The UC Davis Law Review hosted an amazing symposium, “The ‘E’ in ESG.” I welcomed the participants and offered a special welcome to the keynote speaker, Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock and an impressive array of panelists from across the nation.
The Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, will visit UC Davis School of Law on Monday, Nov. 21 for an event celebrating her time on the bench. After 12 years as the leader of the state's Supreme Court, Cantil-Sakauye will retire.
Building upon its rich history of scholarship and teaching at the intersection of law, innovation, and technology, UC Davis Law will launch a Center for Innovation, Law, and Society in spring 2023.
Next Wednesday, ACLU President and NYU Law Professor Deborah Archer will deliver the Barrett Lecture as part of our Racial Justice Speaker Series. We hope to see you there! Register here.
Panelists for an American Board of Trial Advocates event on Oct. 13 provided firsthand lessons about how civility matters when engaging with our adversarial legal system and the inside scoop on lessons learned in litigation. They addressed questions like: What does a judge expect from lawyers in the courtroom? What do you do if your client is being rude or disrespectful to the court? Can opposing counsel really be friends? It was a lively discussion that we were happy to host at King Hall.
As conflicts, political polarization, and culture wars spread around the world, scholars, students, and universities often find themselves on the front lines. Join Robert Quinn, Executive Director of Scholars at Risk (SAR) and host of the Free to Think podcast, to discuss why attacks on higher education happen, why they matter, and what we can do about them.
On Oct. 3, the UC Davis Law Federalist Society hosted Arizona Supreme Court Associate Justice Clint Bolick ‘82. Justice Bolick discussed the importance of state constitutions and the importance of the states to the unique brand of U.S. federalism.
It was great seeing Justice Bolick return to King Hall. And he brought his daughter along to check out the UC Davis undergraduate program.
With congressional redistricting, Yolo County has a new Congressman. Mike Thompson met with local constituents last weekend at an event at the Golden Bear Winery in Davis.
Congressman Thompson spoke of the importance of the work done by the current Congress, including passage of the federal infrastructure act. He also discussed the importance of the November 2022 election.
On Oct. 7, the California Environmental Law and Policy Center at UC Davis School of Law hosted the Clean Water Act at 50 Conference. Planning partners for the event also included the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, California State and Regional Water Boards, and Resources Legacy Fund.
On Oct. 14, UC Davis Law will host a UC Davis Global Migration Center event, "Lessons Learned and Ways Forward for the Economics and Politics of Refugee Integration." The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies is a co-sponsor of the event and Professors Aldana, Chin and Soucek will participate. I will be a panelist for an afternoon session discussing the racialized responses to refugees.
This week, UC Davis School of Law held its second lecture of the new year in the Racial Justice Speaker Series. Rutgers Law School Interim Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor discussed a major Supreme Court decision based on racism that restricts the constitutional rights of persons on U.S territories, such as Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and others. Dean Villazor previously taught at UC Davis School of Law and it was great having her back!
This week, King Hall hosted Professor Danny Martinez of the School of Education at UC Davis. His talk was on the language practices of Latinx and Black youth and was framed by his experience as a public school teacher.
The talk was part of the Aoki Center on Critical Race and Nation Studies and the UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Speaker Series. This is the second year of this important series as UC Davis emerges as an HSI.
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Penny Westfall ’84 began her career as a nurse and retired as Sutter Health’s Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Bay and Valley Areas. As well as her King Hall law degree, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science. Penny started at Sutter as their Associate General Counsel in 1992. She served three terms on the King Hall Alumni Association Board of Directors and now lives in San Diego.
How did you go from studying nursing science to King Hall?
Last week, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation held its annual gala at the elegant California Museum in Sacramento. Executive Director of CRLAF Amagda Pérez and co-director of the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic, served as emcee for a program that included a speech by native Sacramentan Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CRLAF honored Becerra for his public service. Ambassador Liliana Ferrer, consul general for Mexico in Sacramento, introduced Secretary Becerra.
I attended and sat at the UC Davis table.
