DACA Related Resources

• Watch a breakdown of the ruling here.

• Become a member of United We Dream to stay up to date with resources and action items.
• Take a look at UWD's resource list.

• Sign up for updates from the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center.
• Follow @ucimmigrantlegalservices on Instagram for updates.

• Join the NorCal Resist Action Network to volunteer locally in defending and supporting our immigrant community members.

TOMORROW - See you there 1Ls!

Civil procedure can be a lot to take in: forum selection, the Erie Doctrine, Rule 11 sanctions! Join us tomorrow as Professor Stacy-Ann Elvy presents, "Critical Perspectives on Civil Procedure" for our 1L Courses series!

These talks will help contextualize and deepen your appreciation for the relevance of the material in your advocacy, as well as give you an opportunity to make connections with our distinguished faculty. Lunch will be provided! You can virtually attend here.

This Thursday - Renowned Scholar Calls for a Reexamination of Chief Justice John Marshall's Legacy

For most Constitutional scholars, John Marshall has always been seen as "the Great Chief Justice." He is often the "leadoff batter" in basic Constitutional Law with his opinion in Marbury v. Madison. He is described as a moderate opponent of slavery who did not like the institution but was concerned about strengthening the Union and keeping the South in it and thus, in the "few" slave cases he heard, he supported the rights of the states to control their own institutions.

Paul Finkelman's recent Harvard University Press book, Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nations Highest Court, demonstrates none of this was true. Marshall owned hundreds of slaves in his lifetime, buying and selling them to enhance his wealth, and as a justice he never supported Black freedom - always finding a way to hold Black individuals in slavery, even when trial juries thought Black plaintiffs were entitled to their freedom. In cases dealing with the banned African slave trade, Marshall protected slave traders often in direct violation of U.S. law. Finkelman's book and two articles in Chicago Law Review have changed our views on Justice Marshall. Two law schools have been renamed to remove his name. Learn about how academic scholarship can help Americans rethink our history and reexamine our heroes.



Join us this Thursday, September 21 from 2:30 to 3:30 PM in Room 2360. To attend virtually use this link.

This Friday - Symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790

Professor Gabriel J. Chin has organized a powerful symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790 and its lasting impact. Guest scholars will be sharing their expertise and discuss the lasting impacts of this law on the United States and its people.

Join us this Friday, September 22 in Room 1301 from 12:00 to 3:00 PM. You can also virtually attend using this link.

The Immorality of DACA's Illegality

Last week, a U.S. District Court in Texas held that a Biden Administration rule which sought to formalize DACA is unlawful. The lack of congressional action leaves the DACA community vulnerable with great uncertainty over their status.

Raquel E. Aldana, Martin Luther King Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at UC Davis School of Law, writes: "Few other stories of failed legislation in recent U.S. history exemplify the perils of congressional dysfunction like the fate of Dreamers in the U.S. Congress." Read her latest blog post now.

Aoki Center Co-Directors Host Session for Collective Processing in Solidarity with Our DACA Community

In light of the recent DACA ruling, Aoki Center Co-Directors Dean Kevin R. Johnson and Professor Raquel E. Aldana immediately organized a space for collective processing and discussion in support of our DACA community at King Hall and beyond. 

On September 14, a group of faculty, staff members, and students met to discuss the state of the DACA program and potential action. In attendance were Aidan Castillo Mazantini, Executive Director of UC Immigrant Legal Services Center, and Leticia Saucedo, Professor of Law, Co-Director of UC Davis' new Labor Center and Aoki Center faculty affiliate, who provided meaningful insight and perspective to the discussion. We thank all who joined us and contributed to this important conversation!

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A Book Talk: Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence is Destroying the Court-And How We Can Fix It

Professor Aaron Tang proposes a different approach to hard cases in order to restore the court's legitimacy: one in which the Court acknowledges the arguments and interests on both sides and rules in the way that will do the least harm possible. Examining a surprising number of popular opinions where the Court has applied this approach—ranging from LGBTQ+ rights to immigration to juvenile justice—Tang shows how the least harm principle can provide a promising and legally grounded framework for the difficult cases that divide our nation.

Today, September 18 at 12:10 in Room 1001

Register for In-Person | Register for livestream.

Students Against Mass Incarceration Holds First Meeting

SAMI is having their first meeting of the year on Thursday, September 21 at 12PM in room 1303. Stop by and learn more about their organization and opportunities to plug into their movement. Lunch will be provided.

Join the Gender and Name Change Project

Interested in uplifting the LGBTQ+ community, particularly trans and non-binary people? Apply to the Gender and Name Change Project!! 

Applications are extended until next Wednesday, Sept. 20, because we would love to take on more student counselors! Apply today at this link.

King Hall Wellness Committee Hosts Succulent Plant Workshop

The King Hall Wellness Committee invites you to come join them for some relaxation and connection as they host a Succulent Plant Workshop!

When: Wednesday, September 27th - 12:30 to 1:30 pm

Where: Conference Rooms 2050 & 2040

There’s no doubt about it: Succulents are special. People have known it for thousands of years, and you can tell just by looking at them. A symbol of resilience, adaptation, and protection, they bring powerful energy into your home and office. They clean the air, improve your concentration and caring for them reduces stress! Succulents are easy to maintain and free of all the fussy procedures, you only need invest a very little amount of time nurturing it. Supplies to make and personalize your own succulent and planter will be available. Please RSVP.

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Hemispheric Dialogue on Native American and Indigenous Studies

Save-the-Date: Friday, October 13 at 12:00 PM. This discussion will highlight points of view from Abya Yala and Turtle Island, in particular, how different forms of colonialism (settler colonialism, internalized colonialism, corporate colonialism, coloniality, etc) inform current analysis from Indigenous and Mestizo activists and academics. The goal is to strengthen theories and research methodologies within the framework of Indigenous and Native American Studies so that they are more relevant throughout Abya Yala and not only in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Participants will also be able to attend virtually by registering here.

Abolition 101 - A Community Workshop

The Reclamation Project 916 and Decarcerate Sacramento will be hosting: ABOLITION 101, an interactive and transformative workshop on abolitionist history and anti-carceral community care.

Abolition 101 will explore the origins and modern-day imperative of prison abolition, especially amidst the rise in state-manufactured violence against people of color, unhoused folks, tenants, the poor and working-class, and numerous other marginalized groups within Sacramento County and beyond. As a fundamentals workshop introducing abolitionist organizing, rethinking societal notions of safety and justice, and connecting the community to imagine a world beyond mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex.

Save-the-Date: Saturday, September 30 at Brickhouse Gallery & Art Complex (2837 36th St.) from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Register here.

Why We Need to Abolish Borders - Arun Kundnani in Conversation with Harsha Walia

Listen. Borders uphold a global system of apartheid—and we should demand nothing less than their abolition. In this interview, activist and writer Harsha Walia lays out how borders and citizenship maintain colonial axes of power. From Fortress Europe outsourcing border control far into the African continent in exchange for aid, to Canada securing the availability of cheap farm workers through its selective immigration system, she demonstrates how capitalism and border regimes feed off of each other. Harsha Walia makes a compelling case for abolition: No banks, no bombs, no borders, no bosses. Or, in her own words: “Why would we fight for anything less than the freedom of all people?"

Worker Power Grows in CA

Unions won major victories this session on pay for fast food and health care workers, benefits for strikers, and bargaining rights. Business groups say that labor has too much power at the Capitol. Read more about it.