Auditorium
In his book Covering, acclaimed Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino melds autobiography with legal scholarship to call for a redefinition of civil rights in our law and culture. He will discuss how everyone covers their differences to blend into the mainstream and how that act poses a hidden threat to our civil rights.
Kenji Yoshino is professor of law and deputy dean for intellectual life at Yale Law School. A specialist in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature, he has published work in a wide variety of academic journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and Yale Law Journal. His writing has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Nation, The New York Times, and The Village Voice, and he has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show, Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, and the Tavis Smiley Show. He lives in New Haven, CT, and New York City.
Reception and Book Signing co-hosted by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and MN Lavender Bar.
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(651) 290-6400
Application will be made for 1 bias CLE credit
William Mitchell College of Law, founded in 1900, is an independent, private law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The college is known for cultivating practical wisdom and for creating an environment that welcomes both traditional and non-traditional law students. The largest law school in Minnesota, William Mitchell has produced many distinguished leaders at the bench and bar and in the business and civic arenas, among them the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger ’31.