Between March and December of 2020, Stop AAPI Hate cataloged nearly 3,000 self-reported accounts of anti-Asian hate. In New York City, violence against APIs has increased by a staggering 847 percent last year. California has seen a similar escalation in hate crimes and violence against members of the API community. Even worse, these figures are likely undercounts as many of these anti-API incidents go unreported. At the same time, even as AAPIs have become a growing share of the legal profession, AAPIs remain notably absent in senior leadership roles.

• How are these two phenomena connected?

• What contributes to AAPI hate?

• Why is society often slow to respond?

• How does anti-Asian bias and discrimination affect Asian Americans pursuing a career in law?

• What role can Asian American attorneys play in addressing this issue?

Please join the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), the Asian American Bar Association of NY (AABANY), the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley (APABA Silicon Valley), and Cooley LLP for a fireside discussion with Associate Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court. Justice Liu’s presentation will connect his latest research on Asian American representation in the legal profession with the broader public response to anti-Asian violence.

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