The UCLA School of Law will recognize and acknowledge Professor Jyoti Nanda at U. Serve L.A. for her dedication to and leadership in strengthening UCLA School of Law's public service ethic.

Phoebe Kasdin '18 came to UCLA School of Law with an unwavering commitment to help those who are struggling. She leaves as the first UCLA Law alum to receive a two-year fellowship that will allow her to provide holistic representation to indigent mothers who are facing criminal charges and a panoply of related troubles, including family destabilization and loss of child custody.

Thanks to the work of UCLA School of Law's Criminal Defense Clinic, five Southern California community members recently received pardons for old criminal convictions from then-Gov. Jerry Brown. All five of the clients represented by UCLA Law students received pardons during a flurry of criminal justice-related activity in Gov. Brown's waning months in office.

Sidewalk vendors in Los Angeles live on subsistence wages earned from an honest day's work. Over the past year, however, these community entrepreneurs have experienced increased police harassment, arrests, onerous criminal justice debt, and even incarceration. These and other findings are documented in a new report issued by law students in UCLA School of Law's Criminal Defense Clinic.

The future looked bright — and clean and efficient — when a team of law students took home the top prize in UCLA School of Law’s Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs one year ago. Class of 2018 members Mac Kennedy and Mary Vu won $70,000 in seed funding for their company Mote, which is developing a device that filters toxic particles from car tailpipes. They worked with engineers from Caltech and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop the winning entry.

UCLA School of Law Professor Eugene Volokh, one of the nation's leading experts on free speech and First Amendment law, has launched a series of short, animated videos explaining modern constitutional law issues in clear, concise and often humorous terms. The videos are designed to be understandable and enjoyable for K-12 students, while informative for people of all ages.

A student-run startup that addresses the costly and common habit of teeth grinding and another that uses artificial intelligence to assist corporate human resources managers in evaluating employees were the big winners of the $100,000 Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs.

UCLA Law Assistant Professor Blake Emerson is the author of The Public's Law: Origins and Architecture of Progressive Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2018). A theory and history of democracy in the American administrative state, the book describes how American Progressive thinkers including John Dewey, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Woodrow Wilson embraced Hegel's view of the connection between bureaucracy and freedom.

The UCLA School of Law trial team finished its stellar 2018-2019 season as a quarterfinalist at the American Association of Justice's Student Trial Advocacy Competition national championship tournament in Philadelphia on April 10. The team won AAJ's western regional tournament in order to qualify for the finals.

At nationals, the Bruins defeated teams from Harvard University, Drexel University and the University of Akron before losing a close trial against Stetson University.

Lara Stemple, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs, and Director of Health and Human Rights Law Project, was named as a new co-Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the UC Global Health Institute. To read the full statement please click here.