Dec. 30, 2019
What I learned from Proposition 187 25 years ago
As a law professor, I am supposed to teach students how to argue — in a classical education, the subject would be “rhetoric.” My experience as an advocate astonishes me about what is effective.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
As a law professor, I am supposed to teach students how to argue -- in a classical education, the subject would be "rhetoric." My experience as an advocate astonishes me about what is effective. Twenty-five years ago, between my brief career as a practicing attorney and beginning a calling as a teacher, I worked as a full-time pro bono campaign organizer in California, against Proposition 187. That meant I was trying to help undocumented immigrants whom the ballot mea...
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