In the wake of the June 24 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that provided a constitutional protection for abortions, scholars from UCLA, policymakers, and reproductive health practitioners discussed what the future may hold.

The UCLA Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Institute for Technology, Law and Policy (ITLP) have announced the hiring of Yuan Tian as an assistant professor. The institute is affiliated with both the UCLA School of Law and the Samueli School of Engineering.

UCLA School of Law professor Russell Korobkin has been appointed to serve as the law school’s interim dean. He will assume his duties on June 13, replacing the outgoing dean, Jennifer L. Mnookin. In May, Mnookin was announced as the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Professor Mark P. McKenna, a leading intellectual property scholar, is joining the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy as Faculty Co-Director.

In two new books published this spring, Devon Carbado, the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and the former Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, continues to share his research and insights on race, justice, and the American legal system.