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UCLA Launches Institute to Explore Legal, Policy Impact of Emerging Tech

… the institute will host its first symposium, "Algorithmic Criminal Justice?" which will examine the use of algorithms in policing and criminal justice, including approaches to identifying and …

UCLA Welcomes First Glazer Scholars

… University, where she majored in psychology and minored in criminal justice and comparative race and ethnic studies. While at … of drug-related charges. She aspires to work in the criminal justice arena in Los Angeles, either in criminal …

Two Professors Receive Faculty Chair Appointments

… study and teaching of tax law and policy and international criminal law and procedure. Faculty chairs acknowledge the … authority on domestic, comparative and international criminal law and procedure, regularly lecturing on the … Langer directs the Transnational Program on Criminal Justice  and is faculty director of the Criminal Justice …

Stellar Scholars and Leaders Join UCLA Law

… Texas RioGrande Legal Aid in El Paso as an Equal Justice Works fellow and staff attorney; the Legal Services … in Paris and at the Center for the Administration of Criminal Law, and he served as an instructor in history and … scholar and social psychologist whose research focuses on criminal adjudication and punishment processes. She comes to …

Hannah Garry appointed as executive director of UCLA Law’s Promise Institute

… Professor Hannah Garry has been laser focused on seeking justice and accountability for human rights abuses and … areas of teaching and scholarship include international criminal law, transitional justice, international human … that refugees flee from through practice of international criminal law before international courts and tribunals in the …

Law Clinics

… to clients’ needs, push systemic change, and lead to justice. In every law clinic, students serve as the lead … merits briefs as well. Most of the cases will involve criminal procedure issues, but students also have worked on … matters have included cultural resource protection, criminal justice, child welfare, election law, and justice …

‘Doing the Right Thing’: Clooney and Mnookin Share Insights on Leadership

… the use of evidence including DNA and fingerprints in the justice system, while Clooney sought out “criminal cases where I was really invested in the outcome.” … environment, critical race studies, law and technology, criminal justice, immigration, and more. Mnookin shared the …

The Fight to End Youth Incarceration in California

… Ka'lee Matthews, Youth Advocate, Arts for Healing and Justice Network Grecia Reséndez, Policy Analyst, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice Aditi Sherikar, Senior Policy Associate, … Leah Zeidler-Ordaz, Youth Justice Policy Lead, UCLA Law's Criminal Justice Program. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP …

Mackintosh Joins Expert Panel on ‘Ecocide’ Crimes

… two decades as a leader in international human rights and criminal justice, including eight years as a primary legal and policy … efforts in developing policies and rules for international criminal tribunals and others. “I am deeply gratified to join …

Zatz Co-Authors Landmark Report on Court-Ordered Community Service

… an elaborate enterprise that fails to achieve the goals of criminal justice reform, compels people into forced and unpaid labor, … his co-authors determined that community service — whereby criminal defendants perform jobs in lieu of paying fines or …