AABANY Dumplings & Discussion: Calvin Lee

AABANY’s Dumplings & Discussion series is the Asian American Bar Association of New York’s evening format for Asian American lawyers and adjacent professionals: a short fireside chat, then a reception. The August installment features Calvin Lee, Chief of Staff to the Group CEO and VP of Strategy at Betty, on career path, leadership, and practical insights. The density is practice and peer introductions inside a membership-bar room. If you are in private practice, in-house, government, or adjacent professional work and want Midtown introductions with AABANY’s members, this series is the lighter-touch night compared with a full conference.

AABANY is the named host for New York’s Asian American legal graph. Non-members can still attend at the listed guest price; members should sign in before checkout so the complimentary ticket actually applies. Bring a concise practice or role introduction. The fireside is about 45 minutes, then the reception is where the room compounds - treat the second half as the point, not leftover time after the talk. Adjacent professionals can use the listed $20 guest rate alongside lawyers in the same Midtown room.

Tuesday, August 4, 2026, in Midtown Manhattan: fireside chat about 6:30-7:15 PM, then reception through about 9:00 PM. Exact venue drops to registrants. Listed pricing: free for AABANY members (sign in before checkout) and $20 for non-members. Online registration closes August 2 on the AABANY event page. Do not assume walk-up after that cutoff.

Register on the AABANY event page before the August 2 close. Midtown evening timing is workable after work once the address lands. If you only need a fundraising pitch bar or a middle-market deal outing, ACG’s later August nights are a different graph; this one is dumplings, discussion, and bar-association density.