Third Annual Michael A. Olivas Writing Institute
June 20-21, 2024, UC Davis School of Law, Martin Luther King Jr. Hall
The late Professor Michael Olivas dedicated his career to diversifying the legal academy by supporting and mentoring faculty of color. Honoring his legacy, the Michael A. Olivas Writing Institute provides a venue for providing constructive feedback on drafts of scholarship of junior legal scholars.
This year, the Olivas Writing Institute will experiment with a hybrid in-person and virtual format to promote participation while also allowing in-person interaction. Live events will be held at the UC Davis School of Law, which is housed in Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall on the UC Davis campus. In-person attendance is strongly encouraged. Remote participation will be possible so long as technology permits.
Funding for the Third Annual Olivas Writing Institute comes from the Mabie/Apallas Public Interest Chair. The institute is co-sponsored by the UC Davis Law Aoki Center on Race and Nation Studies.
Agenda
Thursday, June 20
6 p.m. – Welcome Remarks from Dean Kevin R. Johnson, Faculty Lounge
Opening Keynote from Professor Ediberto Román, founder of the Olivas Writing Institute, Florida International University College of Law
6:30 p.m. – Reception and dinner, King Hall
Friday, June 21
8:30 a.m.-9 a.m. – Breakfast, King Hall Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom
9:15 a.m. – Keynote
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, Co-director of the UC Davis Aoki Center on Race and Nation Studies, Raquel Aldana
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law Assistant Professor, Emile Loza de Siles
10 a.m.-12 p.m. – Works-in-Progress
Twenty authors will present draft papers in pairs in a total of 10 concurrent sessions. All draft papers are available at the 3rd Olivas Writing Institute 2024. Authors should upload the most recent version of your article in this folder. It will be your responsibility to alert your commentator that you uploaded an updated version.
One or two commentators have been assigned to each paper. Please refer to this document and the program below to find your role as a commentator. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are not able to serve as a commentator.
Each presenter has an hour to present and receive feedback from the commentators and participants. Presenters might consider answering the following questions: (1) what is your work in progress about? (2) why do you think it’s important to write about? (3) Why now? and (4) What specific feedback are you looking for from this group today?
Session 1, Faculty Lounge
Presenter 1: Citlalli Ochoa, Practitioner-in-Residence; American University Washington College of Law; Bridging Movement Lawyering & International Human Rights Advocacy.
Commentator: Carrie Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor, Chapman University Fowler School of Law (in-person).
Presenter 2: Alysha Bhatia, UC Davis School of Law J.D. 2024; The Ghosts of Partition: The Untold Legacy of the Creation of India and Pakistan.
Commentator: Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Assistant Professor of Law, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (in-person).
Session 2, Room 2050
Presenter 1: Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law; Artificial Intelligence Biases.
Commentators: Kevin R. Johnson, Dean, UC Davis Law and Tom Flesher, Economics Professor, Suffolk County Community College (hybrid).
Presenter 2: Jonathan F. Harris, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Marymount University Loyola Law School; Credentialism at Work.
Commentator: Ediberto Román, Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law (in-person).
Session 3, Room 2040
Presenter 1: Sara Hildebrand, Assistant Professor, Widener University Delaware Law School; Thinking about Thinking: The Role of Moral Cognition in Criminal Culpability Determinations.
Commentator: Ángel Díaz, Visiting Assistant Professor, USC Gould School of Law (in-person).
Presenter 2: Giselle Garcia, Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies Fellow, UC Davis Law; In Search of Atonement—Redirecting Trauma Away from Retribution and Toward Healing.
Commentator: Nila Bala, Acting Professor of Law, UC Davis Law (in-person).
Session 4, Room 2320
Presenter 1: Seema N. Patel, Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School; Low Wage Workers and Emerging Tech.
Commentator: Stella Emery Santana, Law Professor at FAESA (Brazil), Affiliate Indiana University Faculty McKinney Law (Indianapolis), Postdoc Researcher at Labgest UFES (virtual).
Presenter 2: Prithika Balakrishnan, Visiting Assistant Professor, UC Law San Francisco; Cop Cameras – Watching Us to Safety. Commentator: Tania Ixchel Atilano, Postdoc, University of Zurich (virtual).
