California Assembly Honors Women of the Year Professors Holly S. Cooper and Amagda Pérez

The California State Assembly honored co-directors of the Immigration Law Clinic Professors Amagda Pérez '91 and Holly Cooper '98 at a ceremony on the Assembly floor on March 12. Pérez and Cooper are Assembly District 4’s 2018 Women of the Year.

As Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry escorted them to receive their award, the Assembly heard that “Holly Cooper has extensive litigation experience defending the rights of immigrants, serving as co-director of the Immigration Law Clinic at UC Davis. She is a nationally recognized expert on immigration detention issues and on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Amagda Pérez brings a wealth of experience and expertise on immigration and poverty law to the UC Davis School of Law Immigration Law Clinic, where she serves as a co-director and supervises law students in preparation of deportation defense cases.”

Aguiar-Curry later said, “Amagda and Holly are outstanding advocates for our immigrant community across the nation, and are training many young law students to do the same. Thank you for all of your incredible and inspiring work.”