The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at King Hall, UC Davis Law School, is celebrating the launch of the Aoki Center Tribal Justice Project on Thursday, April 12, at noon in the courtyard of the law school.
The UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic drew media coverage for its ongoing efforts to force Yuba County to comply with a 1979 federal judge’s order requiring it to improve conditions at the Yuba County Jail.
Students in the UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic, working under the direction of Supervising Attorney Carter “Cappy” White, succeeded in securing a settlement on behalf of a Shasta County inmate who filed suit after being fed unappealing “food loafs” as punishment for disruptive behavior.
One June 23, Carter "Cappy" White, supervising attorney of the UC Davis School of Law's Civil Rights Clinic, presented mock voir dire and opening statements for the plaintiff as part of the "Federal Trial Training: A Demonstration of Federal Court Trial Techniques" held at the United States District Court in Fresno.
The students of the UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic won another victory on April 19, 2016. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco affirmed a district court decision in a class action lawsuit challenging conditions of confinement at the Yuba County Jail.
UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic faculty and students were featured in a Sacramento Bee article describing their work defending the rights of prisoners in the Yuba County Jail.
Daniel Arkof '15 is scheduled to argue before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on April 13 in a hearing that will be televised live on video screens around King Hall.
The UC Davis School of Law Civil Rights Clinic is representing Yuba County jail detainees in an effort to enforce a consent decree requiring the county to uphold inmates' constitutional rights.
