King Hall Co-sponsors ‘Network for Justice Planning Summit’

UC Davis School of Law was a co-sponsor of “The Network for Justice Planning Summit: Creating Legal and Legislative Support for Latino Communities” on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles. Professor Leticia Saucedo helped to organize and spoke at the event. Dean Kevin R. Johnson also spoke.

The summit, hosted by the American Bar Foundation, is part of a series of events taking place across the country as part of a major ABF research project, “The Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity, and Mobility." Sponsored by UC Davis School of Law and the California Bar Foundation, California Community Foundation, and UCLA, the summit brought together Latino advocates and organizations, law school clinics, Latino-focused research centers, law firms, emerging leaders, and foundation officials from across California.

Speakers included Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, California Supreme Court Justice, Antonia Hernandez, president and CEO of the California Community Foundation, and Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. King Hall attendees included María Blanco, Executive Director of the Undocumented Legal Services Center, Tanairi Alcatraz, ’18, Omar de la Cruz ‘ 18, and Marcus Tang, ’16.

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