Professor Awarded Heritage Award
Professor Bill Hing, a descendant of detainees on Angel Island immigration station was awarded the Heritage Award by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation at a ceremony on San Francisco Bay, October 6.
AIISF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a greater understanding of Pacific Coast immigration and its role in shaping America's past, present, and future. For the award, Professor Hing was cited for his long career in teaching, writing, and volunteering in the immigrant rights field. Professor Hing is a Professor of Law and Asian American Studies at UC Davis. He teaches Judicial Process, Negotiations, Public Service Strategies, Asian American History, and directs the Law School clinical program. Throughout his career, he has pursued social justice by combining community work, litigation, and scholarship. He is the author of numerous academic and practice-oriented books and articles on immigration policy and race relations. He is on the board of directors of the Asian Law Caucus and the Migration Policy Institute. He also serves on the National Advisory Council of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium.
Professor Hing wrote about his parents' experience on Angel Island (in 1912 and 1924) in No Place For Angels: In Reaction to Kevin Johnson, 2000 U. Ill. L. Rev. 559.
AIISF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote a greater understanding of Pacific Coast immigration and its role in shaping America's past, present, and future. For the award, Professor Hing was cited for his long career in teaching, writing, and volunteering in the immigrant rights field. Professor Hing is a Professor of Law and Asian American Studies at UC Davis. He teaches Judicial Process, Negotiations, Public Service Strategies, Asian American History, and directs the Law School clinical program. Throughout his career, he has pursued social justice by combining community work, litigation, and scholarship. He is the author of numerous academic and practice-oriented books and articles on immigration policy and race relations. He is on the board of directors of the Asian Law Caucus and the Migration Policy Institute. He also serves on the National Advisory Council of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium.
Professor Hing wrote about his parents' experience on Angel Island (in 1912 and 1924) in No Place For Angels: In Reaction to Kevin Johnson, 2000 U. Ill. L. Rev. 559.