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Summary

As a war on diversity upends government, corporate, and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important. In this webinar, Berkeley Law Professor and Author David Oppenheimer will discuss the history of diversity in education, commerce, and science.

David Oppenheimer, a Clinical Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and the Director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-discrimination Law, is the author of The Diversity Principle: The Story of a Transformative Idea.

Yury Kapgan, President of the Berkeley Law Alumni Association and Partner at Quinn Emanuel, and Jami Floyd, Attorney and Author, will moderate the discussion.

Co-presented by Berkeley Law Alumni Association

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Guest

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David Oppenheimer

Clinical Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and the Director of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-discrimination Law

Moderators

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Yury Kapgan

President of the Berkeley Law Alumni Association

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Jami Floyd

Attorney and Author