Please join the Bar Association of San Francisco for a conversation with California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu about the recently released report, A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law.

Co-authored by Justice Liu and published by Yale Law School and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the two-year study is a systematic analysis of how Asian Americans are situated in the legal profession.

“Our study shows that Asian Americans have a foot in the door in every sector of the legal profession,” said Justice Liu. “The question now is how wide the door will swing open. Despite much progress, Asian Americans still face significant obstacles to reaching the leadership ranks.”

Joining Justice Liu for this conversation is a panel of leading Asian American lawyers, including:

·         David Chiu, California State Assembly Member

·         Sharon Woo, Chief Assistant DA, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office

·         Monika Varma, Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

·         Salle Yoo, Former Chief Legal Officer, Uber Technologies, Inc.

RSVP now to join this discussion on September 24 at 4:45 p.m.

(The $10 registration cost will go towards a light reception afterwards.)

According to the study, there are over 50,000 Asian American lawyers today, compared to 10,000 in 1990. Asian Americans comprise almost 5 percent of lawyers in America and roughly 7 percent of law school enrollment. Asian Americans are the largest minority group in big law firms, but they have the highest attrition rates and the lowest ratio of partners to associates.

Asian Americans comprise 3 percent of federal judges and 2 percent of state judges, compared to nearly 6 percent of the U.S. population. Only three out of 94 U.S. Attorneys in 2016 were Asian American, and only four out of 2,437 elected district attorneys nationwide in 2014 were Asian American.