Prison Law and Policy Program
The Prison Law and Policy Program takes an expansive view of the criminal legal system and aims to deepen our understanding of the role the law plays in shaping all aspects of the carceral experience.
American law schools typically focus on the "front end" of the criminal justice process: investigation, prosecution, and verdict. But for these offenders convicted of crimes, the trial process is only the preamble to an extended period in the custody of the state.
The Williams Institute
Recognized nationally for its impact on policymakers and courts, the Williams Institute is a leader in rigorous, independent research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and policy.
The Williams Institute was founded in 2001 by businessman and philanthropist Charles Williams and scholars at UCLA School of Law, with the aim of replacing the pervasive bias against LGBT people in law, policy, and culture with objective, empirical research on LGBT issues. Visit the Williams Institute website.
UCLA-RAND Center for Law & Public Policy
The UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy promotes research grounded in multidisciplinary empirical analysis to guide policymakers.
A unique partnership of UCLA Law and the RAND Corporation, the Center supports collaborative research promotes legal and policy research grounded in multidisciplinary empirical analysis to guide legal and public policymakers in the 21st century.
Welcome to UCLA School of Law’s relaunched website!
We have spent many months conceiving and creating our new home on the internet in order to offer a contemporary, user-friendly and visually appealing experience.
As always, our site includes detailed information about our curriculum, faculty, student life, admissions, alumni, programs, news and more. The site is now adaptable for mobile devices, which will better serve our community and visitors.
Center for Immigration Law and Policy
A hub for immigration scholarship and advocacy, engaging community organizations, practitioners, lawmakers and experts in the field.
Founded in 2020, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the UCLA School of Law expands the law school’s role as a national leader in immigration law and policy. CILP generates innovative ideas at the intersection of immigration scholarship and practice; serves as a hub for transforming those ideas into meaningful changes in immigration policy at the local, state, and national level; and empowers students with unique opportunities for experiential learning through work with academics, practitioners, policymakers, and activists.
The Promise Institute for Human Rights
We are the center of human rights education, research, and advocacy at UCLA. Join us!
The Promise Institute for Human Rights empowers students with enriching teaching and experiential opportunities in human rights law, engages with diverse frameworks and disciplines to generate new thinking on human rights, and advocates for change in coalition with academics, practitioners, and activists.
Explore our Institute, Student Opportunities, Initiatives and Projects, Report Library and more at our site: promiseinstitute.law.ucla.edu
Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy
The Resnick Center performs cutting-edge legal research and scholarship in food law and policy to improve health and quality of life for humans and the planet.
Through its publications, courses, clinic and events, the Resnick Center affords students valuable scholarship, research and networking opportunities.Students can also gain unique policy advocacy training within the food justice movement through UCLA Law’s clinical education curriculum.
Transnational Program on Criminal Justice
The Transnational Program on Criminal Justice fosters research and discussion on domestic, comparative, international and transnational criminal justice systems.
Program on Understanding Law, Science & Evidence (PULSE)
PULSE explores the complex and diverse connections between law and science, technology and evidence to better understand how these areas of knowledge influence law and policy making.
Grounded in interdisciplinary research and original programming, PULSE gives students the opportunity to explore critical issues including the challenges and opportunities for the use of forensic science evidence; how psychological research on implicit bias may affect legal understandings of discrimination; and what role scientific evidence plays in disputes over climate change. Student-focused colloquia, conferences, lectures and workshops by eminent scholars also inform the PULSE arena of study.