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April 8, 2016

CAPALF 2016 at UC Davis School of Law

The School of Law is proud to host the 2016 Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CALALF) at King Hall today and tomorrow. There is a new addition to an already outstanding speaker line-up: California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu.

Here is the program from the CAPALF website.

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
Asian Law Caucus

Linda Lye | Senior Staff Attorney
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

Bertrall Ross | Assistant Professor of Law
Co-Director, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice
University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Margaret Russell | Professor of Law
University of California, Santa Clara School of Law

Moderator: Rose Cuison Villazor | Professor of Law
University of California, Davis School 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
University of California, Davis School of Law

Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde, Associate Professor
University of California, Davis, Department of Asian American Studies

Darrell Hamamoto, Professor
University of California, Davis, Department of Asian American Studies

Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor
San Francisco State University, College of Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies

Melody Yee, Bachelor of Science
University of California, Davis, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

Jing Mai, Undergraduate Student
University of California, Davis, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

2:45 PM













Plenary: Islamophobia & the Lost Legacy of Korematsu

Lorraine Bannai | Professor of Lawyering Skills
Director, Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality
Seattle University School of Law

Karima Bennoune | UN Special Rapporteur in the Field of Cultural Rights
Professor of Law | University of California, Davis School of Law

Dale Minami | Partner
Minami Tamaki LLP

Shirin Sinnar | Assistant Professor of Law
Stanford Law School

Moderator: Afra Afsharipour | Professor of Law
University of California, Davis School of Law

4:00 PM

Coffee Break

4:15 PM









Plenary: Asian Pacific Americans and College Admissions

Ashutosh Bhagwat | Professor of Law
UC Davis School of Law

Marina C. Hsieh | Senior Fellow
Santa Clara Law

Dan P. Tokaji | Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Professor of Constitutional Law
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Moderator: Anupam Chander | Professor of Law
University of California, Davis School 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
University of California, Irvine School of Law

Bill Hing | Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law

Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Deep Gulasekaram | Associate Professor of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law

Moderator: Jack Chin | Professor of Law
University of California, Davis

2:15 PM












Plenary: Emerging Scholars

Christina Chong | Assistant Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law

Andrew Kim | Assistant Professor of Law
Concordia University School of Law

Saira Mohamed | Assistant Professor of Law
University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Nancy Chi Cantalupo | Assistant Professor of Law
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law

Moderator: Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law