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A scholarship program empowering AAPIs to become leaders in the legal profession

  • A 2017 joint report from Yale Law School and NAPABA revealed that while AAPIs have entered every facet of the legal profession, we are underrepresented in top leadership positions across all sectors.

    Source: “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law” by E. Chung, S. Dong, X. Hu, C. Kwon, and G. Liu

  • “Many Asian American attorneys report experiencing inadequate access to mentors and contacts as a primary barrier to career advancement.”

    Source: “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law” by E. Chung, S. Dong, X. Hu, C. Kwon, and G. Liu

  • “Many Asian American attorneys report implicit bias and stereotyped perceptions as obstacles to promotion and advancement. Among Asian American attorneys, women are more likely than men to report experiencing discrimination on the basis of race.”

    Source: “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law” by E. Chung, S. Dong, X. Hu, C. Kwon, and G. Liu

Watch Our Video to Discover the “Why” Behind the Don H. Liu Scholars Program

Watch Our Video From the 2023 AABANY Gala Honoring our Class of 2022-23 Scholars

The Don H. Liu Scholars Program empowers AAPI law students to become leaders in the legal profession through scholarships, mentorship, and a supportive community.

Learn how the Don H. Liu Scholars Program is bridging this gap and making change.

The Don H. Liu Scholars Program, Inc. (DHL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York. DHL was founded to address the lack of representation of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) attorneys in leadership positions in law firms and corporations. 

In doing so, we’ve created a supportive and inclusive scholarship and mentorship program (the Program) that many of our Scholars compare to a welcoming and tight-knit extended family. 

Through financial support, mentoring, and invaluable professional connections, the Program strives to help the next generation of AAPI lawyers fully realize their potential and become future leaders. By becoming a part of our community, our Scholars are able to successfully complete law school and go on to increase the visibility of AAPI attorneys in top law firms and corporations.

Let’s work together

To accelerate the progress for future AAPI legal leaders. 

“The senior members of our community continue to make themselves available even as I advance as a lawyer. They offer their time to me generously, they talk to me about career paths, they talk to me about their experiences. Talking to them really encouraged me to become a leader in our community.”

— Mingzhu (Michelle) Li, 2015 DHL Scholar