Welcome to AABA
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The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) was founded in 1976 to provide Asian American attorneys in the San Francisco Bay Area with a vehicle for the unified expression of opinions and positions on matters of concern to all Asian Pacific Americans (APA). AABA also encourages and promotes the professional growth of its members, serves the APA and minority communities, and |
fosters the exchange of ideas and information among its members and the public. AABA also uses its resources and expertise to serve the public interest through legal clinics and other programs. Please read about our history and committees, and join us.
In 2009, AABA received the California State Bar's Diversity Award (bar association) in honor of its long history of advocating for diversity in the legal profession.
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AABA Applauds the Selection of Professor Donna M. Ryu as a Federal Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California
The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA) applauds the selection of Professor Donna M. Ryu as a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Professor Ryu , who was the 2008 recipient of AABA's Joe Morozumi Award for Exceptional Legal Advocacy has a demonstrated commitment to legal excellence and dedication to ensuring equal rights for all. Professor Ryu ’s distinguished career includes practicing law at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and co-founding Ryu, Dickey & Larkin, a civil rights firm in Oakland. She most recently served on the faculties of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and Golden Gate University School of Law. Professor Ryu’s selection makes her only the second Asian American and the first Asian American woman to sit as a federal magistrate judge in the history of the Northern District.
AABA extends its deepest congratulations to Professor Ryu and wishes her all the best in her new position as a federal magistrate judge.
Press Release
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APAs In The Judiciary
One of AABA's main goals from its inception has been to promote the appointment of more Asian Pacific Americans to the judiciary. We believe we need a bench to reflect the diversity of the general populace. As more and more APAs appear in court as civil litigants, jurors, criminal defendants, and attorneys, it is vitally important that the adjudicators themselves who represent the justice system reflect those individuals' background and cultures.
(Photo: dbking)
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For more information, read the op-ed "An Indefensible Lack of Diversity on the U.S. District Court" by AABA President Celia Lee and Judge Ken Kawaichi that appeared in the SF Chronicle (2/17/2009). [Click Here]. Also, please visit our APAs in the Judiciary Resource page (click here),
which includes recent news articles on this subject, including the lack of any Article III (federal) judge in the Northern District of California which covers the entire San Francisco Bay Area.
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