UCLA School of Law co-hosted the Trial by Combat mock trial national championship in June, the first time the school has been involved with the event. More than 5,000 undergraduate students nationwide participate in mock trial competitions, and Trial by Combat is limited to the top 16.

UCLA School of Law's trial team reached the semifinals at the Top Gun National Trial Competition, one of the most prestigious and challenging trial events in the country, in Waco, Texas on June 5-9.

UCLA won all four preliminary trials against some of the best trial programs in the country: Loyola Law School, McGeorge School of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law and the eventual champion, Campbell University Wiggins School of Law.

Xiyin Tang, whose innovative scholarship examines the role that technological evolution plays in the law of intellectual property, has joined UCLA School of Law as an assistant professor of law.

Tang comes from Yale University, where she was a lecturer in computer science and a visiting fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project.

Andrew Selbst, whose cutting-edge research focuses on areas where technology intersects with civil rights and civil liberties, has joined UCLA School of Law as an assistant professor of law.

Selbst comes from Data & Society Research Institute, where he was a postdoctoral scholar.

From Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley to the heart of Hollywood, UCLA School of Law alums from across the entertainment, sports and technology sectors returned to the campus in 2018-19, offering insights and career guidance in small group settings to students of the Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law.

UCLA School of Law professor Richard Steinberg has been appointed to a position on the Trade and Environmental Policy Advisory Committee (TEPAC), a group that counsels and makes recommendations to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer made the appointment official on April 1. Steinberg will serve as a Democrat on the bipartisan committee for a two-year term.

UCLA School of Law has awarded 14 postgraduate fellowships, including seven University of California President's Public Service Law Fellowships, to 2019 graduates committed to practicing public interest law. Totaling $665,000, the one-year fellowships include stipends of $45,000 for each graduate as well as funding to help defray bar exam expenses. The fellowships enable graduates to work on behalf of underserved individuals, communities and causes, as well as in government positions.

Enhancing the resources available to help graduates clerk for judges in California and around the country, UCLA School of Law has hired Kerry O’Neill to serve as its first director of judicial clerkships.

Opening the doors to impactful careers in public interest law and government service, the University of California President's Public Service Fellowship program has provided vital support to graduates from the University of California's four law schools since 2016. More than 60 UCLA Law graduates have received the one-year fellowships, which place students in social justice and government organizations in California and around the world, offering $45,000 stipends and support for bar exam expenses.