Kenji Yoshino

Civil rights in American law
to be addressed in talk

The annual Asian American Heritage Month Dinner will take place on Wednesday, April 5, at 6 p.m. in Saybrook College dining hall, 242 Elm St.

Kenji Yoshino, professor and deputy dean for intellectual life at the Law School, will present the keynote address, "Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights," at 7 p.m.

All members of the Yale community are invited to attend the event free of charge; however, tickets are required, even for those who already have a dining hall contract. Tickets are available at the Saybrook master's office, 242 Elm St., Entry I, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-5 p.m.; and at the Asian American Cultural Center, 295 Crown St., Monday-Thursday 4-10 p.m.

A 1996 graduate of the Yale Law School, Yoshino is a specialist in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law, and law and literature. His talk takes its title from his recently published book, in which he calls for a redefinition of civil rights in American law and culture.

Yoshino has also published work in a wide variety of academic journals, including the Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law Review and Yale Law Journal. His writing has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Nation, The New York Times and The Village Voice, and he has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show, Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, C-SPAN's Washington Journal and the Tavis Smiley Show. He lives in New Haven and New York City.

This event is sponsored by the Asian American Cultural Center and Saybrook College.

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