UCLA School of Law Professor Edward Parson has published an editorial in Science, the world’s leading scientific journal, calling for more research on solar geoengineering.

Solar geoengineering is a potential way to complement deep emissions cuts and adaptation measures in an integrated response to climate change. It would help make the Earth a little more reflective to incoming sunlight, most likely by spraying a fine mist of reflective aerosols in the upper atmosphere.

Mary Nichols, one of the country’s foremost environmental attorneys, has joined UCLA School of Law and the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment as distinguished

The incredible legacy of UCLA School of Law Professor Kenneth L. Karst will be recognized through a new scholarship that supports students who are committed to racial equity and who embody Karst’s spirit of collegiality. The Kenneth L. Karst Scholarship in Law was established through the generosity of Karst’s family and the newly formed Kenneth L. Karst Racial Equity Foundation. A number of Karst’s students and colleagues have also made contributions in support of the scholarship.

UCLA School of Law Professor from Practice Ahilan Arulanantham presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 8 in the case of FBI v. Fazaga.

Arulanantham is faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Among the nation’s leading advocates for immigrants’ rights, he joined the law school in 2020 after a long tenure as senior counsel at the ACLU of Southern California, where he represented clients in several landmark immigration cases.

More than 200 members of the UCLA School of Law community gathered on Nov. 3 for the law school’s fourth U. Serve L.A. celebration, an event that this year also marked the conclusion of UCLA Law’s second Public Service Challenge. Students, staff, and faculty members joined in recognizing the community’s remarkable pro bono, public interest, and public service contributions.