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.

UCLA School of Law’s Human Rights Litigation Clinic is part of a litigation team representing child victims of forced labor in the chocolate industry in Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe I and Cargill, Inc. v. Doe I, two consolidated petitions concerning an Alien Tort Statute lawsuit that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear on Dec. 1.

UCLA School of Law’s trailblazing Law Fellows Program has received a generous gift of $25,000 from the litigation firm Larson LLP to provide robust support to the program’s approximately 100 new law fellows and other initiatives in 2021.

The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law supported five fellows in summer internships with human rights organizations around the world in 2020.

Hundreds of members of the UCLA School of Law community participated in the law school’s inaugural Public Service Challenge, which took place over five days, from Oct. 30 through Nov. 3, and served a great number of voters, charitable groups and others in Southern California.

Joshua Thomas ’20 came to UCLA School of Law with no plans to be a tax attorney. “If I had not attended UCLA Law and had access to its brilliant and engaging faculty, I highly doubt I would have developed a passion for tax, nor felt prepared to practice tax law without further education – and that speaks volumes,” says the recent graduate.

Leading media executives Harry Sloan and Jeffrey Sagansky participated in a spirited discussion on Oct. 26 about the recent explosion of interest in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The webinar was the latest in the Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law’s series of high-level IN-Sports conversations.

The Ziffren Institute for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law at UCLA Law was excited to host distinguished alumnus Andrei Iancu ’96, Director of the U.S.

UCLA School of Law will host its first-ever Public Service Challenge from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. During the five-day period, the entire UCLA Law community – including students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and families – will be encouraged to vote and volunteer as poll workers, do election protection work or engage in other pro bono or public service opportunities to help the Los Angeles community.