Critical Race Studies in Education Association honors Dean Johnson

The Critical Race Studies in Education Association has honored Dean Kevin R. Johnson with its 2018 Derrick Bell Legacy Award.

Named after the late civil rights activist and onetime Harvard Law School Professor and University of Oregon School of Law Dean, the Bell Legacy Award recognizes critical race theorists, critical race studies scholars, and progressive educators committed to advancing social justice and educational race equity.

Johnson has shown a fierce commitment to diversity as the School of Law’s dean, a position to which he recently was reappointed for a third term. Under his stewardship, UC Davis School of Law became the only leading American law school with a majority-minority faculty.

The School of Law also made the national top 10 in student diversity in the latest U.S.News & World Report rankings. It is the only law school in U.S. News’ overall top 40 to crack the top 10 in diversity. The law school’s King Hall Outreach Program (KHOP) and First Generation Advocates initiative help cultivate greater access to education for underrepresented communities.

Kevin R. Johnson is Dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.