October 2022
In solitary, but not alone
Eyvin Hernandez '05, imprisoned in Venezuela since March, is one of a group of U.S. citizens being held as bargaining chips by the government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. UCLA Law alumni have mobilized to work on his release.
Read how Eyvin Hernandez's fellow alumni are trying to free him.
Carlson is made acting
administrator of NHTSA
Professor Ann Carlson has been named the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A leading scholar and national voice on climate change law and policy, she is a longtime member of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change & the Environment.
Remembering Joel Handler (1932-2022)
The UCLA Law community was saddened by the death of beloved professor Joel Handler on September 22 at age 89. Handler was the Richard C. Maxwell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and a seminal interdisciplinary scholar who helped define the field of poverty law.
Alumnus returns to UCLA to deliver Regents Lecture on the future of Indian country
UCLA alumnus Greg Sarris, chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, returned to campus on October 10 — Indigenous People’s Day — to deliver the Regents Lecture. The event was sponsored by UCLA Law and the Native Nations Law and Policy Center.
Study on bail reform reveals how
California efforts are coming up short
A new report by UCLA Law's Bail Practicum (led by Alicia Virani, pictured) and UC Berkeley School of Law's Policy Advocacy Clinic finds that the California Supreme Court's 2021 decision in In re Humphrey has neither made cash bail more affordable for those accused of crimes nor decreased pretrial detention.
Learn about this work in bail reform by UCLA Law and Berkeley Law.
Arulanantham is honored by the ACLU
Ahilan Arulanantham, faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, was honored during the ACLU of Southern California’s annual Bill of Rights Awards gala. The award honors those who have challenged the status quo and shifted the conversation on civil rights and civil liberties.
Trailblazing judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. ’97 is appointed to the Ninth Circuit
In September, Salvador Mendoza Jr. ’97 was sworn in as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Richland, Washington. Geographically, he wasn’t far from the orchards where he worked picking apples as a teen, but he was worlds away in other respects.
Rose Chan Loui named inaugural director of Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits
Rose Chan Loui has joined the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy as the inaugural director of the Program on Philanthropy and Nonprofits. Loui comes from Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata, one of the country’s leading boutique law firms serving nonprofits.
UCLA Law grads are well represented in the National Hockey League. Four of our alumni are on the front lines of NHL teams. They met at July's NHL Draft in Montreal (left to right): Vukie Mpofu ’21, manager of hockey operations and legal affairs with the L.A. Kings; Andrew Lugerner ’13, director of hockey legal affairs for the Vegas Golden Knights; Aaron Kahn ’20, director of hockey operations for the Detroit Red Wings; and Don Fishman ’94, assistant general manager and director of legal affairs of the Washington Capitals.
Colin Dailey ’13 was promoted to partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and represents clients in complex commercial litigation, class action defense, and intellectual property litigation.
Toby Dorsey ’93 was promoted to deputy general counsel in the Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration.
Vidaur Durazo ’20 joined Nixon Peabody as a healthcare associate in the Los Angeles office.
Leslye Miller Fraser ’92 was elected a life member of the MIT Corporation, which is the board of directors and governing body of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
David Lash ’80, managing counsel for pro bono and public interest at O’Melveny, co-founded the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, a group of more than 300 law firms working with civil rights and legal aid organizations to combat laws that perpetuate systemic racism.
Mary Lipscomb ’20 joined the Los Angeles-based trusts and estates litigation firm Sacks Glazier Franklin & Lodise LLP as an associate.
Jason Lyon ’11, a partner at Hahn & Hahn LLP, was elected to the Pasadena City Council in June 2022. Representing Pasadena's District 7, Lyon is the first openly LGBTQ elected official in Pasadena history.
Wilma J. Pinder ’76 serves as a member of the ethics committee of the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
Thomas Stindt ’70 recently retired after 42 years of practice. He has spent much of the past seven years as a specialist volunteer with the Detectives Division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Nathan Walter ’16 founded Briefpoint, a litigation document automation platform, named one of three finalists for Startup of the Year at the 2022 American Legal Technology Awards.
November 19: Celebrating Joel Handler
Join us in looking back at the life and legacy of Professor Joel Handler. The event will be held at the UCLA Faculty Club, and a Zoom link will be provided to anyone who cannot be with us in person.
Iman Anabtawi is quoted in Bloomberg Law on big law mergers and acquisition activity.
Ahilan Arulanantham is featured in The New York Times about a UC student-led movement to hire undocumented students.
Stephen Bainbridge's course on Elon Musk's lawsuits is featured in New York magazine.
Sharon Dolovich is quoted in The Washington Post and The New York Times about ballot measures that would end prison labor.
Joseph Fishkin discusses changes to the Supreme Court with The Nation and The New York Times.
Cary Franklin discusses reproductive rights on the ballot in California with Cal Matters, KPCC, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post.
Rick Hasen's expertise on election law is featured in The New York Times, PBS NewsHour, Politico, Sierra Magazine and TIME.
James Park appears on the Bloomberg Law Podcast to discuss Trevor Milton's guilty verdict and unions.
Eugene Volokh discusses freedom of speech and PayPal in Reason.
Adam Winkler is quoted in The Hill and The New York Times on New York gun laws.
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