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APALC, Minami Tamaki File Suit Against Fresno Employer Alleging Discrimination Against Hmong, Older Workers
More than 20 current and former casino workers have filed two class action lawsuits charging that Club One Casino engaged in discrimination by segregating and reducing the hours of Hmong poker dealers...
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Karin Wang Chosen as Assembly District's Woman of the Year
Karin Wang was honored as the 49th Assembly District’s Woman of the Year for her achievements in fighting for disadvantaged communities. Wang is the Vice-President of Programs & Communications at the ...
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Yale clinic helps secure precedent-setting victory for immigrants
Three years of work by students in Yale Law School's Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic paid off in a big way last week, when a federal judge ruled that officials with U.S. Immigration and Cu...
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SF Mayor Ed Lee pledges new political era
A historic era in San Francisco politics began Tuesday when Edwin M. Lee was appointed and sworn in as mayor, the first Asian American to hold the post.
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Asian American Groups Applaud California Supreme Court Decision
WASHINGTON — The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) welcomed today’s California Supreme Court ruling that undocumented students, in certain circumstances, qualify for in-state tuition rates when att...
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California Law Honors World War II Internment Critic
(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A man who challenged the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans will be honored in California every year under a bill signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegg...
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Jefferson Lecture featuring Prof. Roger Daniels
On Sept. 14, Professor Roger Daniels will present a lecture examining and analyzing the changing place of the World War II incarceration of the Japanese Americans of the West Coast in American culture...
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Commission confirms Cantil-Sakauye for state's top court
Tani Cantil-Sakauye moved one step closer to donning the robe of chief justice of the California Supreme Court on Wednesday when the three-member Commission of Judicial Appointments unanimously confir...
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AALJ Alums Reflect on a Year Deferred
When former AALJ Senior Articles Editors, Christina Yang '09 and Alvina Wong '09, were given the option to defer a year by their respective law firms, they both decided to work for organizations that serve the Asian American communities in California. As they prepare to start as first-year associates, they reflect on their experiences.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger nominates first Asian American to lead California Supreme Court
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nominated 3rd District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye as the next chief justice Wednesday morning, which would make her the first Asian American to lead t...
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Leading Asian American Civil Rights Organizations Announce New Shared Brand
Four leading Asian American civil rights organizations—the Asian American Institute (AAI), Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)—announced that they are formally affiliating under a new name, Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.
Colorado Bar Association Names Paul H. Chan, Class of 1984, New President
Paul H. Chan ’84, general counsel for the University of Denver, is the new president of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA). The CBA’s first Asian Pacific American leader in its 113 years—and only the ...
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Judge Koh Confirmed by U.S. Senate to United States District Court
The United States Senate today confirmed the Honorable Lucy H. Koh to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Judge Koh is the first Asian Pacific American federal di...
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Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu nominated to the 9th Circuit
Berkeley Law Professor Goodwin Liu was nominated by President Barack Obama to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in February 2010. Professor Liu is one of two Asian Americans nominated by Obama to the ...
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