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26 Asian Am. L.J. 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/aslj26 and id is 1 raw text is: Editors' Note We are publishing at a time that has been exciting for the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community in many ways. From the box office success of Crazy Rich Asians to the unprecedented influx of women and people of color in Congress, there has been greater representation of API voices, talents, and stories. It has been incredibly surreal to see more people who look like us and share our experiences in popular media and in Washington, D.C. Yet alongside these historic strides have been ongoing threats to communities of color. The Trump administration's infamous Muslim ban was upheld 5-4 by the Supreme Court, the crisis of family separation on the US-Mexico border continues to worsen, and the offensive-sometimes blatantly racist-rhetoric used to characterize immigrants, asylum-seekers, and citizens of color remind us that there is still much work to be done. The Asian American Law Journal (AALJ) presents its twenty-sixth volume in the midst of this dichotomous social and political environment. We hope that it contributes to the dialogue surrounding the API community. Over the last couple years, AALJ has been actively involved in a particularly important topic at Berkeley Law. Recently, it came to light that John Boalt, the eponym associated with Berkeley Law, was a leading advocate for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and made deeply racist and offensive remarks about Chinese immigrants. In response, the law school created a committee on the use of the Boalt name, and last summer the committee recommended changing the building's name and student organization names. AALJ published Professor Charles Reichmann's article on the case for renaming Boalt Hall in our last issue, influencing the committee's recommendation. Last fall, Professor Reichmann presented the Neil Gotanda Lecture to explain the controversies surrounding the name change. AALJ was also at the forefront of topics impacting the API community on a national level. The recent litigation involving Harvard's admission process has highlighted the diversity of voices within the Asian American community and, more broadly, the minority community. AALJ explored this subject through our annual spring Symposium in co-sponsorship with the UC Berkeley's Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Department and the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. The Symposium sought to provide a forum for a nuanced and balanced conversation about the complex legal, cultural, and political issues surrounding equity in admissions and race-conscious admissions policy. Volume 26 features four pieces related to our Symposium topic. In the first piece, Confronting Misinformation through Social Science Research:

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