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AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship

Since 1997, AALAM has awarded the annual AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship Award to an Asian American law student who demonstrates leadership potential, maturity and responsibility, a commitment to making a contribution to the Asian American community and other indicia of excellence, whether personal, professional, or academic. Priority consideration is given to law students who have secured a public interest position for the summer. In 2023, the scholarship amount tripled to $15,000. 

Past recipients of the Scholarship include Glenn Magpantay, then a student at New England School of Law and currently Executive Director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Island Alliance, and Michelle Wu, then a student at Harvard Law School and current Mayor of the City of Boston. 

This year, the AALAM/Down Fund Scholarship Award recipient will be announced at the annual AALAM Banquet taking place in October 2024 and then invited to speak at the Annual Dow Dinner in December 2024. Please check back soon for updated instructions on how to apply. 

If you are interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship Award, you may do so through the Dow Fund at www.dowfund.org/donateThe Dow Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was established as an affiliate of AALAM in 1985 for the purposes of providing resources to ensure access to the legal system for Asian Americans who are deprived of justice because of barriers such as language, race, culture, poverty, or immigration status. The Dow Fund was founded in honor of Harry H. Dow, the first Asian American admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.

Recent Recipients of the AALAM Scholarship

2023: Shashank Vura of Harvard Law School

2022: Tiffany Wang of Northeastern Law School and Juliana Chang of Harvard Law School

2021: Ji Soo Janet Park of Harvard Law School

2020: Joanna Xing of Northeastern University School of Law

2019: Tania Murillo of Northeastern University School of Law

2018: Eugene Love Kim of Northeastern University School of Law

2017: Chantal Choi of Suffolk University Law School

2016: Lydia X.Z. Brown of Northeastern University School of Law

2015: Cherie Ching of Suffolk University Law School

2014: Ying Wang of New England School of Law

2013: Julina Guo of Harvard Law School

2012: Hannah Tso Joseph of Boston College Law School

2011: H. Will Mak of Boston College Law School

2010: Michelle Wu of Harvard Law School

2009: Eric Lee of Boston University Law School

2008: Ming Zhu of Harvard Law School

2007: Lucy Cheung of New England School of Law

2006: Candice Chiu of Harvard Law School

2005: Karlo Ng of Northeastern University School of Law

2004: Heather Chang of Northeastern University School of Law

2003: Allyson Mangalonzo of Boston College Law School

2002: Steven Choi of Harvard Law School

2001: Tackey Chan of New England School of Law

1999-2000: Tamarah Belczyk of Boston University School of Law

1998-1999: Josephine Escalante of Northeastern University School of Law

1997-1998: Glenn Magpantay of New England School of Law

The Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM) is a non-partisan, 501(c)(6) non-profit organization.

Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
c/o The Boston Bar Association
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Boston, MA 02108-3774
E-mail: aalam.info@gmail.com

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