Professor Aldana Gives Talk on Norms Governing Selection of Guatemalan Attorney General

On March 3, Professor Raquel Aldana gave a talk organized by the International Republican Institute, Netherlands Institute on Multiparty Democracy, and the National Democratic Institute. Aldana discussed international norms governing the selection of the attorney general of Guatemala.

The virtual program drew more than 200 participants.

Raquel E. Aldana joined UC Davis in 2017 to serve as the inaugural Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity with a law faculty appointment. She returned to full time law teaching in 2020. Aldana’s research has focused on transitional justice, criminal justice reforms and sustainable development in Latin America, as well as immigrant rights. Before UC Davis, Aldana was a professor of law at McGeorge School of Law, and the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada. She served as associate dean for faculty scholarship at McGeorge from 2013-17. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School.