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The Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area Law Foundation
(“AABA Law Foundation”) was established in February 2009, and is a non-profit, charitable and
educational affiliate of AABA that is tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section
501(c)(3). The AABA Law Foundation plans to engage in activities to accomplish the following
goals: (a) provide financial assistance to Asian Pacific American law students who have
demonstrated academic excellence and social leadership; (b) support the development of
internships and fellowships in the area of public interest and community service relating to the
Chicago-area Asian Pacific American community; (c) assist in conducting legal scholarship and
education with respect to legal issues affecting the Chicago-area Asian Pacific American
community; and (d) develop and support programs to educate the legal profession and Asian
Pacific American communities in the Chicago-area regarding legal issues affecting those
communities.
As part of achieving its goals, each year the AABA Law Foundation will award
scholarships to law students who have demonstrated a commitment to serving the needs of the
Chicago-area Asian Pacific American community, and who will continue to serve the needs of
the Chicago-area Asian Pacific American communities through pro bono, public interest, and/or
public service legal work. In its inaugural year, the AABA Law Foundation intends to award
two Inaugural Scholarships of $2,500 each to law students who have exemplified that
commitment.
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