Five award-winning scholars and teachers -- including four lateral tenured faculty and one entry-level hire -- join UCLA Law in 2018-19: Sameer Ashar, public interest law, law and social movements, legal education; William Boyd, environmental and energy law; Jennifer Chacón, immigration law, criminal law and procedure; LaToya Baldwin Clark, education law, race and the law; and David Marcus, civil litigation and procedure. Four top talents join our clinics and institutes: Justin Bernstein, Director, Cappello Trial Advocacy Program; Kate Mackintosh, Executive Director, Promise Institute for Human Rights; Nina Rabin, Executive Director, Immigrant Family Legal Clinic; Karin Wang, Executive Director, Epstein Program on Public Interest Law and Policy. Quality ingredients: Lynda and Stewart Resnick '62 add $2.4 million in endowed support to strengthen the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy. The new UCLA Law Link app connects the school community to orientation activities, curriculum, events, clubs, journals and more. Download it now! UCLA Law students can now pursue a specialization in environmental law, the seventh specialization for students dedicated to specific legal paths. Grads from years ending in 3 and 8, please visit UCLA Law for Reunion 2018. See old friends, make new ones, and enjoy a great gala under the stars. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford ’75 and adjunct professor Harvey Saferstein receive awards at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Join us Sept. 28 as Linda Greenhouse, former N.Y. Times SCOTUS reporter, joins top UCLA Law scholars for our annual look at the High Court docket. Ann Carlson and Cara Horowitz examine the proposed EPA regulation rollback in the Washington Post; Hiroshi Motomura addresses #AbolishICE in the Christian Science Monitor and a Crooked podcast; Rachel Moran on SCOTUS and education law in The Atlantic; Lara Stemple on male victims of sexual abuse in the L.A. Times; Eugene Volokh on 3D-printable guns on Snopes; Plus Kirk Stark in Politico; Laura Gómez on Texas Public Radio; Adam Winkler on NPR and more faculty in the media. Keep up with everything happening at UCLA Law! |