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Early Bird Admission: $10 | General Admission: $25 | MOCA Members: $10

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Judge Denny Chin, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Co-Director of the Center on Asian Americans and the Law and Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Fordham Law School.

In this timely presentation, Judge Chin will explore pivotal historical U.S. legal cases involving Chinese Americans and their enduring impact on citizenship rights. Drawing upon his extensive judicial experience and expertise in historical case reenactments, Judge Chin will highlight how these significant legal precedents continue to shape American identity, civil rights, and immigration policy today.

About Judge Denny Chin

Denny Chin is a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He was confirmed in April 2010 and took senior status in June 2021.  After taking senior status, he was appointed the Lawrence W. Pierce Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Fordham Law School, where he also serves as co-Director of the Center on Asian Americans and the Law.  From 1994 until his appointment to the Second Circuit, he served as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Judge Chin graduated from Princeton University magna cum laude and received his law degree from Fordham Law School.  He clerked for the Honorable Henry F. Werker in the Southern District of New York; was associated with the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell; served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; was a founding partner of the law firm Campbell, Patrick & Chin; and was a partner at a firm specializing in labor and employment law, Vladeck, Waldman & Engelhard, P.C.

Judge Chin was born in Hong Kong.  He was the first Asian American appointed a United States District Judge outside the Ninth Circuit and the first Asian American appointed to the Second Circuit.

Judge Chin and his wife Kathy Hirata Chin have written, produced, and presented, together with a team from the Asian American Bar Association of New York, a series of reenactments of historic cases involving Asian American litigants.  He has taught Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham, Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Law Schools.