Two recent UCLA School of Law graduates have gained paid post-bar fellowships at the Children’s Law Center of California, thanks to a grant from the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families.

Nicole Englanoff-Herzberg and Kaveh Landsverk, both members of the UCLA Law Class of 2020, will advocate for the rights of children, teens and families in the foster care system at the venerable Los Angeles public interest agency.

Four members of an immigrant family who fled persecution in Mexico were recently granted legal asylum in the United States, thanks to the dedicated work of students and faculty at UCLA School of Law’s Immigrant Family Legal Clinic.

Welcome to UCLA School of Law’s relaunched website!

We have spent many months conceiving and creating our new home on the internet in order to offer a contemporary, user-friendly and visually appealing experience.

As always, our site includes detailed information about our curriculum, faculty, student life, admissions, alumni, programs, news and more. The site is now adaptable for mobile devices, which will better serve our community and visitors.

UCLA School of Law alumna Kathleen Foley ’18 has secured a 2020-21 Supreme Court Fellowship to work in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, among the most prestigious opportunities for recent law school graduates.

Founded in 1973, the Supreme Court Fellows Program places four promising professionals in the law and political science in four judicial agencies — the U.S. Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the Federal Judicial Center and the U.S. Sentencing Commission — for year-long terms.

The coronavirus pandemic has created profound challenges for higher education and UCLA School of Law. As UCLA Law makes changes to ensure the safety of our community and create the best educational environment under the circumstances, we encourage students, faculty and staff to consult our policies and procedures.

Members of the UCLA Law community have responded to the legal issues raised by the evolving health, social and economic crisis with insight and impact.

In a June 2020 note to students, faculty and staff of UCLA School of Law, Dean Jennifer Mnookin wrote, “As members of a law school community… we must recognize and grapple with the complicity of the legal system and law enforcement in acts of racism and violence.”

A report issued on Jan. 7 by UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Justice Program, the RAND Corporation and other organizations details the extent to which Los Angeles County may divert people with serious mental health disorders away from traditional criminal-justice processes and into community-based clinical programs or permanent supportive housing.

To explore how new technology affects society, privacy, government and public policy, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and UCLA School of Law have launched the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy. The cross-disciplinary institute will examine advances in artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, robotics and new forms of digital media to identify the benefits and risks they represent.

Three students in UCLA School of Law’s Documentary Film Legal Clinic won a round of applause from movie industry insiders in a packed theater at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 27, where they attended the premiere of The Cost of Silence, a documentary about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

UCLA School of Law students Christopher Chiang ’20 and Graham Fenton ’20 won the top two prizes in the Recording Academy’s 22nd Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition on Jan. 24 and were honored at a number of red-carpet events during Grammy Awards week.