Session 5
Presenter 1: Kulvinder Singh, Immigration Law Attorney; Punjab, Sikhs and Independence from India.
Commentator: Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, UC Davis Law (in-person).
Presenter 2: Sabrina Rivera, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic, Western State College of Law; Barefoot Justice: The Pro Se Litigants’ Pursuit of Legal Empowerment in Removal Proceedings.
Commentator: Citlalli Ochoa, Practitioner-in Residence; American (in-person).
12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. – Lunch, Faculty Room
2 p.m.-4 p.m. – Works-in-Progress
Session 1, Faculty Lounge
Presenter 1: Maria Teresa Gomez Carmona, Graduate Assistant, Northern Illinois University; The Mexican Condition: The Fourth Amendment Protections On The Mexican American Border (Or The Lack There Of).
Commentator: Diego H. Alcalá Laboy, Assistant Professor, Widener University Delaware Law School (in-person).
Presenter 2: Carrie Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor, Chapman University Fowler School of Law, Assistant Professor; An Exceptional Hard Look at Presidential Immigration Power.
Commentator: Kevin R. Johnson, Dean, UC Davis Law.
Session 2, Room 2050
Presenter 1: Evelyn Rangel-Medina, Assistant Professor of Law, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law; The Disposable “Essential” Workers of COVID-19.
Commentator: Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, UC Davis Law (in-person).
Presenter 2: Tania Valdez, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School; Exclusionary Ableism. Commentators: Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, UC Davis Law and Carlos A. Larrauri, University of Michigan Law student (in-person).
Session 3, Room 2040
Presenter 1: Nila Bala, Acting Professor of Law, UC Davis Law; Policing Children’s Data
Commentator: Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law
Presenter 2: Rachel G. Ngo Ntomp, Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Law; The Content Control of Small Business Contracts & The (In)Efficiency of Unconscionability.
Commentator: Jonathan F. Harris, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Marymount University Loyola Law School.
Session 4, Room 2360
Presenter 1: Diego H. Alcalá Laboy, Assistant Professor, Widener University Delaware Law School; The Fourth Amendment is a Surveillance Technology.
Commentator: Prithika Balakrishnan, Visiting Assistant Professor, UC Law San Francisco (hybrid).
Presenter 2: Ángel Díaz, Visiting Assistant Professor, USC Gould School of Law; Private Surveillance as Public Nuisance
Commentator: Ediberto Román, Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
Session 5, Room 1320
Presenter 1: Tania Ixchel Atilano, Postdoc, University of Zurich; The practice of the Laws of War during the French Intervention in Mexico (1862-1867).
Commentator: Emilio Longoria, Assistant Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law (virtual).
Presenter 2: Stella Emery Santana, Law Professor at FAESA (Brazil), Affiliate Faculty McKinney Law (Indianapolis), Postdoc Researcher at Labgest UFES; We Shall Overcome: The Evolution of Quotas in the Land of the Free and the Home of Samba.
Commentator: Seema N. Patel, Lecturer in Law, Stanford Law School (virtual).
4 p.m. – Closing Reception, King Hall Lobby/Courtyard/Faculty Lounge
Hotel Information
Hyatt Place UC Davis (on campus)
173 Old Davis Road Extension, Davis, CA, 95619
(530) 756-9500
Aggie Inn
245 1st St, Davis, CA, 95616
(530) 756-0352
Hilton Garden Inn Davis Downtown
110 F St, Davis, CA, 95616
(530) 753-3600
Best Western University Lodge
123 B St, Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-7890
Best Western Plus Palm Court Hotel
234 D St, Davis, CA 95616
(530) 753-7100
Best Western Plus Dixon Davis
1345 Commercial Way, Dixon, CA, 95620
(707) 678-1400
University Park Inn and Suites
1111 Richards Blvd, Davis, CA, 95616
(530) 756-0910
Organizing Committee
Raquel Aldana (UC Davis Law)
realdana@ucdavis.edu
Stella Emery Santana (FIU Law)
semerysa@fiu.edu
Jonathan Harris (Loyola Law School)
jonathan.harris@lls.edu
Kevin R. Johnson (UC Davis Law)
krjohnson@ucdavis.edu
Ediberto Román (FIU Law)
romane@fiu.edu