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Olivas Award, a national award from the Association of American LawSchools (AALS) that recognizes leadership and mentorship in diversity and mentoring in the legal academy. Johnson Johnson is lawschool dean, Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law, and professor of Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis. “I
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