Writing from her office at UCLA School of Law in 1989, Distinguished Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw used the term “intersectionality” in a University of Chicago Legal Forum article to highlight the way that different forms of social inequality or disadvantage manifest and compound each other. The article, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics,” launched a concept that has since gained great traction in academia and popular discourse.
The Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law was thrilled to welcome Cliff Gilbert-Lurie, a senior partner at Ziffren Brittenham, to the law school as part of the Ziffren Institute's Lunch with the Corner Office program. Lunch with the Corner Office provides select students the invaluable opportunity to discuss the entertainment industry with leading innovators in a small, intimate setting.
The scholarship of UCLA School of Law professor Katherine Stone has been cited in an opinion that a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Oct. 22, Monster Energy v. City Beverages, involving a contractually mandated arbitration proceeding.
Press freedom is at risk worldwide, with life-threatening consequences for journalists, according to an all-star roster of experts who spoke at UCLA School of Law.
The panel "Cross-Border Legal Threats to Press Freedom" drew more than 150 law students, practitioners and media professionals to a Sept. 19 discussion moderated by Dale Cohen, director of UCLA Law's Documentary Film Legal Clinic.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has awarded a grant of more than $1.3 million to UCLA School of Law to help strengthen legal institutions in California and across Indian country through the law school's Tribal Legal Development Clinic.
UCLA School of Law's A. Barry Cappello Trial Team started its 2019-20 season with a bang, sending teams to two tournaments in early October. At one tournament, the team walked away with the first-place trophy. At the other, UCLA Law won the Professionalism Award.
UCLA School of Law’s trial team finished in second place at the National Board of Trial Advocacy’s 2019 Tournament of Champions, which took place at American University Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 23 to 26.
Ten years ago, the UCDC program opened its doors for students at University of California law schools to spend a semester in the nation's capital, where they get an unparalleled view of the country's legislative, court and policy-making machinery at work. Over the years, nearly 370 UC law students — including more than 100 from UCLA Law — have walked through those doors.
The A. Barry Cappello Trial Team at UCLA School of Law ranks as the third-best trial team in the nation, according to the 2018-19 Trial Competition Performance Rankings compiled by Professor Adam Shlahet and the Fordham University School of Law.
In 2018-19, the Critical Race Studies program named the first recipients of the Erika J. Glazer Endowed Scholarship for first-year law students who are dedicated to achieving equity for Los Angeles' African American communities. The scholarships were made possible by a $250,000 gift from Glazer, a philanthropist who focuses on building strong communities throughout L.A.
Willis is a Los Angeles native who is the first in her immediate family to have attended college. She earned her bachelor's degree from St. Catherine University in Minnesota, where she majored in political science and critical studies of race and ethnicity; and a master's degree in cultural anthropology from Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, where she served as a student representative on the admissions and departmental elections committees. While in school and in between her undergraduate and master’s programs, Willis worked as a data analyst, coordinator and manager at organizations addressing fair housing, women’s health, access to mental health resources, education and environmental justice. She hopes to work in L.A. as an advocate for improving access, opportunity and outcomes for African American and other historically underrepresented communities. She also has interests in data security, government ethics, labor and environmental regulation and election law.