Fourteen law school deans from across the country have collaborated on a book called Beyond Imagination? The January 6 Insurrection (West, 2022), which examines that event “from a legal perspective, in hopes of moving the nation forward towards healing and a recommitment to the rule of law and the Constitution.” UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L.

Long before he gave back to UCLA School of Law in a historic act of generosity that led to the naming of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy in his honor, Epstein stood out among the law school’s stellar alumni base for his excellence in service, practice, philanthropy, and engagement.

UCLA School of Law faculty members Laura E. Gómez, Blake Emerson, and Aaron Littman have earned prestigious section awards that are presented during the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.

The honorees join UCLA Law Distinguished Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, who was recognized with the Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and to the Law.

It was mid-March 2020 and Brad Sears had a good indication of what was going to happen next. He had survived the AIDS epidemic four decades ago and based on that experience knew COVID-19 would quickly expose existing social inequalities.

UCLA School of Law Professor Edward Parson has published an editorial in Science, the world’s leading scientific journal, calling for more research on solar geoengineering.

Solar geoengineering is a potential way to complement deep emissions cuts and adaptation measures in an integrated response to climate change. It would help make the Earth a little more reflective to incoming sunlight, most likely by spraying a fine mist of reflective aerosols in the upper atmosphere.

Mary Nichols, one of the country’s foremost environmental attorneys, has joined UCLA School of Law and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment as distinguished

The incredible legacy of UCLA School of Law Professor Kenneth L. Karst will be recognized through a new scholarship that supports students who are committed to racial equity and who embody Karst’s spirit of collegiality. The Kenneth L. Karst Scholarship in Law was established through the generosity of Karst’s family and the newly formed Kenneth L. Karst Racial Equity Foundation. A number of Karst’s students and colleagues have also made contributions in support of the scholarship.

When the latest Skadden Fellowship recipients were announced on Nov. 23, two UCLA School of Law students and one recent graduate learned that their careers as public interest lawyers had received a tremendous boost.

UCLA School of Law Professor from Practice Ahilan Arulanantham presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 in the case of FBI v. Fazaga.

Arulanantham is faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Among the nation’s leading advocates for immigrants’ rights, he joined the law school in 2020 after a long tenure as senior counsel at the ACLU of Southern California, where he represented clients in several landmark immigration cases.

UCLA School of Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic, in partnership with the National Association of Minority Veterans of America (NAMVETS), has issued a new report, “Policing Veterans: An Analysis of Veterans Affairs Police Department Incidents.” The report analyzes interac