article_snippet: A talented Chinese lawyer who was banned from working in California because of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act has been finally granted a license, 89 years after A talented Chinese lawyer who was banned from working in California because of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act death. '
article_snippet: In later life, Hong served as a banker and a diplomat, and was awarded a doctorate of law by the Chinese government.
article_snippet: In 1888, after long deliberations, New York State passed An Act for the Relief of Hong Yen Chang, which waived the Chinese Exclusion Act in the state, allowing he to receive a license to practise law in New York.
article_snippet: posthumous law license to Hong, known as America's first Chinese-born lawyer.
article_snippet: This came in response to petitions made by Hong's descendants, as well as the Asian Pacific American Law Students .
article_snippet: pathbreaking efforts to become the first lawyer of Chinese .
article_snippet: In later life, Hong served as a banker and a diplomat, and was awarded a doctorate of law by the Chinese government.
article_snippet: Hong's grand-niece, Rachelle Chong, is also a lawyer.
article_snippet: Hong's grand-niece, Rachelle Chong made history as the first Asian-American to be appointed to the Federal Communications Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission.
article_snippet: Three of Hong's other descendants are lawyers. '
article_snippet: We are absolutely thrilled with the ruling,' said Hong's grand-niece, Rachelle Chong.
highlights_snippet: Hong Yen Chang, who died in 1926, was a talented lawyer who graduated with top marks from Colombia .
  