UCLA Law Magazine 2020
UCLA Law Magazine | Fall 2020 | Volume 43
Meeting the Moment
UCLA Law’s Critical Race Studies Program Turns 20
Amid COVID-19 and a reckoning over systemic racism, seven faculty members weigh in on police accountability, immigration, equality in education, the use of racialized symbols in commerce and other issues of the day.
Year in Review
Message from Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin
Despite unprecedented challenges, UCLA Law thrived and excelled beyond even normal expectations, impacting communities far and wide in 2020.
Faculty News
From UCLA to the UN: Achiume Amps Up Human Rights Advocacy in Troubling Times
Any given year finds UCLA Law Professor E. Tendayi Achiume, a leading authority in global human rights, traveling the world, engaged in a robust slate of speeches and presentations at the highest levels. But in this year beset by the coronavirus pandemic and mass protests over systemic racism that started in the United States and spread around the world, her calendar was more packed than ever.
Student News
Sparking Success: Achievement Fellowship Program Enters Its Fifth Year
Created with gifts from alumni and friends, the program has so far provided full-tuition scholarships to 33 students who have overcome significant obstacles to get to UCLA Law — where they have found tremendous success.
