Dean's Blog

The UC Hastings Law Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship & Equality (RICE) held an inaugural event to discuss the issues of race, immigration, and citizenship. It was a great conversation among immigration scholars and activists. I had the honor of participating in the discussion. Jack Chin participated as well and Raquel Aldana talked about her work on "citizenism." UC Davis had a big presence!

Professor Ming Chen, a blogger on the ImmigrationProf blog, directs RICE and invited the UC Davis School of Law contingent.

Only in Davis, California. As I came to my office on Monday of Thanksgiving week, I was greeted by a group of wild turkeys!   

Last week, the California Environmental Law & Policy Center hosted its final Fall Speaker Series program. With a full house, Jay Ziegler, The Nature Conservancy's Director of Policy and External Affairs, spoke on "California's 'Real Politics' of Plastics Pollution.”  

Veterans Day offers a chance to reflect on the profound contributions made by those who serve in the military. On Friday, Nov. 11, we recognize the UC Davis Law students, faculty, staff and alumni who are veterans or active service members.

I had the honor of attending the confirmation hearings before the Commission on Judicial Appointments in the nomination of Alameda Superior Court Judge Kelli Evans '94 to the California Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of California, Tani Cantil-Sakauye '84, chairs the commission, with Attorney General Rob Bonta and Court of Appeal Justice Manuel A. Ramirez as members. I had the privilege of accompanying Governor Newsom's Judicial Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes to the hearings.

Last week, I had the pleasure of being Judge Ramona Garrett's guest at a dinner celebrating her career and honoring her with the first Annual Legal Trailblazers Award of the Solano County Bar Association.

Last week, the Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies held its latest lecture for the Aoki Center Interdisciplinary Series with Juan Diego Diaz, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Music. He spoke about music, culture, and politics in Brazil.   Professor Raquel Aldana introduced Dr. Diaz.

The Filipino Law Students Association hosted a very special event last week. The Chief Justice of California, Tani Cantil-Sakauye ‘84, spoke at UC Davis School of Law. She spoke about her journey to King Hall from a farm worker family. She spoke of how Alberto Balingit '75 and Derek Ledda '79, two alums, recruited her. Her law school community was special to her and, in her view, one of the best choices she made in her life.

Please join us for a discussion led by Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) in Boston, the organization representing the Venezuelan migrants sent by Ron DeSantis to Martha's Vineyard.

For more information about events during Native American Heritage Month and our UC Davis Native American Academic Student Success Center, click here.