Echoes of Justice: How History Shapes Today\'s Legal Struggles

Echoes of Justice: How History Shapes Today’s Legal Struggles

To mark the launch of Sacramento State’s new BA concentration in History, Law, and Social Justice, the Department of History invites the campus community to a roundtable discussion with four Sacramento-area lawyers to address the intersections between history and contemporary legal struggles in criminal procedure, civil, immigration, environmental, and elder law. The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a light reception.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025
4:30-5:30 Panel Discussion - Hinde Auditorium, University Union
5:30-6:30 Reception - Lobby Suite, University Union

Moderator:
TOM CLARK, Principal Counsel, CA Assembly Judiciary Committee and
Adjunct Professor of Legal History, Sacramento State

Panelists:
GABRIEL “JACK” CHIN, Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair of Law, Martin
Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical Legal Education,
UC Davis
JEFFREY SCHWARZSCHILD, Lead Counsel, California Conservation Corps
MALINA WALKER, Attorney, Senior Legal Services, El Dorado County,
Sacramento State MA in History