Awards and Honors
- Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Civil Rights, 2018 - 2019; Section on Immigration Law, 1994 - 1995
- Awarded Fulbright as Constitutional Law Specialist to teach Comparative Constitutional Rights at Ukrainian Catholic University for the LL.M. Program in Human Rights, 2018
- Appointed by the Governor, Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs, 2009
- Appointed, Board of Directors of the Oregon Chapter of the American Constitution Society, 2008
- Appointed by the Portland City Council, Chair of Historian Panel (to consider renaming of a street in honor of Cesar E. Chavez)
- Appointed by the Governor, Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and Data Review Committee, 2007
- Honoree, Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia Equal Justice Awards, Washington, D.C., 2002
- Elected, American Law Institute, 2002
- Appointed, Governing Board of the Legal Defense Fund of the American Association of University Professors, 2002-08
- Re-appointed, Diversity Committee of the Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, 2003-2004
- Appointed Chair Amicus Curiae Committee, Hispanic National Bar Association, 2003
- Filed Brief Amici Curiae as Counsel of Record on behalf of the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities in Grutter v. Bollinger, (affirmative action case), in support of respondents University of Michigan et al., in the Supreme Court of the United States