The UC Hastings Law Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship & Equality (RICE) held an inaugural event to discuss the issues of race, immigration, and citizenship. It was a great conversation among immigration scholars and activists. I had the honor of participating in the discussion. Jack Chin participated as well and Raquel Aldana talked about her work on "citizenism." UC Davis had a big presence!
Professor Ming Chen, a blogger on the ImmigrationProf blog, directs RICE and invited the UC Davis School of Law contingent.
Last week, the California Environmental Law & Policy Center hosted its final Fall Speaker Series program. With a full house, JayZiegler, The Nature Conservancy's Director of Policy and External Affairs, spoke on "California's 'Real Politics' of Plastics Pollution.”
Veterans Day offers a chance to reflect on the profound contributions made by those who serve in the military. On Friday, Nov. 11, we recognize the UC Davis Law students, faculty, staff and alumni who are veterans or active service members.
I had the honor of attending the confirmation hearings before the Commission on Judicial Appointments in the nomination of Alameda Superior Court Judge Kelli Evans '94 to the California Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of California, Tani Cantil-Sakauye '84, chairs the commission, with Attorney General Rob Bonta and Court of Appeal Justice Manuel A. Ramirez as members. I had the privilege of accompanying Governor Newsom's Judicial Appointments Secretary Luis Céspedes to the hearings.
Last week, I had the pleasure of being Judge Ramona Garrett's guest at a dinner celebrating her career and honoring her with the first Annual Legal Trailblazers Award of the Solano County Bar Association.
Last week, the Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies held its latest lecture for the Aoki Center Interdisciplinary Series with Juan Diego Diaz, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Music. He spoke about music, culture, and politics in Brazil. Professor Raquel Aldana introduced Dr. Diaz.
There was a full house to hear this talk. And, we heard some music which was quite a treat.
The Filipino Law Students Association hosted a very special event last week. The Chief Justice of California, Tani Cantil-Sakauye ‘84, spoke at UC Davis School of Law. She spoke about her journey to King Hall from a farm worker family. She spoke of how Alberto Balingit '75 and Derek Ledda '79, two alums, recruited her. Her law school community was special to her and, in her view, one of the best choices she made in her life.
Please join us for a discussion led by Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) in Boston, the organization representing the Venezuelan migrants sent by Ron DeSantis to Martha's Vineyard.
Guest post by Legal Research and Writing Professor Robert Miller
A couple months ago I had lunch with one of my students, now a 2L. He interned with a federal judge last summer and shared an incident when an attorney appeared for a court Zoom wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Well, our student got to hear the judge berate the attorney for 10 minutes over how inappropriately he was dressed.
I thought the story was a good way to teach my current LRW classes about professional court attire.
The Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies this week continued its “Critical Perspectives” series on the first-year curriculum. Professor Raquel Aldana spoke on “crimmigration” and the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. She discussed the racial impacts of the criminal removal system in the United States.
The session drew a full house of students. Professor Aldana offered a wonderful discussion of immigration law.
Last Friday afternoon, I was able to attend virtually the Enrobement Ceremony of Mona Nemat ‘04. She now is Judge Nemat of the Riverside County Superior Court.
Mona has been in private practice for a number of years, including at Best Best & Krieger (2007-13 and 2022) and she was a shareholder at the law office of Brissman & Nemat from 2013-22. She also has been involved in many bar association and public service activities.
It always is exhilarating to see a King Hall alum take a huge career step. Congratulations Judge Nemat! You make us proud.
On October 21, 2022, King Hall Students Jailene Gutierrez '23 (photo left) and Deyanira Cuellar Sandoval '24 (photo right), Professor Amagda Pérez, and King Hall Alumna Nicole Zanardi attended a She Shares Conversation Event with California Supreme Court Justice Patricia Guerrero (photo center). The event was attended by women leaders across employment sectors.
It was wonderful to hear Associate Justice Guerrero share her story.
Last week, the California International Law Center hosted another stellar speaker in its Law and Democracy Series. The title of the talk was "Academic Freedom as a Human Right and Cornerstone of Democracy.”The speaker Robert Quinn, Executive Director of Scholars at Risk (SAR), discussed why attacks on higher education happen, why they matter, and what we can do about them.
