UC Davis Law Faculty Shine at AALS 2023

January 11, 2023

UC Davis Law faculty figured prominently at last week’s annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in San Diego. Participants included Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour and Professors Karrigan Börk, Andrea Chandrasekher, Eric Fish, Courtney Joslin, Donna Shestowsky and Brian Soucek. Professor Shestowsky is incoming chair of the executive committee for the Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Associate Dean Afsharipour (Comparative Law) and Professors Soucek (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity), Raquel Aldana (International Human Rights), Carlton Larson (Legal History, Law and the Humanities) and Mary Ziegler (Legal History) serve on executive committees of AALS sections. Dean Kevin Johnson received the inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy.

Jessica Bennett, left, and professors Courtney Joslin, Alix Rogers and Tom Joo. — Jessica Bennett, left, and Professors Courtney Joslin, Alix Rogers and Tom Joo.

AALS awards ceremony — Dean Kevin Johnson receiving the inaugural Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy.

Professors Bill Dodge, left, Afra Afsharipour and Brian Soucek — Professor Bill Dodge, left, Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour and Professor Brian Soucek.

Professor Donna Shestowsky moderating panel about Alternative Dispute Resolution — Professor Donna Shestowsky moderating a panel about Alternative Dispute Resolution.

UC Davis Law faculty — Professors Carlton Larson, left, and Alix Rogers, Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour, and Professor Tom Joo, second row.

Professor Raquel Aldana at AALS 2023 — Professor Raquel Aldana, right.

AALS reception — UC Davis Law reception.

AALS with friends — Rutgers Law Interim Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor, left, Dean Kevin Johnson, and Boston University School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig.

Professor Brian Soucek, left, with Georgetown Law Professor Madhavi Sunder at AALS 2023 — Professor Brian Soucek, left, with Georgetown Law Professor Madhavi Sunder.

Photos by: Starla Bennett/UC Davis Law