Dean Johnson Discusses Bakke Case in Bee as Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the Sacramento Bee for a Nov. 1 story on the impact of the Supreme Court’s landmark Regents of the University of California v. Bakke affirmative action decision. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Oct. 31 in two new cases challenging whether universities can consider race as a factor in admissions.

Kevin R. Johnson is the law school’s dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.