Events

2025 – 2026 Events

Aoki Center Critical Perspectives on 1L Classes: Contracts — Professor John Hunt

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1301 | Streaming Link

The purpose of the “Critical Perspectives” talks, sponsored by the Aoki Center, is twofold. First, we seek to expose first-year students to critical perspectives that often do not make it onto the syllabus of regular first-year classes. Given the high level of interest among King Hall students in social justice, this exposure will connect many students to the concerns and perspectives that brought them to law school in the first place.

The second goal of the series is to connect King Hall students more closely with their faculty. King Hall has an extraordinarily accomplished faculty with expertise in areas of race, immigration, gender, and sexuality. Through these lunch talks, interested students can learn more about the cutting edge of legal scholarship in these fields and develop a better understanding of faculty research projects.

Professor Emerita Angela Harris

Aoki Center Racial Justice Speaker Series: King Hall Professor Emerita Angela Harris, “Racial Capitalism and the Law”

Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | Virtual Only | Streaming Link

Created in response to the tragic killings by police of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others and the widespread protests that followed, UC Davis Law’s Racial Justice Speaker Series is now returning. Reaffirming the law school’s commitment to racial justice, the series invites leading scholars from around the country to explore systemic racism as it pertains to all communities of color and areas of law. The goals are to inform, enlighten, and — most important — engage in meaningful conversation with our King Hall community and the larger public.

Aoki Center Racial Justice Speaker Series: McGeorge Professor Ederlina Co, “Seeing Through Blind Spots: Lessons in Intersectionality from the Suffrage Movement for Abortion Rights and Justice”