UCI Law Hosts MLK Jr. Teach-In & Training Event

01-23-17

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More than 150 UC Irvine School of Law faculty, staff, students, alumni, and attorneys came together at UCI Law on Saturday, Jan. 14, to discuss the potential effects of a new presidential administration on a variety of legal practices.

The event began with an opening plenary featuring: 

  • Pablo Alvarado, Founder and Executive Director, National Day Laborer Organization
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UCI Law 
  • Jacqueline Dan, Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-OC 
  • Kaaryn Gustafson, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center on Law, Equality and Race, UCI Law 
  • Ameena Mirza Qazi, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles;
  • Angelo Logan, Co-founder, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice.

The plenary was followed by breakout sessions featuring more than a dozen UCI Law professors and attorneys who discussed potential changes to the law under a Trump administration and ways in which to mobilize for justice. Breakout sessions were devoted to the areas of:

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Video of Plenary Speakers

Audio of Plenary Speakers