Japanese-American becomes lawyer 99 years after passing bar

Japanese-American becomes lawyer 99 years after passing bar

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Takuji Yamashita, whom the Washington State Supreme Court posthumously admitted to the bar on March 1, 99 years after first denying a law license to the promising young law school graduate whose only impediment was that he was born in Japan. The photo was provided by the University of Washington.

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