Kevin johnson (academic)

Kevin R. Johnson is the Dean of the UC Davis School of Law - King Hall. Before becoming a professor, he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, served as a clerk to Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and worked for law firm Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. Johnson joined the faculty at the UC Davis School of Law (King Hall) in 1989, was named Associate Dean in 1998, and the Dean in 2008. He is the first Latino to head a law school in the UC system. [cite news| url = http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8666&title=Kevin%20Johnson:%20New%20Law%20School%20Dean| title = Kevin Johnson named Dean of law school| work = UC Davis News & Information| date = 2008-05-05|accessdate = 2008-08-21]

Dean Johnson is nationally respected as a scholar in civil rights, chicano/a studies, and immigration law. He serves on the board of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, [cite news| url = http://www.maldef.org/news/press.cfm?ID=341| title = MALDEF LEADERS AWARDED TOP HONORS FROM NATIONAL HISPANIC BAR| work = MALDEF| date = 2006-8-21|accessdate = 2008-08-21] and as the president of the board of directors of Legal Services of Northern California. [http://www.lsnc.info/Home%20Page] Johnson is a senior immigration advisor to Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama [cite news| url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91323073| title = Immigration issues Don't Divide McCain, Obama| work = National Public Radio| date = 2008-6-10|accessdate = 2008-08-21] , and contributes to the influence immgration law blog, ImmgrationProf [http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/] .

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