FALA NY Pathways to the Bench Panel

The Filipino American Lawyers Association of New York co-sponsors Pathways to the Bench on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at St. John's University, 101 Astor Place. FALA's LinkedIn notice frames the evening as a conversation with New York judges on the path to judgeship. Register on the Google Form linked from the FALA calendar page. The public listing does not print a ticket price or a named judge roster yet; treat the form as the fee and capacity record, and re-check the host page before you go.

FALA New York is the Filipino American lawyers' bar in the city, with a calendar that co-sponsors AABANY multi-association nights, NAPABA-adjacent programming, and Filipino History Month rooms. This panel is a bench-pipeline career night, not a holiday mixer and not Ascend Executive Network's C-suite forum on November 10. CACF's Catalyst gala on November 13 is a different nonprofit awards room in Tribeca. Contact info@falanewyork.org if the form fails or you need accessibility notes.

Go if you are a New York lawyer, law student, or clerk considering a judicial path and want Filipino American bar density in the room. Skip it if you needed a general Midtown mixer, a finance networking night, or a sold-out multi-bar potluck earlier in the month. Those rooms do not answer appointment-versus-election questions. Bring one concrete ask about how judges in the room got there.

101 Astor Place sits at the East Village / NoHo edge, a short walk from the 6 at Astor Place or the R/W at 8th Street. Arrive early enough for building check-in before 6:00; campus security can slow a late arrival. Screenshot the Google Form confirmation. If a judge roster posts after you register, read it before you clear the evening. Do not treat a co-sponsor graphic as a substitute for the live FALA URL.