Professor Chin speaks at event marking 150th anniversary of 15th Amendment

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin spoke at a Feb. 27 event marking the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, which forbid voting rights discrimination on the basis of race.

The event was presented by the American Constitution Society’s Sacramento Lawyer Chapter and the ACLU of California Center for Advocacy and Policy.

Gabriel "Jack" Chin is Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and holder of the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Endowed Chair at UC Davis School of Law.  He is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.