Professor Soucek Gives Talk on University Diversity Statements

Professor Brian Soucek, current chair of the UC’s Committee on Academic Freedom, gave a virtual talk on May 5 via UC Center Sacramento that asked, “What (If Anything) Is Wrong With Requiring Diversity Statements at Public Universities?” A video of the talk is now available. Watch the video. 

Professor Soucek’s primary teaching and research interests are antidiscrimination law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and refugee/asylum law. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Mark R. Kravitz in Connecticut, and Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.