With victories in the two premier trial advocacy competitions in the country – the National Trial Competition and the Student Trial Advocacy Competition – UCLA School of Law’s A. Barry Cappello Trial Team has earned its most prestigious wins ever and is the national champion. No school has ever before won both titles in the same season.

UCLA School of Law’s A. Barry Cappello Trial Team completed another dominant month in March. Already ranked No. 1 in the nation, the team won the National Ethics Trial Competition, took second place at the South Texas Challenge, and finished in third place at the Capitol City Challenge. Each virtual tournament included more than 30 law schools.

Two crews of students representing UCLA School of Law’s A. Barry Cappello Trial Team swept the Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) West Coast regional, which was held virtually March 4-7. UCLA Law will be among 12 law schools competing at the national championship tournament in April.

When UCLA School of Law lecturer and alumna Diane Birnholz ’90 appeared on Wheel of Fortune on Feb. 24, the final bonus round puzzle (category: “Event”) looked challenging at first:

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Three prominent law firms have established endowed scholarships at UCLA School of Law to support academically talented students who have overcome substantial hurdles on their journeys to gaining a legal education.

UCLA School of Law is proud to announce its participation in the Social Justice Legal Foundation, an incubator for the next generation of leading trial lawyers in the public sector, which launches today with a $10 million pledge of support from Hueston Hennigan LLP.

If you haven’t seen it by now, the 42-second clip is definitely worth watching – a joyous video showing the moment when 2020 UCLA School of Law graduate Omarr Rambert learned that he passed the California Bar Exam.

David Dolinko ’80, a devoted member of the UCLA School of Law community for more than four decades and noted authority in criminal law and the philosophy of punishment, died on Dec. 30 due to complications from COVID-19. He was 72.

Joan Dempsey Klein ’54 was a member of UCLA School of Law’s third graduating class, the law school’s first graduate to become a judge, and the first woman to serve as presiding justice on the California Court of Appeal.