Speakers, students, and guests came together to create a moment of uplift and community in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on May 15. Goodwin Liu, a justice on the Supreme Court of California, delivered the keynote address. Graduates included 343 who earned J.D. degrees, 251 who earned LL.M. degrees, 95 who earned M.L.S. degrees, and 2 who earned S.J.D. degrees.
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UCLA Law students secured a major legal victory in April when they helped free a man from ICE detention. It was a deeply personal success that put a human face on their legal studies and sharpened their focus on the real difference that lawyers can make.
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The home of UCLA Law’s robust and renowned programming in immigration law and policy has a new name: the UCLA Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy.
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The latest major development in abortion law brought global headlines in May – and swift action by members of the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, who collaborated on filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court about the safety of the drug mifepristone.
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An associate at Blank Rome, where she specializes in asset-based lending and agricultural financing, Chen has built a reputation for taking initiative, earning the trust of clients and partners alike — and making sure the lawyers who come after her don’t have to figure things out alone.
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Members of the community are remembering the alumnus, who was a part of the law school's very first graduating class, renowned lawyer, and thoroughly trusted and engaged friend and contributor. Greenberg died on April 27 at age 98 and left a lasting impact on UCLA Law and the city of Los Angeles.
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As a go-to authority on election law and democracy, Distinguished Professor Rick Hasen always maintains an active schedule. This spring, that agenda overflowed with several big successes.
Significantly, on May 18, members of the American Law Institute voted to approve the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies, for which Hasen served as a co-reporter over seven years. Recently, he also earned a Guggenheim fellowship, was cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion on voting rights, and helped oversee a pioneering survey of top lawyers and judges about their perceptions of the rule of law as it stands today.
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On May 15, speakers, students, and guests came together to celebrate UCLA Law’s 75th commencement ceremony, which took place in Pauley Pavilion.
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May 28 - Rivals United: NIL, Governance, and the Future of College Sports Regulation
June 5 - Rivals United: Are We Ready to Let AI Handle Judgment?
June 18 - 50th Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium
June 25 - Bruin Bites: The Modern CHRO: Putting the 'Human' in Human Resources
July 19-July 31 - High School Summer Discovery: Trial Law & Advocacy
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Shirin Bakhshay speaks with CNN about the legal liability that parents face when their children commit violent acts.
Joanna Schwartz's scholarship on qualified immunity for police is cited by the Santa Fe New Mexican.
Rick Hasen and the Safeguarding Democracy Project's new report on the rule of law are the focus of a feature article in the LA Times.
Andrew Verstein is quoted by Newsweek about prediction market contracts based on corporate milestones.
Kimberlé Crenshaw is the featured guest on NPR's 'Fresh Air,' discussing her new memoir.
Ann Carlson sits down for an interview with Politico about her new book, 'Smog and Sunshine'.
Alejandro Camacho talks to SFGate about pollution in the Tijuana River.
Sharon Dolovich's work on sleep deprivation in prison is highlighted by the New York Times.
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Diego Arp '03 was appointed assistant general counsel for Wells Fargo Bank.
Celeste Drake '02 was appointed chief counsel for Demand Justice.
Ruben Garcia '96 was named the inaugural Leonard Hoshijo Endowed Chair in Labor Law at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.
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