“When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career.”

American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer

Amy Lynn Chua is an American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she focuses on international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization. She joined Yale in 2001 after teaching at Duke Law School for seven years. Before entering academia, she worked as a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.