Faculty

Professor Raquel Aldana appeared on Beyond Borders: The Immigration Evaluation Podcast to talk about “Credibility, Trauma Science, and What the Law Really Needs from Mental Health Professionals.” Aldana is an expert on the intersection of immigration law, trauma science, and credibility adjudication. The podcast highlighted research she and her co-authors recently published in the American Journal of Science and Medicine.

Loyola Law School Professor Kaiponanea Matsumura wrote a positive review in Jotwell of Professor Nila Bala’s forthcoming Yale Law Journal article, “Guilt by Parenthood.”

Professor Afra Afsharipour presented at a faculty workshop at St. John’s University School of Law with St. John’s Professor Darren Rosenblum.

Afsharipour and Rosenblum discussed their co-authored paper, “The Inclusion Imperative for Repairing Corporate Governance,” which is forthcoming in The Business Lawyer.

On March 19, Professor Afra Afsharipour delivered the Castetter Endowed Lecture at California Western School of Law in San Diego.

Afsharipour’s lecture, “From Pipeline to Power: Tracking Persistence and Progress in Corporate Governance and Practice,” examined both gains toward and enduring structural barriers to gender equity in corporate leadership.

An April 13 story on the the American Bar Association website cited and quoted research by Professor Afra Afsharipour.

On March 5, Professor Menesh Patel presented his paper, “Shared Authority, Inadequate Enforcement: Antitrust Oversight of Wholesale Electricity Mergers,” at the Cambridge-USC Antitrust Workshop.

Professor Menesh Patel’s primary research interests include antitrust, corporate law, securities regulation, and capital markets. He is the recipient of UC Davis Law’s 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award.

Professor Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the Sacramento Bee in early April regarding the return to the United States of Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a Sacramento woman who had been deported to Mexico despite having Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status.

On March 8, Professor Elizabeth Joh gave a keynote lecture at the inaugural Judicial Institute on AI at Stanford Law School.

Joh joined a group of invited experts to discuss emerging questions on the use of AI and the law before an audience of state supreme court justices from around the country.

UC Davis School of Law is pleased to announce that California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District Associate Justice Shama Mesiwala ’98 will deliver the keynote address at its Class of 2026 commencement on Saturday, May 9 at the Mondavi Center.

Professor Courtney Joslin presented her forthcoming essay “Challenging Marital Privilege Through Functional Family Doctrines” at a March 31 symposium presented by the New England Law Review.