The Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM) and the Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund (Dow Fund) are honored to announce that the recipient of the 28th Annual AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship Award is Liana Wang! As the 2025–2026 awardee, Liana will receive the full scholarship amount of $15,000 in recognition of her demonstrated leadership, steadfast commitment to the Asian American community, and exemplary dedication to public interest law.
Liana Wang is a third year law student at Harvard Law School. After graduation, Liana hopes to defend civil rights and advance economic justice, especially for underserved and immigrant communities. At HLS, Liana is the Co-President of the Tenant Advocacy Project, a student practice organization that advocates for current and prospective public housing tenants, and a contributor to OnLabor, a blog about workers, unions, and their politics. She also supports fellow public interest students as a Law & Social Change Student Fellow and is a proud member of APALSA, First Class, and Lambda. Liana spent last summer in the SF City Attorney's Affirmative and Complex Litigation division, helping challenge unlawful business practices and enforce consumer protection laws. During the spring semester, she worked as a Law Clerk for Apollo, which represents workers and consumers in appellate and complex litigation. This summer, she will be advocating for people's rights and demanding government accountability at Public Citizen and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro.
Before law school, Liana received an M.Phil. in Political Theory with distinction at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and worked in and with local governments on pandemic recovery and climate and economic policy. She also received a B.A. in Economics with distinction at Yale University, where she was a member of the Human Rights Program.
Founded in 1984, AALAM is a non-partisan, non-profit organization of attorneys, judges, law professors, and students whose mission is to promote excellence within the legal profession and to champion civic engagement at the local, state, and national levels. The Dow Fund, established in 1985 to honor Harry H. Dow—the first Asian American admitted to practice law in Massachusetts—seeks to eliminate barriers to justice facing Asian Americans stemming from language, race, culture, poverty, or immigration status. Each year, the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship furthers these objectives by supporting a law student whose record embodies the values of community service, public interest, and professional distinction. After careful review of the candidates, the Scholarship Committee, with the approval of the AALAM Board, unanimously selected Liana for her outstanding achievements and promise as a future advocate.
The 2025 AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship will be formally conferred to Liana during the AALAM Banquet and the Annual Dow Fund Dinner. We extend our sincerest congratulations to Liana and look forward to her continued contributions to our community.
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