2025 - 2026 Events

Aoki Center Critical Perspectives on 1L Classes: Torts — Professor Leticia Saucedo
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 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.

Aoki Center Critical Perspectives on 1L Classes: Civil Procedure — Professor Brian Soucek
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1301 | Streaming Link

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

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

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”
Tuesday, January 27 | 12 – 1 p.m. | King Hall, Room 1301 | Streaming Link