Capital Center Policy Perspectives Speaker Series

Progress, Precedent, and Policy Solutions: A Conversation with the Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye

When: Oct. 15, 2024 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Where: Grand Salon

Please join McGeorge’s Capital Center for Law & Policy for the Second Annual Capital Center Policy Perspectives Speaker Series. Our keynote speaker is the Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

Cantil-Sakauye is president and CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California, where she holds the Walter and Esther Hewlett Chair in Understanding California’s Future. From 2011 to 2022, she served as the 28th Chief Justice of California and led the judiciary as the chair of the Judicial Council — the constitutional policy and rule making body of the judicial branch — the first person of color and the second woman to do so. Before she was elected statewide as the Chief Justice of California, she served more than 20 years on California appellate and trial courts and was appointed or elevated to higher office by three governors. Earlier in her career she served as a deputy district attorney for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office and on the senior staff of Governor Deukmejian, first as deputy legal affairs secretary and later as a deputy legislative secretary. She holds a BA and a JD from the University of California, Davis. 
 

Join the McGeorge’s Capital Center for Law & Policy for our Policy Perspectives Speaker Series featuring a moderated conversation followed by a hosted reception. This event is free and open to the public. Questions? Email Professor Erin O’Neal at eoneal@pacific.edu.

The event is co-sponsored by the Capital Center for Law & Policy, McGeorge Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA), McGeorge Capital Lawyering Association for Students (CLAS), McGeorge Women's Caucus (MWC), and McGeorge Womxn of Color Collective (WOCC).