Resolutions and Position Statements

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association adopts resolutions to reflect the collective positions of the organization and Asian American Pacific Islander legal community. These position inform NAPABA's advocacy and public statements. These positions are inspired by the mission of the organization and remain in effect until withdrawn. 

Information about the submission and adoption process is available here.

Active Resolutions

Education:

• Statement Against Efforts to Ban Books in Public Schools and Library (2023)
• Statement of Support for Teaching of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History at All Education Levels in the United States (2022)
• Statement of Support for Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (2018)
  
• Statement of Support for Ethnic Studies Programs (2015)
• Statement Opposing Discriminatory State Tuition Laws (2015)

Immigration:

• Statement of Support for CommonsenseImmigration ReformStatement of Support for CommonsenseImmigration ReformStatement in Support of Immigration Fostering Innovation and Economic Growth (2025)
• Statement of Support for Commonsense Immigration Reform (Amended) (2022)
• Statement in Support of International Adoptees Without U.S. Citizenship (Amended) (2022)
• Statement of Support for Continuation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Stay of Deportation (2019)
• Statement of Support for Jurisdictions Building Trust with Immigrant Communities (2017)
• Statement of Support for the Refugee Resettlement Programs (2016)
• Statement of Support for Immigrant Families and Children Seeking Humanitarian Protection (2015)
• Statement of Support for the Implementation of President Obama's Immigration Accountability Executive Actions (2015)
• Statement Against Proposals to Alter the Fourteenth Amendment (2015)
• Statement of Support for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Implementation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Stay of Deportation (2014)
• Statement of Support for Efforts to Assist Southeast Asian Americans in Danger of Deportation (2014)
  
• Statement of Opposition to Operation Streamline (2014)
  

Language Access:

• Statement in Support of Language Access in Federally Funded Services (2015)

LGBTQ Equality:

• Statement in Support of Defense of Rights of Transgender/Non-Binary Youth (2023)
• Statement of Support for LGBTQ Equality (2020)
  

Racial Justice:

• Statement in Support of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession and Beyond (2025)
• Statement in Support of the Rights, Liberties, and Protections for the People of the U.S. Territories (2025)
• Statement Opposing Resurgence of Anti-Asian Alien Land Laws (2024)
• Statement Supporting Caste Equity in the United States (2023)
• Statement Supporting the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the United States (2023)
• Statement on the Investigations of Scientists of Chinese Origin and the “China Initiative” (2022)
• Statement of Support of the Black Community and Condemnation of Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice and Policing Systems (2021) 
• Resolution Opposing White Supremacy (2018)
• Statement Opposing Community Targeted Registries Based on Religion, Race, Ethnicity, or National Origin (2017)
• Statement Opposing Hate- and Bias-Motivated Acts (2016)
• Statement of Support of Enforcement Against Racial Profiling (2015)
• Statement of Support to Prevent and Respond to Hazing Incidents in the Armed Forces (2015)
• Statement on Investigation of Chinese American Scientists (2015)
  

Voting Rights:

• Statement Opposing Voter Suppression Efforts (2018)
  
• Statement Supporting Redistricting Based on Whole Population (2016)
  
• Statement of Support for the Democracy Restoration Act (2014)

Census & Data Disaggregation:

• Statement Supporting the American Community Survey, and the U.S, Decennial Census and Use of Their Data as Advocacy Tools (2016)

Military and Veterans:

• Statement Supporting Bar Admission Accommodations for Military Spouses (2020)
• Statement of Support for Congressional Repeal of the Rescission Act of 1946 and Efforts to Recognize the Service of Filipino World War II Veterans (2020)
  

Gender Equity

• Statement in Support of the Equal Rights Amendment (2025)
• Statement of Support for the Right of Reproductive Healthcare (Amended) (2025)
• Statement Acknowledging the Suffering of WWII Comfort Women and Other Victims of Human Trafficking (2014)
• Statement of Support for Pay Equity (2014)

Other:

• Statement in Support of a Binding Code of Judicial Ethics for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (2024)
• Statement Supporting Indigent Public Defense (2024)
• Statement Supporting Replacing the Term “Master” or “Special Master” with “Court-Appointed Neutral,” Broadening Pool of Candidates, and Supporting Skills Development (2024)
• Statement of Support for the Identification of Inequity in Inventorship (2022) 
• Statement of Support for an Independent Judiciary (2018)
• Statement of Opposition to Future Cuts in the Legal Services Corporation Budget (2016)
• Statement of Support for Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts (2015)
  
• Statement of Support for the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (2015)
  
• Statement Opposing Cash to Accrual Tax Reform Proposal (2015)
• Statement of Support for the Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act (CJTFA) (2014)