Dean Johnson to receive 'Defensor de Justicía' award

  • by Carla Meyer

The Cruz Reynoso Bar Association will honor Dean Kevin R. Johnson with its annual “Defensor de Justicía” award at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, at Sacramento City Hall (915 “I” St., Sacramento).

The award will recognize Johnson’s contributions to the area of immigration law.

The Cruz Reynoso Bar Association, formerly La Raza Lawyers of Sacramento, is named in honor of Reynoso, a UC Davis School of law professor emeritus, former California Supreme Court justice and civil-rights icon.

Johnson is the second recipient of the “Defensor de Justicía” award. The first was California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, honored last year.

The event is free. To attend, register here.

Kevin R. Johnson is dean of the law school, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.