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Asian Americans Advancing Justice - California (Advancing Justice-CA), a joint project between Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, applaud Governor Brown’s signing of Assembly Bill 2291, authored by Assemblymember David Chiu, into law. This bill addresses school bullying and would require local education...
On August 30th, 2018, Christina Ignatius, a licensed California attorney posted a racist tirade against Asians in Orange County. Her sentiments do not reflect the values of Orange County’s diverse community and our belief that all people, regardless of their ethnic origin, deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
Nicole Ochi, supervising attorney in Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA’s impact litigation unit, has been named one of this year’s “Best Under 40” by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). The award honors Asian American lawyers under the age of 40 who have achieved prominence and distinction in their fields of...
Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) alongside the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Boston-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, and pro bono counsel Arnold & Porter, filed a second amicus curiae, “friend of the court,” brief on behalf of a diverse group of...
Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) alongside the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Boston-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, and pro bono counsel, Arnold & Porter, filed an amicus curiae, “friend of the court,” brief on behalf of a diverse group of students,...
As June wraps up and Immigrant Heritage Month comes to a close, the Value Our Families coalition flexed a lot of organizing muscle throughout the month to fend off the Trump administration’s sustained attacks on immigrant and refugee families.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) litigation director Laboni Hoq was recognized by the South Asian Bar Association of North America (SABA) with a Public Interest Achievement Award. She was presented with the award at the SABA annual conference in New York City.
The City of Los Angeles is set to receive a $425,000 grant from the federal Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program supposedly aimed at building community resistance to extremism. But under the Trump administration, the secretive CVE program poses a dangerous threat to the civil rights and religious liberties of American Muslims.
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