A few people are meeting at noon on Friday, March 27, at Crepeville. Crepeville is at 330 Third Street, at Third and C Streets. Prices range from about $10-15, and they only take cash. It has indoor and outdoor seating. Lisa Ikemoto is coordinating the lunch.

Below is a bit of important, housekeeping information that you may find useful to the success of your participation in the conference:
 
1.      Please note that due to the Cesar Chavez Holiday the conference will be held over two locations.

·        Friday, March 27-Location: King Hall (use link to locate facility on campus http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/map/map_detail.cfm?assetInfo=78)

·        Saturday and Sunday, March 28 & 29-Location: Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center (use link to locate facility on campus http://www.alumnicenter.ucdavis.edu/)

2.      Parking: On Friday, March 27 parking will be available in Lot 3 for no charge. This includes the metered spaces for free as well. Please NOTE the Restricted Spaces i.e. Deans, Vendor Vehicles, etc. will be monitored by the UCDPD and if parked there, you WILL receive a ticket.

3.      Event Registration: Registration will take place between 1:00-2:00pm on Friday, March 27 at King Hall in the foyer just outside of the Wilkins Moot Courtroom (Room 1008).

Layout of King Hall interior (We will be using the first and second floors.) http://wireless.ucdavis.edu/kingmap.cfm

4.      Saturday and Sunday will be spent at the Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center.

Layout of center’s interior http://www.alumnicenter.ucdavis.edu/

The 15th annual Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty will be held at the University of California, Davis School of Law from March 27-29, 2009.

The theme for this year’s conference will be “Asian-Americans: Linking Asia to America.”

Various plenary sessions will consider the relationships between Asia and the West, sometimes through a comparative law approach, at other times through a transnational law approach, or through understandings of diasporic identities or the law of immigration. This theme allows us to expand CAPALF horizons to a more transnational engagement than previous CAPALF conferences, which have largely focused on the Asian American experience.

The CAPALF conferences have three main components:

1. Works in progress
2. Main thematic plenary panels and keynote addresses
3. Discussion of pedagogy and the art of scholarship

CAPALF conferences are open to all members of the legal community, including faculty, students, and practicing lawyers–though there is a registration fee for participation.

This is the official conference website. 

If you click the tabs above, you will find information on registration, the conference program, airport information, and hotels.

We look forward to seeing you in sunny Davis, California at the end of March!

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