Imagine if civil court cases were decided by artificial intelligence instead of human judges. Some legal professionals say that prospect could become reality in the not-too-distant future.

Rose Chan Loui, who serves as the founding executive director of the Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits (Update October 2026: Now known as the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits) at UCLA School of Law,

UCLA School of Law professor Beth Colgan’s scholarship has been cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the case of Ellingworth v. United States, which the Court decided on January 20.

UCLA School of Law professor James Salzman has been honored with an invitation to join the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center’s 2027 Residency Program, one of the world’s most esteemed and highly selective projects for confronting complex challenges in science, law, government, the arts, and more.

UCLA School of Law professors Stephen Bainbridge and Kal Raustiala have been included in a prestigious new ranking of the top legal

UCLA School of Law is pleased to welcome Alejandro Camacho, a renowned regulatory scholar, as a professor of law.

Camacho will be a core faculty member of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and a faculty affiliate of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center. He comes from UC Irvine School of Law, where he was Chancellor’s Professor of Law and faculty director of the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources.

Jamelia Morgan, an acclaimed scholar and teacher who focuses on issues at the intersections of race, gender, disability, and criminal law and punishment, has joined the UCLA School of Law faculty as a professor of law.

Michael O'Key ’27 taught 10th grade before heading back to school himself. He recently had an unforgettable surprise when he ran into his former students while they were touring the UCLA campus! O’Key continues to help others as a UCLA Law J.D. student ambassador, a student leader selected to help prospective students hoping to learn more about the law school and to serve the broader law school community.

When Sam Ennis ’10 began his legal studies at UCLA School of Law, Indian law wasn't on his radar – growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, there were no federally recognized tribes in his state. However, a chance encounter with a Ninth Circuit tribal court criminal jurisdiction case during a summer internship sparked a few questions, setting Ennis on an unexpected career path.

Members of the UCLA School of Law community are mourning the loss of longtime professor Stephen Munzer, who died on Nov. 30 at age 81 after a brief illness.

Munzer was a distinguished research professor and authority in law and philosophy who joined the law school’s faculty in 1982 and retired in 2014 – but hardly stopped writing, teaching, conducting research, and connecting with his colleagues. Many people among his family, coworkers, and former students have used the same word to describe him: “gentleman.”