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Scott Cummings earns a Guggenheim Fellowship to study lawyers in faltering democracies

… UCLA School of Law professor Scott Cummings has been awarded a 2023 … analyze how lawyers — sworn to uphold the rule of law — become architects and agents of its destruction.” … his B.A. at UC Berkeley and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. UCLA Law News Faculty Program on Legal Ethics & …

Jon Michaels and Joanna Schwartz are elected to the American Law Institute

… Jon Michaels (left) and Joanna Schwartz UCLA School of Law professors Jon Michaels and Joanna Schwartz have been … Oxford University (as a Marshall Scholar) and Yale Law School, where he served as an articles editor for the Yale …

Major decisions at the Supreme Court: UCLA Law experts weigh in

… Debt,” public writings and even social media videos, UCLA School of Law experts have stepped in to break down some of the most … in Moore v. Harper and Allen v. Milligan impacted the course of voting rights and election law in the United …

‘The Gold Dust Twins’: How two UCLA Law students made a historic connection

… Evan Mitchell Zepeda ’24 met in their 1L section at UCLA School of Law in the opening days of the Fall 2021 semester, neither of … other in Professor Scott Cummings’s Local Government Law course, that they realized they shared a far deeper …

San Manuel Awards $1.3 Million to UCLA Law for Tribal Justice Clinic

… UCLA Law faculty and students have worked with several tribes on … the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will bolster the school’s Tribal Legal Development Clinic. The San Manuel Band … has awarded a grant of more than $1.3 million to UCLA School of Law to help strengthen legal institutions in …

High Achiever: How a UCLA Law Fellowship Helped One Student Live Her Dreams

… share it here with UCLA Newsroom's permission. How a UCLA Law fellowship helped one student live her dreams by Joshua … her most daunting challenges yet. Already admitted to UCLA School of Law on the strength of her top grades and … a generous offer of admission from an Ivy League law school but hoping to earn a full-tuition Achievement …

UCLA Law launches institute for human rights in The Hague

… Key takeaways UCLA Law’s Promise Europe in The Hague furthers the groundbreaking work of the school’s Promise Institute for Human Rights, broadening the … is the executive director of Promise Europe. UCLA School of Law has launched Promise Europe , an institute …

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Gift Creates New Fellowship For Native Nations Law and Policy Center

… UCLA School of Law and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have … post-graduate fellowship for a scholar to work within the law school’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center . The Richard …

UCLA Law and MacArthur Justice Center launch prisoners’ rights partnership

… Ram join Professor Aaron Littman as co-instructors of UCLA Law’s Prisoners’ Rights Clinic. UCLA Law students will gain … nationally recognized Prison Law and Policy Program , UCLA School of Law has partnered with the MacArthur Justice Center … oral argument. “Clinic was a formative part of my law school experience,” said Ram. “I am thrilled to now have the …

Immigration inspiration: UCLA Law alumnus Luis Perez wins long fight for residency

… UCLA Newsroom's permission. Immigration inspiration: UCLA Law alumnus Luis Perez wins long fight for residency by … first undocumented immigrant to earn a degree from UCLA School of Law when he graduated in 2010. His arduous path had … With London as his lawyer, Perez’s case took a twisting course through the federal courts. The decade-long sojourn …