Dean Johnson Discusses KHOP in ABA Journal Article

Dean Kevin Johnson spoke to the American Bar Association Journal for a Sept. 14 story about the potential chilling effect on applications of June’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that found race-conscious college admissions unconstitutional.

Johnson discussed the 1996 passage of California's anti-affirmative action Prop. 209, and the law school’s subsequent introduction of the King Hall Outreach Program, which helps undergraduates from underrepresented communities prepare for the law school admissions process.

Kevin R. Johnson is the law school’s dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and professor of Chicana/o studies at UC Davis. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of immigration law and policy, refugee law, and civil rights.