APABA Silicon Valley Congratulates 2022 Scholarship Recipients

APABA Silicon Valley is proud to announce our 2022 Scholarship Recipients. The purpose of our scholarships is to recognize law students who have demonstrated leadership and service to the Asian Pacific American community, who have overcome personal hardships or challenges, or shown excellence and achievement in law school. Importantly, our scholarships are designed to help these students give back to the AAPI community. We are thrilled to have seen past recipients devote their careers to that very purpose.

APABA Silicon Valley Achievement Scholarship 2022

Angelica Lee, UC Hastings
Chloe Pan, UC Berkeley
Victor Qiu, UC Hastings
Shao Zhao, UC Berkeley

APABA Silicon Valley / Asian Law Alliance Joint Scholarship 2022

Nicole Marie Ramos, University of San Francisco

We’d like to recognize Asian Law Alliance (ALA), a non-profit organization located in San Jose dedicated to providing legal assistance to the Asian Pacific Islander communities. Through our partnership with ALA, one of our scholarship recipients was able to intern at ALA this summer.

APABA Silicon Valley & BALIF Joint Scholarship 2022

Blaine Valencia, UC Berkeley

We’d like to thank Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) for their partnership awarding this joint scholarship. BALIF is the nation’s oldest and largest bar association in support of the LGBTQI community in the field of law. This scholarship specifically recognizes a law student who has demonstrated leadership and service to both the Asian Pacific American and LGBTQI communities.

APABA Silicon Valley / California ChangeLawyers - 2022 Diversity Bar Study Scholarship

Minh Hieu Vu, University of San Diego

We’d like to recognize California ChangeLawyers. California ChangeLawyers is one of the largest resources for law student diversity scholarships. We have partnered with California ChangeLawyers to award a diverse California law school graduate who is committed to working in California’s public interest and to assist them in the transition from the classroom to the courtroom with flexible support that can be used for bar prep courses or living expenses.

2022 APABA Silicon Valley Diversity Bar Study Scholarship - Sponsored by CLA Litigation Section

Jennifer Chung, UC Berkeley
Michael Wang, Santa Clara University

We’d like to especially thank California Lawyers Association - Litigation Section (CLA Litigation Section) for their generous sponsorship of this award. The CLA Litigation Section's mission is to promote excellence in all areas affecting dispute resolution, including the protection of the rights of all litigants, pre-trial discovery, the expeditious trial of lawsuits, alternative dispute resolution, effective judicial administration, uniform rules of court, and the protection and preservation of the independence of a judiciary of high quality. In achieving that mission and in an effort to show their commitment to diversity and inclusion, they have partnered with APABA Silicon Valley to provide Diversity Bar Scholarships to two students who have demonstrated excellence and leadership.

To read the recipients’ bio, please visit our 2022 Scholarship Recipients page.