Symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790 at UC Davis

A Symposium on the Naturalization Act of 1790

Paper and Response Essays to be Published in the William and Mary Law Review

UC Davis School of Law, Noon to 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 22, 2023

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Opening Remarks by Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, UC Davis School of Law.

Presentation: Gabriel J. Chin, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor and Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair, and Director of Clinical Legal Education, UC Davis School of Law & Paul Finkelman, Professor Emeritus, Albany Law School. The “Free White Persons” Clause of the Naturalization Act of 1790 as Super-Statute

Responses:

Bethany Berger, Wallace Stevens Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law. Separate, Sovereign, and Subjugated?: Native Citizenship and the 1790 Trade and Intercourse Act

Ming Hsu Chen, Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chair; Faculty-Director, Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship & Equality. The Road Not Taken: A Critical Juncture in Racial Preferences for Naturalized Citizenship

Rose Cuison-Villiazor, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar; Director, Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice, Rutgers Law School

Amanda Frost, John A. Ewald Jr. Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law. Schizophrenic Citizenship

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