{"id":12062,"date":"2012-01-23T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-23T00:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T00:01:48","slug":"Asian-American-Lawyers-Are-Not-Happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12062","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Lawyers Are Not Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s the start of Chinese New Year\u2014the Year of the Dragon\u2014but Asian Pacific Americans lawyers might not be in a mood to celebrate. According to The American Lawyer&#8217;s 2011 midlevel minority associates survey APAs are not happy campers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But let&#8217;s start with a positive: APAs are not griping about their work.<\/strong> Amazingly, they like it! 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