As the world creeps closer to global temperatures surpassing a limit agreed to in the Paris climate accords, 16 high-level leaders — aided by UCLA-led research — have formed a commission to consider responses that would minimize risks to people and the planet.
In two new books published this spring, Devon Carbado, the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and the former Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, continues to share his research and insights on race, justice, and the American legal system.
This April, nearly 200 members of the UCLA School of Law community gathered in the Shapiro Courtyard for the school’s fifth annual U. Serve L.A. Celebration honoring students and alumni for their commitments to pro bono, public interest, and public service.
UCLA School of Law is pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowed scholarship with the support of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP. This scholarship will contribute to the overall support for diversity and inclusion at UCLA Law and within the legal community at large.
In what was a challenging few years for oral advocacy, with the infamous cat filter lawyer and the Supreme Court’s mysterious toilet flush, the UCLA Law moot court team didn’t just survive, it thrived.
UCLA School of Law has announced the establishment of the Barbara A. Varat Scholarship. Named for the school’s former associate dean and longtime staff member who retired fully in 2018, the new scholarship will support former law school staff members who wish to earn a degree at UCLA Law.
In the hour before the beginning of UCLA Law’s commencement ceremony – the first in-person, live commencement held since 2019 – graduates streamed towards Dickson Court North in their black robes and blue-and-gold UCLA sashes. Some ambled, relishing the moment; others strode, with purpose, for what was surely a big day for them and their parents. (And their parents were easy to spot. One toted a large hand-painted sign reading “Go, Hannah!” Another held aloft one that read, “You did it, Joc!”)
UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin has been selected to serve as the 30th leader of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The University of Wisconsin’s regents announced her appointment as chancellor on May 16. Her term will begin on August 4.
UCLA School of Law’s A. Barry Cappello Trial Team is the national champion for a second straight year. The squad secured victory while repeating a previously unprecedented feat: winning the nation’s two biggest law school trial advocacy competitions in the same year.
The UCLA School of Law’s Board of Advisors—the group of distinguished law school alumni who provide strategic input on faculty and student recruitment, alumni outreach, long-term priorities, and other topics of interest to the school—has elevated two members to the role of co-chair.