Center on Asian Americans and the Law
OUR HISTORY OUR VOICE Video Contest
The Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham Law School and the AAPI Crime Victims Fund are sponsoring a video contest for Middle and High School students that we hope will engage them in Asian American legal history. The contest carries a $5,000 top prize and three additional $1,000 prizes and invites students to learn about cases involving Asian Americans and to retell the stories in short videos. Information about the contest is available through the below link. Please encourage any students you know to consider participating.
Our Mission
Fordham’s Center on Asian Americans and the Law is a first-of-its-kind institution, with three core missions:
Civic education
Educating students, lawyers, and the public on legal issues of importance to AAPIs;
Scholarship and AAPI legal studies
Establishing a national hub for research and scholarship on AAPI legal issues, including anti-Asian violence, affirmative action in education, the “Bamboo Ceiling” in employment, immigration and citizenship, and the myth of the model minority; and
Outreach and public advocacy
Generating interest in AAPI legal issues by reaching out to law firms, corporations, government, non-profit institutions, and the public, and by collaborating with others to advance the cause of justice for the AAPI community and society in general.
Massacre of Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming, in Harper's Weekly (1885)
Washing Machine Ad (1886)
Mochida Family awaiting evacuation, Dorothea Lange, National Archives (1942)
Projects and Programs
- Reenactments of historic cases
- Lectures and speaker panels
- Creation of digital repository for primary research materials
- Courses and scholarship on Asian Americans and the Law
- Student activities and support, including lunchtime discussions, moot court, and assistance with internships and employment
- Creation of e-casebook
- Coordinating with other organizations to address issues of concern, including anti-Asian violence