Five UCLA School of Law professors, including leading scholars in civil rights, human rights and international law, have received appointments to endowed faculty chairs. Four of the chairs are being filled for the first time.

UCLA School of Law Professor Scott Cummings has been awarded the 2020-21 Fulbright-Schuman Chair at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, the preeminent center of research on the European Union.

Adam Romero, a scholar and researcher at UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy, was appointed deputy director of executive programs at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law has compiled an expansive online resource that tracks issues at the intersection of the novel coronavirus pandemic and food law and policy.

In the spring of 2020, Dean Jennifer Mnookin sent two messages to faculty, staff and students in response to challenges to the school’s goal of fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds feel welcome. The first message, below, was issued April 14, 2020. The second message was issued May 4, 2020.

April 14, 2020

Dear Law School Community,

Kal Raustiala was recently named the Promise Institute Chair in Comparative and International Law, joining Kimberlé Crenshaw — the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights — as an inaugural holder of an endowed chair affiliated with UCLA School of Law's Promise Institute for Human Rights. Raustiala, also the director of the UCLA Ronald

Students and faculty members with UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Defense Clinic played a key role in securing the release last week of an at-risk inmate from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center as part of the clinic’s broader effort to reduce the acute risks to prisoners from the coronavirus.

UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin was elected on April 23 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among the world’s preeminent learned societies of scholars, scientists and artists.

Members of three UCLA School of Law clinics are part of a coalition including people who are incarcerated in Los Angeles County jails, lawyers and activists that has sued the county and county sheriff’s department seeking the release of medically vulnerable people and the implementation of heightened health and safety standards in jails during the coronavirus pandemic.

In the spring of 2020, Dean Jennifer Mnookin sent two messages to faculty, staff and students in response to challenges to the school's goal of fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds feel welcome. The first message was issued April 14, 2020. Below is the message sent May 4, 2020.

Dear Students, Staff and Faculty,