Civil Rights & Law
Who Sits in Judgment? The Quiet Arithmetic of South Asian Absence on the Bench
South Asian Americans have arrived in the courtroom as litigants, lawyers, and law professors — but not, in any proportionate number, as judges. This analysis traces the constriction points in the judicial pipeline, from patronage networks and low-turnout elections to the interpreter's booth, and asks what descriptive representation actually buys a defendant at arraignment.
