UCLA School of Law professor Blake Emerson has been named a recipient of the Early Career Scholars Medal from the American Law Institute.
The current U.S. Supreme Court term features major cases on gender-affirming care for minors, federal agency authority, firearms regulation, and religious liberty, along with significant questions about state power and administrative law. So far, the court has issued several decisions on employment and immigration law, with many high-profile cases still awaiting decision.
Omarr Rambert ’20 wanted to be a lawyer since he was in fifth grade. While studying at UCLA Law, Rambert specialized in entertainment law, served as an editor of the UCLA Law Review and the National Black Law Journal and as social chair of the Black Law Students Association. Now, as an entertainment lawyer at Sheppard Mullin, Rambert has been named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list.
UCLA School of Law’s academic excellence and national prominence has been highlighted in a new publication that tabulates the most influential and impactful current legal scholars.
Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy (Oxford University Press, 2025) is the third book in UCLA School of Law professor Hiroshi Motomura’s trilogy on immigration law and policy. It offers a comprehensive look at migration, assessing immigration from multiple perspectives and reflecting on the law and larger questions.
In the latest study to measure the impact of law school faculties based on their research and writing, 14 UCLA School of Law professors have been recognized as leaders of legal scholarship.
UCLA School of Law emeritus professor Daniel Lowenstein has earned the 2025 John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy, which is presented by the election law section of the Association of American Law Schools. Lowenstein was the first American law professor to specialize in election law, and he established a leading reputation in that field over several decades.
UCLA School of Law professor Scott Cummings has been awarded the Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility, the top annual honor in legal ethics that the Association of American Law Schools presents.
UCLA School of Law distinguished professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the nation’s most renowned scholars and thought leaders in civil rights law and policy, has received the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
At the Oct. 1 awards ceremony, Crenshaw recounted her participation in student protests when she attended Harvard Law School. She told the audience of more than 300 academics, alumni and students to stand up against institutional attacks on knowledge and education. “We have to fight against the selective use of ‘comfort’ to suppress uncomfortable conversations,” she said.
Crenshaw holds the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights at UCLA Law. She is known for coining the term “intersectionality” — the way in which the effects of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination combine and overlap to create unique experiences. She is also a founder and leader of critical race theory. In 2000, she was one of the faculty members who launched UCLA Law’s trailblazing Critical Race Studies program.
As the co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum think tank, Crenshaw has led grassroots movements and campaigns such as #SayHerName, the Freedom to Learn Network and the Critical Race Theory Summer School.
An earlier version of this story ran in the UCLA Newsroom.