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Member Spotlight: Michelle Chin (2L)

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Featuring our outgoing co-president, and current 2L: Michelle Chin! Michelle is splitting her summer at Baker Botts in Austin and Latham & Watkins in Chicago for the Summer of 2020.

Here are her reflections about UT Law:
My favorite thing about Texas Law is the community and friends that I have made. I got involved with APALSA because I think it’s super important to have a good support system and be a part of a community in law school. Everyone needs someone in their corner to succeed and that is especially true for minorities in the legal field. As a woman of color with an engineering background, I have always been passionate about increasing diversity in fields where it is lacking. I got involved with APALSA because I was very fortunate to have fantastic mentors to help me succeed, and I wanted to provide that for future students as well.

Thanks for all of your hard work as a leader for APALSA!

Member Spotlight: David Liu (3L)

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Post-grad plans: I will be joining the Army as a JAG Officer
Favorite thing about UT Law: The Society Program
Why I got involved: I got involved because I think it is important that Asian-Americans support each other in achieving common goals, especially in a profession where we are underrepresented. Building a strong support network not only benefits current Asian-American law students, but future Asian-American law students as well. Having robust resources, mentors, and role models in place will ensure greater successes for Asian-American law students and attorneys in addition to providing for a more diverse and inclusive legal profession as a whole. Also, they provide a lot of free snacks and lunches.

Member Spotlight: Yiyu George Wang (3L)

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APALSA Position: I was co-president of APALSA from 2019-2020, and a co-vice president from 2018-2019.
Post-grad plans: Starting work in the Fall/Winter at Williams & Connolly
Favorite thing about UT Law: All the friendships and connections I’ve made here
Why I got involved: Best part of APALSA is getting to watch all the 1Ls and 2Ls that I’ve helped or mentored go on to succeed