Guest Speakers & Panelists
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
Author and Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Hon. Edward M. Chen
U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California; Legal team for landmark Supreme case Korematsu v. The United States
Doris Cheng, Esq.
Partner in the law firm of Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger in San Francisco; Immediate Past President of San Francisco Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates; Adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law
Dr. Bobby Donaldson
Director of Center for Civil Rights History and Research; Associate Professor of History at University of South Carolina
Lindsay Gray, Esq.
CEO of VECINA, a nonprofit organization focused on mentoring pro bono attorneys representing asylum seekers before the Immigration Court
Sofia McDonald, Esq.
Equal Justice Initiative Staff Attorney
Dr. Karen Korematsu
Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu
Anuj A. Shah, Esq.
The Law Office of Anuj A. Shah P.C.
Patrice Sulton, Esq.
Founder and Executive Director of the DC Justice Lab; Law Professor at George Washington University
Donald K. Tamaki, Esq.
Senior Counsel at Minami Tamaki LLP; Legal team for landmark Supreme case Korematsu v. The United States
Mary Beth Tinker
Free Speech Activist; Tinker v. Des Moines School District
Maria Town
President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
Dr. Ralph Young
Author of Dissent: The History of an American Idea; History Professor at Temple University