August 2022
Welcome to Our Outstanding New Class!
With the start of the 2022-23 academic year, UCLA Law has welcomed a talented class of J.D. students that is one of the most capable and promising ever to join the law school. The incoming Class of 2025 includes people from a wide range of backgrounds who have already proven themselves to be skilled and successful scholars, advocates, and professionals. The class totals 310 first-year law students who are pursuing a J.D. degree.
In the Spotlight: Stellar Incoming
LL.M., S.J.D., and M.L.S. Students
Alongside our outstanding new class of J.D. law students, we have welcomed many exceptional lawyers, scholars, and professionals who are pursuing LL.M., S.J.D., and M.L.S. degrees. These new members of the UCLA Law family include 230 leading lawyers who are pursuing master of laws degrees, 3 top scholars who are pursuing doctor of juridical science degrees, and 50 preeminent professionals who are pursuing master of legal studies degrees.
Leading Scholars Join UCLA Law Faculty
Four influential legal academics and practitioners have joined or will join UCLA Law's tenured or tenure-track faculty this school year. They include UCLA Law alumni Richard Hasen '91 and Lauren van Schilfgaarde '12, as well as recent Binder Clinical Teaching Fellows Fanna Gamal and Aaron Littman. All together, these scholars boost the law school's leadership in constitutional and election law, Native American law, community lawyering, and prisoners' rights.
Tax Professors Top National Rankings
Three UCLA Law faculty members have landed in the upper reaches of a new set of rankings that track tax law professors by their scholarly impact, and UCLA Law is one of two schools with the most representatives in the top 15. On the list: professors Kimberly Clausing (pictured, left), Eric Zolt (center), and Steven Bank (right). Alongside professors Jason Oh and Kirk Stark, they make up our globally renowned – and repeatedly honored – tax law program.
Reunion Is Almost Here. RSVP Today!
Register now for Reunion 2022! This year’s celebration will honor class years ending in 1, 2, 6, and 7 and will take place Oct. 14-16 on the UCLA Campus. Join us as we come together to celebrate. Catch up with old friends and reconnect. Contact Harli Hamm at hamm@law.ucla.edu for more information.
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- Leslie Gilbert-Lurie ’84 is appointed to California State University’s board of trustees.
Frank “Fritz” Langrock ’88 takes over as treasurer-elect of the American Bar Association.
Jack Weiss ’92 is appointed to California's Board of Parole Hearings.
Shane Hunter ’96 joins the Boston intellectual property firm Sunstein as a partner.
Laura Podolsky ’10 is named general counsel of the clinical research company Curebase.
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September 30: LEAD Summit
Get ready for the 2022 UCLA Law Women LEAD Summit! The event is open to all UCLA Law students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Details and registration information will be announced soon. Follow UCLA Law Women LEAD for updates.
October 14-16: Reunion 2022
Members of class years ending in 1, 2, 6, and 7 will be honored, and a special Golden Year brunch will celebrate the 50th anniversary classes of 1972 and 1971 (a year late4) and all earlier golden years. Wow, how the time has flown by!
October 29-31: Tournament of Champions
UCLA Law is hosting the Tournament of Champions -- and we are asking our alumni to judge and score the trials that our students won in 2020 and 2021. Be a part of the most prestigious trial advocacy competition in the country.
Joseph Fishkin co-authors an opinion piece for the Washington Post about the history of courts interpreting the Constitution. Sharon Dolovich writes an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on prison reform. Jon Michaels pens an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on a government response to the insulin price crisis. Steve Bank talks tax – specifically, the origins of the carried interest loophole and the history of tax avoidance schemes – on NPR’s Planet Money podcast. Michael Karanicolas talks to NBC News about legislation aimed to protect children from crimes committed over social media. Kimberly Clausing talks to Insider about the tax implications of the Inflation Reduction Act. Cary Franklin discusses abortion law in the Christian Science Monitor. Lindsay Wiley is quoted in an Associated Press explainer on how existing laws cover emergency abortions. Richard Hasen talks to the Washington Post about Democrats’ efforts to boost a far-right candidate in a Michigan Republican primary. Gary Blasi speaks with KQED about a new toolkit for tenants who face eviction and rent debt. Eugene Volokh speaks with the Associated Press about the Alex Jones verdict and libel law. Xiyin Tang is quoted by Law360 on whether copyright law offers an exemption for a church that staged an unauthorized rendition of the musical Hamilton. And Khaled Abou El Fadl is interviewed by the Washington Post on fatwas in the age of digital communication and social media, following the attack on Salman Rushdie.
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