Unity Bar

 

On Oct. 15, the Unity Bar Dinner was held virtually to celebrate the diversity of the bar in Sacramento. I was pleased to attend along with Senior Assistant Dean Brett Burns and students Desiree Grace '21, Annie Seong '22, Katie Weeks '22, Matthew Santos '22, Natalie Truong '22, Kendra Rivas '21, Sara Hashem '23, and Mariam Sossouadouno '23.

California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis opened the evening with a lively video welcome.

The keynote speaker was California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger. She talked about meeting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg when Justice Kruger was a clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens.

Many of the speakers spoke in glowing terms of Ginsburg's legacy and mourned the nation's loss.

This year's event was hosted by the Women Lawyers of Sacramento and celebrated the Women's Suffrage Centennial and 100 years of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Sponsors included ABAS, SacLegal, Wiley W. Manuel Bar Association, Cruz Reynoso Bar Association, Sacramento County Bar Association, and the Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association. UC Davis School of Law was a co-sponsor.

A number of UC Davis Law students received scholarships, one of the highlights of the Unity Bar Dinner:

Cruz Reynoso Bar Association: Armando Aguilar Lopez '22, co-chair Latinx Law Students Association, RA for me last summer;

Wiley Manuel Bar Association: Emma Tradwick-Bradley '21, officer in Black Law Students Association, Admissions Committee member;

Women Lawyers of Sacramento: Ana Dominguez '22