Clients of UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) earned a big win in federal court earlier this month, when they prevailed in their legal defense to uphold a Biden administration program that gives temporary legal status to certain people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV).

“Leadership” was the word of the day when more than 150 members of the UCLA School of Law community gathered on campus on March 3 for the seventh annual U. Serve L.A. celebration. Every year, the auction and awards ceremony shines a spotlight on the trailblazing excellence of the many students, scholars, alumni and leaders in and around the law school’s renowned David J.

UCLA School of Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic and Disability Rights California (DRC), in partnership with the National Association of Minority Veterans of America (NAMVETS), have released an investigative report that addresses concerns that veterans have raised about policing within veterans affairs (VA) health centers.

Liz Vohwinkel, an experienced professional in fundraising, higher education and donor and alumni relations, including several previous years at UCLA School of Law, has rejoined the law school as its associate dean for external affairs. In this role, Vohwinkel will oversee the law school’s extensive development and external endeavors, including alumni relations, annual fund and major gifts to support the school’s students, faculty and academic programs.

UCLA School of Law professor Ann Carlson is back at the law school after she steered the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through several impactful years.

When Katharine “Kitty” Young ’24 and Evan Mitchell Zepeda ’24 met in their 1L section at UCLA School of Law in the opening days of the Fall 2021 semester, neither of them anticipated the incredible connection that they would make through their years as classmates and friends. By chance, both women had been raised in Maryland, and they had traveled far from their hometowns to forge careers in California.

When retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor died in December 2023, the nation bid farewell to a historic jurist and figure in American government.

UCLA School of Law professor Angela R. Riley has earned a leading award for her scholarship at the intersection of Indigenous rights and intellectual property. Riley’s cutting-edge article “The Ascension of Indigenous Cultural Property Law” has been named Best Article in Intellectual Property for 2023 by Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s McCarthy Institute and Center for Law, Science and Innovation.

As the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law and a frequent commentator in the media, Professor Richard Hasen is the nation’s go-to authority on election law. Now, with the fraught 2024 election campaign underway, Hasen is zeroed in on spelling out the stakes.

This article was originally published on the UCLA Newsroom website on January 31, 2024. We share it here with UCLA Newsroom's permission.

The UCLA Foundation names Cheryl Lott new chair-elect

by Lilyann Mito