[Hamp-law] Passing of Keith Aoki, CRT scholar

[Falguni A. Sheth]

Terrible, terrible loss.

http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3264

>From the UC Davis Law School website:

The King Hall community mourns the passing of Professor Keith Aoki, who died
at the age of 55 on April 26 following a prolonged illness.  A brilliant
scholar, devoted teacher, and beloved colleague, Professor Aoki had a
lasting, positive impact on faculty and students.

"Keith has touched our community in a special way, and he will be greatly
missed," said Dean Kevin R. Johnson in an announcement to the King Hall
community.

Professor Aoki earned a B.F.A. degree from Wayne State, as well as an M.A.
in Fine Arts from Hunter College, and worked as an artist in New York City
before applying to and being accepted at Harvard Law School.  In addition to
his J.D. from Harvard, he earned an LL.M. from the University of Wisconsin
Law School.  He taught for more than a decade at the University of Oregon
School of Law, where he was the Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, as well
as Lewis & Clark, Columbia, and Boston College law schools before coming to
King Hall as a visiting professor in 2006 and joining the faculty in 2007.
Professor Aoki was an accomplished and respected scholar in civil rights,
critical race theory, intellectual property, and local government law, and a
member of the prestigious American Law Institute.

Professor Aoki's scholarly work was published in leading legal journals.  A
person of many talents, he was a gifted cartoonist who wrote legal articles
and two books--*Bound by Law *and *Theft: A History of Music*, co-written
with James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins--in comic book style.  His legal
comics had been the subject of recent articles in the *San Francisco
Chronicle *and *Diverse: Issues in Higher Education *magazine.  Professor
Aoki also authored *Seed Wars: Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property
and Plant Genetic Resources *(Carolina Academic Press).

Much of the King Hall community learned of Professor Aoki's death through an
announcement from Dean Johnson on April 26.  Shortly thereafter, a moment of
silence was observed in the King Hall courtyard.  The previous week,
students participating in the annual Cardozorama talent show changed the
name of the event to "Aokirama" to honor Professor Aoki.  UC Davis announced
that it would fly its flags at half-staff for three business days in honor
of Professor Aoki beginning April 28.

Professor Aoki is survived by his loving wife, Mona, and their nine-year-old
twin daughters, Rachel and Sarah.  The family is setting up college accounts
for the girls, and an announcement will be forthcoming regarding how members
of the King Hall community may contribute. A memorial service at King Hall
is being planned with details to follow.

A Message from Dean Johnson to the King Hall
Community<http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3263>


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Warm regards,
FS

Falguni A. Sheth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
and Political Theory
School of Social Science
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002

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