Jun 29, 2020
Moving Justice Forward
Explore the impacts of the criminal justice system, from policing and bail to sentencing and prison law, on individuals, communities and American society.
The Criminal Justice Program provides several key areas of focus, including police and digital surveillance; criminal law and immigration enforcement; trial and appellate advocacy; criminal defense; expert witnesses and wrongful convictions; collateral consequences of criminal convictions and prisoner reentry; juvenile justice; international and transnational crimes; criminal justice reform in the United States and abroad; and more.
Additionally, collaborative research undertaken by students and faculty into diverse areas of criminal justice helps further inform the practices of scholars, lawyers and policymakers.
Projects
Empowering Communities with Information
The Criminal Justice Program conducts research and data analysis, creates know-your-rights trainings and information, and provides technical assistance on a wide variety of issues in criminal justice.
COVID-19 and Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice Program's initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis.
What Happens After We Defund the Police?
A framework for sustainable change in jurisdictions that are investing in non-law enforcement responses.
Know Your Rights
Resources for public defenders and the families of those incarcerated to assist with representation of clients in pretrial detention.
Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project
The Project tracks Covid-19 conditions in jails and prisons and the efforts to decrease prison populations and improve conditions.
Restorative Justice
Students learn how various communities are implementing the practices of restorative justice which views crime as a harm to individuals and society and focuses on repairing these harms through a cooperative process.
Connecting Art & Law for Liberation
CALL brings together visionary artists, activists, attorneys, advocates and legal scholars UCLA to share innovative, cutting-edge collaborations at the intersection of art and law.
Prison Law & Policy Program
The Prison Law and Policy Program is committed to examining the "back end" of the penal system.
Who We Are
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Core Faculty and Staff
Máximo Langer
Professor of Law
Director of the UCLA Transnational Program on Criminal Justice
Faculty Director of the UCLA Criminal Justice ProgramAlicia Virani
Gilbert Foundation Associate Director, Criminal Justice ProgramRobin G. Steinberg
Gilbert Foundation Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice ProgramLeah Gasser-Ordaz
Juvenile Justice Fellow -
Affiliated Faculty
Norman Abrams
Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus
Acting Chancellor EmeritusCharles T. Anderson
Lecturer in LawPeter L. Arenella
Professor of Law EmeritusStuart Banner
Norman Abrams Distinguished Professor of LawPaul Bergman
Professor of Law EmeritusDevon W. Carbado
The Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of LawGeorge S. Cardona
Lecturer in LawJennifer M. Chacón
Professor of LawBeth A. Colgan
Professor of LawJulie Cramer
Lecturer in LawKimberlé W. Crenshaw
Distinguished Professor of Law
Promise Institute Chair in Human RightsDavid Dolinko
Professor of Law EmeritusSharon Dolovich
Professor of Law
Faculty Director, UCLA Prison Law & Policy ProgramIngrid Eagly
Professor of LawLaura E. Gómez
Professor of LawMark Greenberg
Professor of Law
Professor of PhilosophyPeter Johnson
Lecturer in LawJennifer L. Mnookin
Dean, Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law, and Faculty Co-Director, PULSE @ UCLA Law (Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence)Herbert Morris
Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law EmeritusSunita Patel
Assistant Professor of Law
Faculty Director, UCLA Veterans Legal ClinicJoanna C. Schwartz
Professor of LawLara Stemple
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs
Director, Health and Human Rights Law ProjectSherod Thaxton
Professor of LawEugene Volokh
Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law
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