The midterm election is here. But can it go smoothly? Our experts weigh in

Voting by mail. Misinformation. Control of Congress. We have read the news, received the mailers, and seen all the ads. The issues abound. It’s enough to make your head spin. Now offering clarity: the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s Rick Hasen and Shelby Wayment.

UCLA Law scholars amass data to see what's really going on with immigration

Read how teams led by the law school's Sharon Dolovich, Aaron Littman, and Ahilan Arulanantham are mapping statistics on deportations and deaths in ICE custody to uncover truths about the federal crackdown on immigration.

Careers in Focus: Jon Mandel ’18 on bridging business and policy in the nation’s capital

The UCLA Law alum leads government relations practices as senior vice president for Bose Public Affairs Group.

As California voters weigh a proposed billionaire tax, questions build nationwide about innovative ways to increase government revenue. In a new opinion piece in the Financial Times, UCLA Law's Kimberly Clausing proposes "a smarter way to tax the rich" (subscription required). Clausing holds the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy and served as the deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis at the Treasury Department.

She argues that a solution is in neither taxing people with over $1 billion in assets nor taxing unrealized capital gains. Both plans are "laudable" and have prominent support, but "the former risks harming a mobile tax base and the latter poses serious constitutional challenges." Instead, the existing federal corporate income tax "is worth a close look," Clausing writes. "All that [is needed] is the will to tax the world’s most profitable companies, something the coming years may well provide."

Follow along with 3L Dana Cho as she takes us through a full day in her life at UCLA Law, from classes to study sessions and everything in between.

Ongoing - Strategic AI for Legal Professionals (online course)

October 23 - Digital Media and Video Games Conference

November 9 - Lessons for a Warming Country - Climate Politics and Environmental Policy After the Midterms

November 10 - Indigenous Law and the Prospects of Treaty-Making in Australia: Recent Developments

November 12 - Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools featuring Natasha Singer of The New York Times

November 13 - Fireside: Judge Raymond T. Chen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with Professor Mark McKenna 

November 23 - The Internet We Could Have Had featuring Professor Christopher Kelty in conversation with Professor Finn Brunton

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

Alejandro Camacho appears on NPR's "All Things Considered" to talk about climate change accountability.

Kirk Stark speaks with The Sacramento Bee about California's Prop 40 billionaire tax.

Ahilan Arulanantham talks to Politico about undocumented student workers in California state universities.

Rick Hasen is quoted by the AP about threats of prosecution for California election officials who process ballots from suspected noncitizens.

Julia Powles talks to Insurance Journal about software liability and AI models gone rogue.

Stuart Banner is quoted by The New York Times about public executions and the death penalty.

Mark McKenna speaks with the LA Times about a trademark dispute involving In-N-Out Burger.

Nina Golshan ’21, an associate at Hahn & Hahn, was named to the Sycamores board of directors.

Danielle Lucido ’04 was appointed regional attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, Region 32, in Oakland, California.

Samuel Sadeghi ’16 became a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, where he practices in the labor and employment practice group in Orange County.

Marc Steinberg ’75 was appointed honorary visiting professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London and honorary fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong.

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