In UCLA Law’s new Housing Justice Clinic, students help vulnerable tenants help themselves

The cutting-edge clinic allows students to gain hands-on experience in stopping questionable evictions. Critical to their efforts is movement lawyering – using grassroots social movements to mold political, economic, and systemic power.

The Safeguarding Democracy Project issues guide for judges contending with search warrants for election materials

A new report from the Safeguarding Democracy Project, written by Professor Rick Hasen and staff attorney Shelby Wayment, offers judges guidance on potential law enforcement efforts to seize election materials.

UCLA Tech Law Network is founded to connect leaders in law and innovation

Advancing UCLA Law's leadership in the field, the network is an alliance of law firms, legal technology and content companies, and practitioners that will connect the law school with key players in law and innovation across Southern California’s technology law ecosystem.

Making the case at the U.N. for sanitation as a human right

Harnessing the global perspective of The Promise Institute (Europe) and the Judge Rand Schrader Pro Bono Program, 11 UCLA Law students recently contributed to the publication of a high-level report on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Careers in Focus: Heather Anderson ’97 on the business of sports entertainment

The alum is vice president of original content and business affairs for ESPN, leading business negotiations and deal strategy for several of the sports media giant’s flagship programs, including 30 for 30, In the Arena, and ESPN Films.

When the U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes for oral argument on Oct. 5, a major climate case will be on the docket: Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. In preparation, two members of UCLA Law's Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment – Professor Alejandro Camacho and Cara Horowitz, the institute's executive director – prepared a guide to the case, identifying the key issues at stake and where the arguments land. With court cases like this one, Horowitz says, "communities and states allege that fossil fuel companies [created the climate emergency] in part through consumer deception and other violations of state law by concealing the harms of their products — and should therefore be on the hook to help pay for some of these costs."

The 3L is a community builder, golf enthusiast, and future L.A. attorney who is driven by connection and giving back.

Ongoing - Strategic AI for Legal Professionals (online course)

October 2-3 - UCLA Social Impact Media Summit

October 16 - The Immigrant Youth Movement's Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Cristina Jiménez

October 18 - Shuffle Screening and Discussion

October 19 - Libertarian Litigation Speaker Series featuring Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick

October 23 - Digital Media and Video Games Conference

January 29-30, 2027 - Biennial Conference on International Law and Social Science

Rick Hasen appears on NPR's "Morning Edition" to discuss the Safeguarding Democracy Project's new guide for judges navigating search warrants over voting processes.

Ann Carlson is quoted in the New York Times about the safety of self-driving cars.

Scott Cummings is quoted by Bloomberg Law about an attorney who is disbarred in one jurisdiction trying to practice elsewhere.

Hiroshi Motomura speaks with El País about immigration and the creation of ICE after 9/11.

Shirin Bakhshay speaks with the Guardian about the Tupac Shakur murder case.

Stephen Bainbridge speaks with Bloomberg about DExit and corporate moves to Texas.

Jon Michaels' scholarship on how anti-Jewish animus plays out in the courts is cited by JNS.

Andrew Verstein appears on LAist's "Air Talk" to discuss the law of prediction markets.

Alejandro Camacho appears on the New Books Network podcast to talk about his book "Lessons for a Warming Planet."

Ellen Aprill is quoted in the New York Times about the tax-exempt status of universities.

Michael Asimow is quoted in the New York Times about the Clancy trial and lone-holdout jurors.

Arun Baheti '96 joined Project Angel Food in Los Angeles as chief operating officer and general counsel.

Tyler Caceres '25 became an Equal Justice Works Disaster Resilience Fellow with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA).

Juan Carrillo, LL.M. '23, became an in-house attorney for Mercury Insurance.

Jason Lyon '11 was elected to serve a second term on the Pasadena city council.

Julia Nguyen '25 became a staff attorney for LAFLA.

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