Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso Speaks at ABA Presidential Diversity Summit

Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso was a keynote speaker at the American Bar Association (ABA) Presidential Diversity Summit titled "Diversity in the Legal Profession: The Next Steps?" in Washington, D.C.  The summit focused on promoting racial, ethnic, and gender diversity, as well as recognizing lawyers with disabilities and who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender as part of the diverse profession. 

A member of the UC Davis School of Law faculty since 2001, Professor Reynoso is an internationally known civil rights leader, the first Latino to sit on the California Supreme Court, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.  He has been awarded the UC Davis Medal, the university's highest honor, and the Law School has established the Cruz & Jeannene Reynoso Scholarship for Legal Access to help students with financial needs.

Listen to Reynoso's Keynote Speech