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King Hall Alumnus Selected Mayor of Watsonville
King Hall on NPR, and Media Outreach
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2009 November (6) October (22) September (13)Revisiting King Hall: Milestone Reunions 2009
King Hall Professor Endorses King Hall Alumnus
King Hall in San Francisco Attorney Magazine
Countdown to TESLaw at King Hall
A Guest Appearance in the Blogosphere
King Hall at UC Davis’ Fall Convocation
Professor Lee: King Hall’s Champion Baller
July (8) May (5)King Hall Alumnus Selected Mayor of Watsonville
Posted By Kevin R. Johnson, Nov 23, 2009
Congratulations to Luis Alejo '01, the Watsonville mayor pro tem who was recently elevated to mayor. Alejo, a public interest attorney and Watsonville native, is running for the 28th Assembly district seat. He was recently endorsed by our own former California Supreme Court Justice and Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso.
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King Hall on NPR, and Media Outreach
Posted By Kevin R. Johnson, Nov 20, 2009
Today I joined a panel discussion with NPR's Jennifer Ludden for a segment on the show "Tell Me More." The show was taped for later broadcast.
The issue for discussion was the safety implications of uninsured motorists. In many states, including California, undocumented immigrants cannot obtain liability insurance. Some, however, continue to operate motor vehicles. This causes safety risks because they are not safety-tested through the driver's licensing process and, perhaps more importantly, as unlicensed drivers cannot secure liability insurance. I wrote an article on this topic a few years ago that was published in a civil rights symposium of the Nevada Law Journal. (SYMPOSIUM: PURSUING EQUAL JUSTICE IN THE WEST: Driver's Licenses and Undocumented Immigrants: The Future of Civil Rights Law? Fall, 2004 5 Nev. L.J. 213) California Senator Gil Cedillo, who has been trying to change the law in California to allow undocumented immigrants to secure driver's licenses, provided a copy of this article to every member of the California legislature.
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The Week in Review
Posted By Kevin R. Johnson, Nov 13, 2009
It's been a busy week at King Hall!
- - We wrapped-up the Fenwick & West CleanTech Symposium, which was a huge success. See pictures on our Flickr site and video of the keynote presentations here.
- - The "Eggheads" that were in front of King Hall were re-located to their new home in Mrak Circle. There's a good news article about it here. You can see the sculptures on our live webcam at www.law.ucdavis.edu/webcam.
- - Faculty, staff, students, and alumni from the Immigration Law Clinic will head to Hamilton City (near Chico) tomorrow to take part in a Know Your Rights citizenship fair. More than 1,000 attendees are expected!
- - More good news from the Immigration Law Clinic: Professor Holly Cooper writes, "One of the clinic's newest clients was granted bond this week by IJ Spencer Walters in Eloy, Arizona. Our client entered as a child refugee to the United States after fleeing Liberia and fighting for survival in a refugee camp in Ghana. He went on to graduate high school and be awarded a scholarship at Sacramento State University. The students, Elica Vafaie, Su Yon Yi, Rachel Ray and Jocelyn Wolf, have devoted countless hours to his case and developed complex legal arguments regarding our client's right to a bond hearing. Today, the IJ granted a bond and the client was ecstatic. He has been detained almost two years and has no deportable crimes and no valid ground of removal lodged against him. He has twin daughters and hopefully will be reunited with them shortly." Great work!
- - Congratulations to Scott Vignos '11 on being selected to serve on Chancellor Linda Katehi's Graduate Student Advisory Committee. I know Scott will do a great job representing the King Hall student body!
- - 25 attorneys from the Brazilian energy giant Petrobras are finishing their intensive educational program at King Hall, where they studied international commercial, energy and contract law. Petrobras is the world's eighth biggest global company in market value (Source: Ernst & Young), and its attorneys come to King Hall to further their education! How cool is that?
- - Yesterday, I traveled to the Annual Meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Bar Association. The title of the panel discussion in which I participated was "U.S. Immigration Impact on Mexico - Reform? Protection? Residence?" The meeting was held in San Diego, which was nice, but as always, it's good to be back at King Hall.
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