Keynote Speakers & Distinguished Guests
Justice Goodwin Liu | Associate Justice
Supreme Court of California
Simon (Young) Tam | The Slants
Angela Harris | Distinguished Professor of Law & Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair
University of California, Davis School of Law
Karen Korematsu | Founder & Executive Director
Fred T. Korematsu Institute
The Honorable Rob Bonta | Assemblymember
California State Assembly
Frank Wu | Distinguished Professor of Law
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Conference Schedule
Friday, April 8, 2016 | Room 1301
9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks |
9:15 AM | Works-in-Progress Session One |
10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:45 AM | Plenary: #BlackLivesMatter and Asian Pacific Americans?
Aarti Kohli | Deputy Director of Advancing Justice Linda Lye | Senior Staff Attorney Bertrall Ross | Assistant Professor of Law Margaret Russell | Professor of Law Moderator: Rose Cuison Villazor | Professor of Law |
12:00 PM | Keynote Address & Lunch Simon (Young) Tam | The Slants |
1:00 PM | Arboretum Walk |
1:30 PM | Works-in-Progress Session Two
Discussion Panel: Neo Pariah: Studies in the Emerging Academic Caste System in Higher Education Angela Harris, Distinguished Professor of Law, Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde, Associate Professor Darrell Hamamoto, Professor Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor Melody Yee, Bachelor of Science Jing Mai, Undergraduate Student |
2:45 PM | Plenary: Islamophobia & the Lost Legacy of Korematsu
Lorraine Bannai | Professor of Lawyering Skills Karima Bennoune | UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights Dale Minami | Partner Shirin Sinnar | Assistant Professor of Law Moderator: Afra Afsharipour | Professor of Law |
4:00 PM | Coffee Break |
4:15 PM | Plenary: Asian Pacific Americans and College Admissions
Ashutosh Bhagwat | Professor of Law Marina C. Hsieh | Senior Fellow Dan P. Tokaji | Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law Moderator: Anupam Chander | Professor of Law |
5:30 PM | Awards Ceremony & Dinner Guest of Honor: Karen Korematsu |
Saturday, April 9, 2016 | Room 2302
9:00 AM | Works-in-Progress Session Three |
10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 AM | Welcome Remarks Dean Kevin Johnson University of California Davis, School of LawThe Honorable Rob Bonta | Assemblymember California State Assembly |
10:45 AM | Students Plenary: Voices of the Next Generation
Stephen Chang | University of California, Berkeley School of Law Sylvia Hsin-Ling Tsai | University of California, Davis School of Law Steven Vong | University of California, Davis School of Law Moderator: Uyen P. Le | Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Scholar University of California, Davis School of Law |
12:00 PM | Keynote Address & Lunch Distinguished Professor of Law Frank Wu University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
1:00 PM | Plenary: Latinos, Asian Pacific Americans, and Immigration
Jennifer Chacón | Professor of Law Bill Hing | Professor of Law Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law Deep Gulasekaram | Associate Professor of Law Moderator: Jack Chin | Professor of Law |
2:15 PM | Plenary: Emerging Scholars
Christina Chong | Assistant Professor of Law Andrew Kim | Assistant Professor of Law Saira Mohamed | Assistant Professor of Law Nancy Chi Cantalupo | Assistant Professor of Law Moderator: Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law |
Co-Sponsored by:
California International Law Center
UC Davis School of Law has a tradition of engagement in matters of global consequence. Continuing that tradition is the California International Law Center at King Hall. The Center fosters the work of faculty, students, and alumni in international, comparative, and transnational law, and in so doing the Center enhances California’s role as a global actor.
The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies
The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies is an initiative led by faculty and students at UC Davis School of Law to honor the life and work of the late Professor Keith Aoki. He contributed to scholarship in many fields, especially in critical theory, race, and immigration issues. The Aoki Center carries on Professor Aoki’s legacy through faculty scholarship in these areas and by encouraging students to develop their interests in critical theory.