As we rev up and head into finals week, we wanted to celebrate and commemorate achievements and contributions of API in the U.S. as part of API Heritage Month.

Did you know that Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a nationally recognized celebration? Originally, the celebration lasted only the first 10 days of May, but was eventually expanded to encompass the entire month of May, starting in 1992. The month of May has important implications for API history: the first Japanese immigrant arrived in the U.S. in May 1843, and the transcontinental railroad was completed by Chinese laborers in May 1869. Both of these events were laden with histories of racial discrimination, violence, and heartbreak. Eventually, much of that history was buried due to political silence.

Thus, we want to share with you one piece of information per day (be it a fact, article, experience, or piece of popular culture) to unearth and celebrate that history together. In just this year, Asian Americans have grappled with so much unwanted attention. Now is the time to unite across all our ethnic and cultural backgrounds to stand in solidarity as Asian Americans.

For today, to bring it all back home to law school, we wanted to share this study by Yale Law School, which shows surprising statistics about Asian Americans in the law. Did you know that “Asian Americans are the largest minority group in big law firms, but they have the highest attrition rates and the lowest ratio of partners to associates”? Read on for more, and leave us your thoughts!