and has spoken on career panels at New York University School of Law, Rutgers Law School, Seton Hall University, and Lucent Technologies. Ms. Chin has taught and graded over 450 law students, and has mentored many more through professional association programs.