Members of the UCLA Law bail practicum aim to lower or eliminate the bail for their clients at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Compton.
Members of the UCLA Law bail practicum aim to lower or eliminate the bail for their clients at the Los Angeles Superior Court in Compton.

Students from UCLA School of Law have made an impact on one of the signature criminal justice issues of our time: reform of the money bail system.

Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, delivers the keynote address at the UCLA Law criminal justice symposium on Feb. 22.
Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, delivers the keynote address at the UCLA Law criminal justice symposium on Feb. 22.

Leading criminal justice scholars, practitioners and activists from across Southern California and the nation convened at UCLA School of Law on Feb. 22 for the first major event hosted by the school’s year-old Criminal Justice Program.

The day-long symposium, “Reimagining the Criminal Justice System,” was co-sponsored by UCLA Law’s Criminal Justice Law Review, with support from the Ann C. Rosenfeld Symposium fund.

Rading (left) and Griffith
Rading (left) and Griffith

UCLA School of Law students David Griffith ’19 and Ajwang Rading ’20 have been awarded prestigious Langston Bar Association Scholarships for their excellence and leadership in law school.

Professor Eric Zolt

UCLA School of Law has established the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy in tribute to Professor Eric Zolt’s enormous contributions to the school and field of tax law.

Nina Zolt, professor Zolt’s sister, with Lowell Milken ’73, Zolt and Dean Jennifer Mnookin. 

 

 

UCLA School of Law alumnus Travis Bell ’17

UCLA School of Law alumnus Travis Bell ’17 has received the first Ambassador Award ever presented by Gideon’s Promise. The award goes to a person who supports the Gideon’s Promise mission to raise the standard of indigent defense by building a movement of public defenders.

Jessie Kornberg '07

Jessie Kornberg '07, a leader in public interest law in Los Angeles and the president and CEO of public interest agency Bet Tzedek Legal Services, will deliver the commencement address at UCLA School of Law's 68th Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17, in Dickson Court North on the UCLA campus.

black law alumni reunion celebration

More than 40 graduates of UCLA School of Law traveled from all over California to the inaugural black law alumni reunion celebration on March 16.

2019 UCLA Law Women LEAD Summit

Promoting a theme of vision, empowerment and impact, UCLA School of Law’s fast-growing organization of women lawyers convened for the 2019 UCLA Law Women LEAD Summit on March 1.

Epstein Program faculty member Sherod Thaxton, Janki Kaneria ’19, Gideon's Promise founder and president Jonathan Rapping and Epstein Program faculty director Ingrid Eagly
L to R: Epstein Program faculty member Sherod Thaxton, Janki Kaneria ’19, Gideon's Promise founder and president Jonathan Rapping and Epstein Program faculty director Ingrid Eagly

Three UCLA School of Law students have won prestigious fellowships through which they will serve immigrants and indigent defendants after they graduate in May. In addition, one recent UCLA Law graduate earned a fellowship for his work in helping people who are incarcerated in California.

Kenneth Ziffren '65, Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg present the keynote conversation at the 43rd UCLA Entertainment Symposium on March 16.
L to R: Kenneth Ziffren '65, Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg present the keynote conversation at the 43rd UCLA Entertainment Symposium on March 16.

The next big collaboration between technology and entertainment took center stage at “Hollywood Analytica,” the 43rd Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium on March 15 and 16, where many of the industry’s biggest stars met to discuss the legal and economic impacts of innovations in an industry grappling with rapid evolution.

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