The Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE)
Mission Statement
The Center for Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality (RICE) supports scholarship, education, and public service on the ways that intersectional and marginalized identities produce and reflect structural inequality.
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- The Center sponsors lectures and conferences that showcase research and scholarly writing from law, political science, sociology, history, and critical theory, leveraging UC Law SF’s existing strengths in Law & Society and in interdisciplinary scholarship. It will additionally integrate other UC and California campuses doing related research as part of the Academic Village.
- The Center educates law students through research assistant and teaching positions, colloquium and conferences, and community educations programs. It also connects them with alumnae engaged in related practice areas.
- The Center convenes policymakers, lawyers, community advocates, and legal scholars engaged in equality work for community events that engage the broader UC Law SF community.
Annual Report
Meet the Faculty Director
Ming Chen is a Professor of Law and Faculty-Director of the Race, Immigration, Citizenship, and Equality Program. She teaches courses in Constitutional Law, Legislation and Administrative Regulation, Citizenship, and Immigration. Professor Chen brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of race, immigration, and the administrative state. Her scholarship is published in leading law reviews and social science journals.
Learn MoreFaculty Affiliates
Blaine Bookey
Visiting Assistant Professor and Legal Director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
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Brittany Glidden
Clinical Professor & Faculty Co-Director of Public Interest and the Social Justice Center
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Thalia González
Professor of Law and the James Edgar Hervey ’50 Chair of Litigation.
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Karen Musalo
Professor and Chair in International Law, Director of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
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Reuel Schiller
The Honorable Roger J. Traynor Chair and Professor of Law
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Jessica Vapnek
Associate Dean of the MLS Program, Director of the International Development Law Center, Professor of Practice
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Advisory Board
Irene Bloemraad |
Catherine Seitz |
Hiroshi Motomura |
Gabriel ‘Jack’ Chin |
Lucia Martel Dow |
Jack Trasviña |
Leti Volpp |
Jennifer Chacon |
Stephanie Canizales |
Making Headlines
New UC Law SF Center Tackles Issues of Race, Citizenship & Equality
Professor Ming Hsu Chen — an expert on race, immigration, and citizenship – has launched a new center at UC Law SF this fall that will pursue groundbreaking research on equality issues and collaborate with other scholars and academic institutions. Chen, who previously founded the Immigration and… Read More
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events.
Past Events
Symposia and Event Recordings
Immigration and Citizenship Law Kick-Off Event
UC Law Journal & RICE Symposium 2024
Immigration and Citizenship Day Panel 2023
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Support Our Center
If you wish to make a donation to our center, please visit our donation page.
Contact Us
Contact us at rice@uclawsf.edu