 With respect to educational equity, AALDEF filed several civil rights complaints on behalf of Asian immigrant students subjected to racial violence and harassment at Lafayette high School  and at South Philadelphia High School.The 2010s

In 2012, AALDEF intervened in a challenge to New York's congressional redistricting plan.Through collaborative efforts with other civil rights groups, AALDEF developed a Unity Map that was adopted by the federal court to enable fair representation of the growing Asian American population in Queens.