U.S. Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco Receives Distinguished Alumni Award At UCLA

            ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), was recognized as the “2015 Alumnus of the Year” by the Asian Pacific Island Law Students Association (APILSA) and the Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ) at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on April 25, 2015.   U.S. Attorney Limtiaco is the first Pacific Islander to receive the award; she is a graduate of the  UCLA School of Law Class of 1990.

            APILSA was founded over 30 years ago and consistent with its mission and commitment to serve as a valuable resource and support network for law students to succeed academically, socially, politically, and professionally, APILSA has supported and advocated important fundamental causes as evidenced by its years of community service, accomplishments, and meaningful contributions to causes related to diversity, civil rights, human rights and human dignity, cultural preservation and cultural competency, education, health, and international goodwill and understanding.

            U.S. Attorney Limtiaco commended the hard working and dedicated APILSA members for their invaluable service, for their vision in advocating and promoting these fundamental causes, and for serving as role models for students and the community.

            In her address at the awards banquet, U.S. Attorney Limtiaco stated, “… In law school and like today's APILSA, we – the APILSA generations of the past, through our unified voices, pursued and advocated for the achievement of equality and freedom for human kind, and racial, social and economic justice. We were also able through APILSA's support, to make a difference and contribute to the recruitment and consideration process of Asian and Pacific Islander law school applicants. … We too must remind ourselves that our nation is a nation that promotes diversity, equality and respect for human rights and human dignity.  We must continue then to draw strength from our diversity as a nation, as it is our diversity as a people and the strength that we gain from it that contributes to our resiliency as a nation during our most challenging times.”

U.S. Attorney Alicia Limtiaco, James Park, Professor of Law,
UCLA School of Law, Rachel Moran, Dean and Michael J. Connell
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Yisha Fan and Dat Phan, 2014-2015 APILSA Co-Chairs, U.S.
Attorney Alicia Limtiaco, Rachel Moran, Dean and Michael J.
Connell Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law