Upcoming Presentations

The Demonization of (Im)migrants: Dust Bowl Refugees and the Supreme Court

April 20, 2021, 5-6pm PT

At the height of the Great Depression, California passed an “anti-Okie” law making it a misdemeanor to knowingly assist a pauper in entering the state. Edwards was convicted under this law after he had driven to Texas and then returned to California with his indigent brother-in-law. Join us for an engaging presentation by Richard Rahm and renowned attorney and legal scholar/historian John S. Caragozian centering on the constitutionality of the law in the 1941 United States Supreme Court case, Edwards v. California.

Register here to attend via Zoom. Registration is free; one hour of California CLE credit, provided by the Northern District Practice Program, is available for $35.

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