Professor Aldana Reappointed as ABA Latin American Council Advisor

Professor Raquel Aldana has been appointed to a second yearlong term as special advisor to the Latin American Council of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative.

In this role, Aldana advises a team of lawyers who implement rule of law projects, and at times engages in specific projects. Aldana recently advised a team of lawyers in Paraguay who were considering adopting a bar exam.

Aldana previously served three years as board chair and three years as a board member of the Latin American Council.

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, Las Vegas. 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.