Herbert Morris, a preeminent member of the faculty at UCLA School of Law and the UCLA Philosophy Department, has received the 2019-20 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, an honor that goes to retired University of California professors of longstanding influence and leadership in their fields.
Morris is the first law professor to receive the honor, which was established in 1983.
The UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project, in collaboration with the Bronx Defenders, Columbia Law School’s Center for Institutional and Social Change and Zealous, has launched a new electronic database of COVID-19-related materials designed to help lawyers, advocates, researchers, journalists and others interested in challenging, remedying, or drawing attention to the grave risk that COVID-19 poses to individuals who are detained.
Recent UCLA School of Law graduate Deeksha Kohli ’20 reached the semifinals and finished in third place in the Top Gun National Trial Competition, perhaps the most difficult trial competition in the United States.
The killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and many others before them are manifestations of deeply entrenched structures of racism within the United States.
It is these structures that account for the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the very same communities that are subject to racial violence.
Dear Law School Community,
This is an enormously painful and tumultuous moment. You likely already saw the message sent last night by Chancellor Block and our collective UCLA leadership, but I also wanted to write to you directly. First and foremost, I want to reiterate the message of that earlier email. To the Black members of our community: we see you. Black Lives Matter.
UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin has been elected to a three-year term on the board of trustees of the Law School Admission Council, the nonprofit organization that administers the Law School Admission Test and runs several initiatives to increase diversity in legal education and the legal profession.
Mnookin is UCLA Law’s Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law. She joined the law school’s faculty in 2005 and has served as dean since 2015.
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.