Two squads from the UCLA School of Law Trial Team advanced to the semifinals of the American College of Trial Lawyers' National Tournament Competition qualifier in Orange County in early February.
This continues the program's winning streak: Stretching back to the 2017-18 academic year, all of the last 10 UCLA teams to compete have advanced to the playoff rounds at their tournaments.
Rounding out the Ziffren Center's Supplemental Practical Legal Education (SPLE) programs for 2018-19, UCLA Law alums, on Ayo Adeyeye '13 and Erez Rosenberg '15 of Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein offered a lunchtime presentation on March 8 on the basics of transactional entertainment law—namely the Certificate of Engagement.
UCLA School of Law alumnus Travis Bell ’17 has received the first Ambassador Award ever presented by Gideon’s Promise. The award goes to a person who supports the Gideon’s Promise mission to raise the standard of indigent defense by building a movement of public defenders.
Jessie Kornberg '07, a leader in public interest law in Los Angeles and the president and CEO of public interest agency Bet Tzedek Legal Services, will deliver the commencement address at UCLA School of Law's 68th Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17, in Dickson Court North on the UCLA campus.
Since the 1940s, the responsibility for managing California farmers' use of agricultural pesticides, and the substantial health risks they pose, has been shared by state and county regulators. The state's Department of Pesticide Regulation registers pesticide products; county-level agricultural commissioners issue permits for the use of "restricted" pesticides — those that present significant human health or environmental concerns.
More than 150 leaders in human rights, critical race theory and third world approaches to international law convened at UCLA School of Law on March 8 for the symposium “Critical Perspectives on Race and Human Rights: Transnational Re-Imaginings.”
More than 40 graduates of UCLA School of Law traveled from all over California to the inaugural black law alumni reunion celebration on March 16.
Promoting a theme of vision, empowerment and impact, UCLA School of Law’s fast-growing organization of women lawyers convened for the 2019 UCLA Law Women LEAD Summit on March 1.
Amid a long-running financial crisis aggravated by recession and the ravages of hurricanes Maria and Irma, Puerto Rico and its bondholders have reached a deal that will bring billions of dollars of relief to the island’s economy, thanks in substantial part to two UCLA School of Law professors.
Daniel Bussel and Kenneth Klee were appointed in 2016 to advise on a complex and hotly contested restructuring of $18 billion in bond debt and a related tussle over Puerto Rico’s sales tax.
Three UCLA School of Law students have won prestigious fellowships through which they will serve immigrants and indigent defendants after they graduate in May. In addition, one recent UCLA Law graduate earned a fellowship for his work in helping people who are incarcerated in California.