Professor Hing Wins Chancellor's Diversity and Community Award

Professor Bill Ong Hing has been selected to receive the UC Davis Chancellor's Achievement Award for Diversity and Community in the Academic Senate category.  The award recognizes Professor Hing's contributions to increasing diversity and inclusiveness within the UC Davis School of Law.

Law School Dean Kevin R. Johnson nominated Professor Hing for the award on the basis of Professor Hing's experience as the founder and director of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center-a nationally-renowned immigrant rights group based in San Francisco-as well as his many positions on committees advising the federal government on immigration law and policy, his experience in appellate advocacy, and his contributions to the Law School as an instructor and head of the school's clinical programs.

"Professor Hing, throughout his career, has pursued social justice by combining community work, litigation, and scholarship," said Johnson.  "He has an exemplary record of dedicated, important, high profile service."

Bill Ong Hing, a professor at UC Davis School of Law, is recognized nationally as an immigration law and community lawyering expert.