The latest from UCLA Law.

UCLA School of Law Newsletter
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Summer Series Addresses Police Violence and racism

Join the conversation as leading UCLA Law faculty address race, policing and justice. On July 7, the Critical Race Studies Program hosts a webinar on Racism, Resistance and Policing with E. Tendayi Achiume, Devon Carbado and Cheryl I. Harris, moderated by Laura Gómez. On July 10, Achiume, Carbado and Joanna Schwartz lead a webinar, part of the school's Summer Series, on creating change and greater accountability in policing.

Kimberlé Crenshaw hosts a weekly podcast focused on race, equity and justice.

Acclaimed Critical Race Studies scholar and Distinguished Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw hosts a weekly podcast focused on race, equity and justice, featuring leading scholars and experts from around the country.

Alumni on the Move

Beth Mueller ’11, a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis, has been named counsel to the new House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Marie Mendoza ’98, is now senior vice president and general counsel of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. IP litigator John Ulin ’92 joins TroyGould. Buchalter partner Cheryl Lott ’04, already a member of the board for UCLA School of Law and UCLA Law Women LEAD, will serve as alumni-regents delegate on the UCLA Foundation board. Learn more about UCLA Law alumni and submit your own Class Notes.

Kathleen Foley ’18 wins a prestigious U.S. Supreme Court Fellowship.

Kathleen Foley ’18 wins a prestigious U.S. Supreme Court Fellowship to work at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

UCLA Pritzker Center Fellows

Two Class of 2020 graduates will join the Children’s Law Center of California, thanks to a grant from the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families.

Students Help Secure Asylum for Persecuted Family

In a major success for UCLA’s innovative Immigrant Family Legal Clinic, four members of an indigenous family from Mexico are on the path to a green card.

Herbert Morris

Herbert Morris, an influential professor and scholar of law and philosophy, has received the University of California's 2019-20 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award.

John Sonego

The longtime fundraiser and expert in nonprofits takes the helm for UCLA Law’s alumni relations and development teams.

UCLA Law in the News

Angela Riley publishes an op-ed in The New York Times about race and corporate branding; E. Tendayi Achiume writes in Just Security and is quoted in The New York Times and in The Washington Post on police accountability; Jennifer Chacón talks to KPCC about the DACA ruling; Dean Jennifer Mnookin speaks with The Recorder about bar exams and the profession amid COVID-19; Kimberlé Crenshaw discusses protests, race and transformation in Forbes and on KCRW; Gary Blasi addresses homelessness in the Los Angeles Times; LaToya Baldwin Clark talks about curfews in The Guardian; Kate Mackintosh addresses the International Criminal Court on Ian Masters’ Background Briefing; and Adam Winkler talks to NBC News and WAMU about the Supreme Court. Plus Karin Wang in Reuters; Eugene Volokh in The Christian Science Monitor; Cara Horowitz in Popular Science; and more.

 
I am UCLA Law video featuring Jennifer Chacon

Keep up with everything happening at UCLA Law!

UCLA Law on Facebook
UCLA Law's YouTube Channel
UCLA Law on Instagram
UCLA Law on LinkedIn
UCLA Law on Twitter
Events at UCLA Law
UCLA School of Law
385 Charles E. Young Drive East
1242 Law Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 825-4841
Preferences  |  Unsubscribe