Laura Gómez will be speaking on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in the Weigand Room in the Arts & Sciences Building on the Santa Clara University campus. The topic of her presentation is "Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race." This event is co-sponsored with the Public Interest and Social Justice Coalition, the Women’s and Gender Studies’ Program, LaRaza, and Women and Law.
Laura Gómez is Professor of Law & American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Professor Gómez teaches and writes in the broad areas of law, race, and gender. Previously she taught for 12 years at the UCLA School of Law, where she was a founder of the Critical Race Studies Concentration. She attended Harvard College and earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in Sociology concurrently at Stanford University. Professor Gómez has held residential fellowships at the School for American Research (2004-05) and the Stanford Humanities Center (1996-97). She is the author of two books: MANIFEST DESTINIES: THE MAKING OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN RACE (New York University Press, 2007) and MISCONCEIVING MOTHERS: LEGISLATORS, PROSECUTORS AND THE POLITICS OF PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE (Temple University Press, 1997).
A Book Signing and Wine and Cheese Reception will be held immediately following the lecture.
This activity has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of one hour. Santa Clara University School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
