A More Perfect Union: An Inaugural Celebration and Watch Party

Join us on January 20, 2021 as we engage in a non-partisan celebration of democracy and the peaceful transition of power. At 11:30am ET, Rose Cuizon-Villazor will lead us in a guided discussion on Filipino Americans, Asian Americans, and the importance of civic engagement. Then, we will begin the watch party at 12pm ET.

Rose Cuison-Villazor is Vice Dean, Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. She is also Director of the Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Social Justice. Dean Cuison-Villazor teaches and writes in the areas of immigration and citizenship law, property law, critical race theory, Asian Americans and the law, and equal protection law. Dean Cuison-Villazor’s scholarship has appeared in top law journals in the country, including California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Harvard Law Review Forum, Minnesota Law Review, New York University Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, Southern California Law Review, Washington University Law Review, and University of California Davis Law Review.    

Her books include IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE LAW AND POLICY (8 th Ed.) (with Stephen Legomsky, Anil Kalhan and David Thronson) (forthcoming 2021); PROPERTY AND IDENTITY with Al Brophy and Kali Murray) (forthcoming 2021); RACE AND RACES, CASES AND RESOURCES FOR A DIVERSE AMERICA (3 rd Ed.) (with Juan Perea, Richard Delgado, and Osamudia James) (forthcoming 2022); THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT OF 1965: LEGISLATING A NEW AMERICA (with Gabriel “Jack” Chin) (Cambridge University Press) 2015) and LOVING V. VIRGINIA IN A POST-RACIAL WORLD: RETHINKING RACE, SEX, AND MARRIAGE (with Kevin Maillard)(Cambridge University Press 2012). Dean Cuison-Villazor obtained her LL.M from Columbia Law School and J.D. from American University.

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