article_snippet: It was also a blow to countless others who, like Chang, aspired to become a lawyer only to have their dream deferred on account of their race, alienage, or nationality,' the unanimous court decision reads. '
article_snippet: the unanimous court decision is past time to acknowledge that the discriminatory exclusion of Chang from the State Bar of California was a grievous wrong.'
article_snippet: On Monday, the California Supreme Court granted a .
article_snippet: Association (APALSA) at the University of California. '
article_snippet: Even if we cannot undo history, we can acknowledge it and, . in so doing, accord a full measure of recognition to Chang's .
article_snippet: descent in the United States,' the California Supreme Court said in the California Supreme Court unanimous . ruling. '
article_snippet: More than a century later, the legal and policy .
article_snippet: underpinnings of our 1890 decision have been discredited.'
highlights_snippet: a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia fought all a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia life to practise law, but was barred in California due to legislation banning 'a person of Mongolian nativity' from the profession .
  
highlights_snippet: Now the California Supreme Court has granted a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia a posthumous license, saying 'even if we cannot undo history, we can acknowledge even if we cannot undo history' 