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Named after a beloved and now passed alum, Bill F. Smith (’98), the Memorial Lecture was established with the support of his family. In his brief career as an attorney, Bill Smith championed the rights of the underrepresented in the labor and employment context. At King Hall, Bill Smith was the Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award winner as well as an active and beloved presence at King Hall. Each year the Lambda Law Students Association invites a speaker in the disability or LGBTQ+ rights fields to speak in Bill’s honor. Alejandra Caraballo, Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, will be the featured 2025 Bill Smith Memorial Lecture speaker.
Alejandra's work is focused on issues of digital privacy in healthcare, platform governance, and free expression. Prior to joining the Cyberlaw Clinic, Alejandra was a staff attorney at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund and a Staff Attorney at the LGBTQ Law Project at New York Legal Assistance Group. Alejandra received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School where she concentrated in IP and Media Law. She received her B.A. in Government and World Affairs with a minor in Chemistry at the University of Tampa. Alejandra previously served as the Secretary of the LGBTQ Rights Committee of the New York City Bar Association and was appointed as the first openly trans community board member in Brooklyn. Alejandra's areas of interests include the intersection of gender and technology. In her spare time, she can be found playing guitar, building computers, creating electronic music, and brewing beer.
Please contact Madi Richards at mkrichards@ucdavis.edu and Noa Batlan at nbatlan@ucdavis.edu with any questions.