Dean Johnson Joins Task Force on Hispanic Law Faculty and Deans

Dean Kevin R. Johnson has joined a new, first-of-its-kind Hispanic National Bar Association task force on Hispanic law faculty and deans.

In a press release, the HNBA stated that the task force aims to address “the alarming lack of Hispanic/Latino representation among U.S. law school professors and administrators (including deans), as well as the shortage of professional development resources specifically for Hispanic/Latino professors, deans, and other administrators already in the legal academy.”

Other task force members include:

Dolores S. Atencio, Esq., Inaugural Visiting Scholar, University of Denver Latinx Center

Steven Bender, Associate Dean for Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Seattle University School of Law

José Roberto (Beto) Juárez, Jr., Dean and Professor, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law

Jenny Martinez, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School

Margaret Montoya, Professor Emerita of Law (and Medicine), University of New Mexico

Jennifer Rosato Perea, Dean and Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law

Hon. Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge, New York Court of Appeals

Ediberto Román, Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law

Krista Contino Saumby, Esq., Associate Director of Career Development, Elon University School of Law

Paulina Vera, Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University Law School

Read the full press release.

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.