We're Back! In Person Fall Kicks Off
After more than a year of rising to the challenges and seizing the opportunities that remote schooling presented, UCLA Law students, faculty, and staff have returned to campus. The resumption of in-person activities — under an array of careful health and safety protocols — is a welcome sight for all. The 366 entering J.D. students have the highest median LSAT score and undergraduate GPA in the law school's history, 49% are students of color, and 56% are women. They are joined by 233 lawyers earning an LL.M. degree, 53 professionals working toward an M.L.S. degree, 27 transfer students, six visiting students, and one lawyer who is pursuing a doctorate in law. Welcome, all!
A Philanthropic Revolution Is Coming
The Lowell Milken Institute is opening the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits, being run by Professor Jill Horwitz and made possible by a $3.7 million gift from Lowell Milken. ‘There is a rare and important chance to make an impact on a national scale,” says the international businessman and philanthropist, whose namesake Lowell Milken Institute will house the new program.
See what the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits has planned.
Graton Scholars Want to Make an Impact
The inaugural three Graton Scholars are here. Ashley Anderson, Shara Burwell, and Rachel Hsu are eager to use their legal education to defend tribal sovereignty and advance Indigenous rights. “The systems of power are failing Indigenous women around the world. They need an advocate, and I want to be that advocate,” says Burwell. Thanks to last year's gift of $15 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the three have full-tuition scholarships to UCLA Law.
Clinic Students Help Yurok Tribe
Navigate Complex Regulations
For thousands of years, the Yurok people looked to the Klamath River Basin for sustenance, but the arrival of European settlers in the 19th century brought changes that impeded tribal members’ ability to harvest on their ancestral territories. Now, three UCLA Law clinic students have helped the Yurok to restore their access and freedoms.
For Our Alumni: From the Front Line
L.A. County is trying alternatives to incarceration to reduce the population in jails, potentially transforming our criminal and juvenile legal processes. Is it working?
A UCLA Law panel of experts discusses L.A. County's approach, the progress that's been made, and the challenges that remain.
Alumni on the Move
Daniel Robbins ’91, who serves as senior vice president and associate general counsel of the Motion Picture Association, is elected president of the Uniform Law Commission. Juan Carlos Orellana ’04 is appointed district counsel of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Brandon Golob ’13 is named 2020-21 Professor of the Year at the UCI School of Social Ecology. Darren Green ’94 is made professor of Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Practice at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Richard Johnson ’98 joins Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan as senior litigation council. Alex Wilson ’13 is made general counsel of AEON Biopharma. And Delaram Peykar ’15 joins Fox Rothschild as an associate. Catch up on all the latest alumni news and submit your professional update. Jessica Krouner ’15 joins Wasser, Cooperman & Mandles as an associate. Visit our alumni website to catch up on all the latest alumni news and submit your professional update.
Join Us for These Events!
Terrific events are always happening at UCLA Law, and you are invited. Highlights:
- September 7 — LGBT Workplace Discrimination in 2021: The Role of Religion, Race, the Closet, and Covering
- September 8 — iSpy - War Crimes and Digital Documentation
- September 10 — Uncommon Genealogies: Violence, Belonging and Memory in the Eastern Frontier
- September 10 —Human Rights Around the World Series - Myanmar
- September 14 — Can Los Angeles Reduce Its Jail Population?
- September 21 — Yemen: Atrocities, Accountability, and the Role of the US
- September 23 — Plata: 10 Years After and its Impact
- September 27 — The Promise Institute's Inaugural OSINT Report
- September 29 — Whither the Court
- October 5 — The Armenians of Aintab: The Economics of Genocide in an Ottoman Province
- October 6 — Human Rights Around the World Series - Uighur
Visit the UCLA Law events page for more events and information.
Joanna Schwartz appears on the PBS NewsHour to discuss police qualified immunity. Scott Cummings co-authors a Los Angeles Times op-ed on protecting street food vendors. Adam Winkler writes an op-ed in the New York Times on the nationwide eviction moratorium. Edward Parson offers his perspective on the dire report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the Los Angeles Times. Laura Gómez talks about education and race on a special installment of Telemundo's Radar 2021. Steven Bank is quoted in the Los Angeles Times on a possible international soccer league merger. James Salzman discusses conservation rights on public lands in Science. Eugene Volokh talks to the New York Times about Mexico's lawsuit against gun makers, and Adam Winkler discusses the lawsuit with the AP. Victor Narro is quoted in the Los Angeles Times on how non-citizens will now be able to hold many L.A. County government jobs. And Dale Cohen talks to the Washington Post about celebrity parents and the paparazzi. Plus much more.
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