Gabriel J. Chin


Gabriel Jack Chin is an American author, legal scholar, and professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law.
He teaches a variety of courses, including Criminal Law, Immigration, Criminal Appellate Advocacy, and Race and Law.

Biography

In 1985 he received a B.A. from Wesleyan University. In 1988 he received a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School. In 1995 he received an LL.M. from Yale Law School, and was an Editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute. Before becoming a law professor, " clerked for U.S. District Judge Richard P. Matsch in Denver and practiced with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and The Legal Aid Society of New York."
He was named in the , and in the , surveys by University of Chicago professor Brian Leiter. Professor Chin appeared on the October 16, 2006 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on a segment titled discussing the legality of the , a proposal to offer financial incentives for voting. He also criticized the proposal on Marketplace on November 2, 2006. In 2002, he appeared on NPR's Morning Edition discussing his efforts, in conjunction with law students, to repeal racist Jim Crow laws still on the books. He was named one of the by A Magazine for his work in this area.
In 2011, Chin supervised members of UC Davis's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association who sought posthumous admission to the State Bar of California for Hong Yen Chang, who was denied admission in 1890. In 2015, the Supreme Court of California would grant the students' petition.

Books

Chin has edited and contributed to a number of books, including:
  • United States Commission on Civil Rights: Reports on Asian Pacific Americans
  • United States Commission on Civil Rights: Reports on Voting
  • United States Commission on Civil Rights: Reports on the Police
  • The United States Commission on Immigration Reform: The Interim and Final Reports and Commentary
  • Immigration and the Constitution
  • Affirmative Action and the Constitution
  • New York City Policy Corruption Investigation Commissions, 1894-1994

    Other works

Chin is the author or co-author of many legal papers, including:
  • , 43 Michigan Journal of Law Reform
  • , 50 Ariz. L. Rev. 25
  • , 43 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 65
  • , 2008 Illinois Law Review 1359.
  • , 64 Md. L. Rev. 875
  • Jim Crow's Long Goodbye, 21 Const. Comment. 107
  • , 6 Iowa J. Gender, Race, & Just. 253, reprinted in Civil Penalties, Social Consequences 27
  • Pledging Allegiance to the Constitution: The First Amendment and Loyalty Oaths for Faculty at Private Universities, 64 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 431
  • , 87 Cornell L. Rev.
  • , 41 B.C. L. Rev. 1
  • , 75 North Carolina L. Rev. 273.
  • , 82 Iowa L. Rev. 151, excerpted in F. Michael Higginbotham, Race Law: Cases, Commentary, and Questions 327
  • , Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 08-14.