After decades of legal suppression, various psychedelicsubstances are being recognized for their remarkable potentialto heal a number of psychological and physical conditions. Legalrules are evolving in concert with this recognition.
Please join us between 12:15 and 1:30 pm on November 13, 2023, for a presentation by Dr. Mason Marks, who leads the Project onPsychedelics Law and Regulation at Harvard Law School. He willdiscuss his forthcoming book about evolving trends in state andfederal regulation of psychedelics.https://law.fsu.edu/faculty-staff/mason-marksAlthough this presentation will be by Zoom, members of theUCLA community who are on campus that day are welcome toattend the event in Room 2357 of the Law School.
Register for the event here:https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-RXuxw1AQSGxTzXAoC76Mw
Since 1986, the Melville B. Nimmer lecture series has served as a forum for leading scholars in the fields of Copyright and First Amendment Law. This year's topic will be on fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases, presented by Professor Pamela Samuelson.
November 16, 2023, 6:00PM | Room 1430 (UCLA School of Law) and Live Stream
Event Recording: https://uclalaw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=71146ce3-406b-4ee0-b687-b092012d424f
UCLA School of Law is a State Bar
of California approved MCLE provider. This session is approved for 1
hour of general MCLE credit.
MCLE readings
Contact Us For Questions: ziffreninstitute@law.ucla.edu
UCLA’s Health Law and Policy Program is pleased to present The Future of Human Rights and Justice-Centered Ethics in Epidemic Response.
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2023 Conference
UCLA Law hosted a national conference on The Future of Human Rights and Justice-Centered Ethics in Epidemic Response: From HIV to Covid and Beyond on November 2-3, 2023.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Welcoming Remarks
- Dean Michael Waterstone, JD, UCLA Law
- William Sage, MD, JD, Texas A&M University
- Hannah Garry, JD, MIA, Executive Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA
- Cecily Gallup, MD, MPH, Acting Interim Director of the Global Health Program, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Panel 1: The History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Political Economy of Epidemic Response
- Moderated by Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH, UCLA
- Aziza Ahmed, JD, MS, Boston University
- Adia Benton, PhD, MPH, Northwestern University
- Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH, Syracuse University
- Daniel S. Goldberg, JD, PhD, University of Colorado
- Richard Carpiano, PhD, UC Riverside
Panel 2: Frameworks to Guide Epidemic Response: Ethics and Human Rights
- Moderated by William Sage, MD, JD, Texas A&M University
- Scott Burris, JD, Temple University
- Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, University of Southern California
- Govind Persad, JD, PhD, University of Denver
- Matiangai Sirleaf, JD, MA, University of Maryland
4:00-4:15 - Break
4:15-5:30 - Panel 3: Community-Led Responses to Epidemics
Room 1314, UCLA Law- Moderated by Brad Sears, JD, Founding Director of the Williams Institute, UCLA
- Gregg Gonsalves, PhD, Yale University
- Andy Imparato, JD, Executive Director of Disability Rights California and former member of the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
- Alberto Retana, President and CEO of Community Coalition
Friday, November 3
Panel 4: Legal and Governance Mechanisms: From Local to Global
- Moderated by Lauren Dunning, JD, MPH, Director of the Future of Aging at the Milken Institute, former Director of Government Affairs, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Oxiris Barbot, MD, President and CEO of the United Hospital Fund of New York, former New York City Health Commissioner, former Baltimore Health Commissioner
- Robert Gatter, JD, St. Louis University, Uniform Law Commission Reporter
- Ben Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, University of North Carolina
- Alexandra Phelan, SJD, LLB, LLM, Johns Hopkins University
- Gregory Schwab , JD, Drexel University, Uniform Law Commissioner, former General Counsel of Pennsylvania
Panel 5: Equitable Access to Medicines and Medical Countermeasures
- Moderated by Keegan Warren, JD, LLM, Texas A&M University
- Ximena Benavides , SJD, LLM, Yale University
- Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, LLD (Hon.), LLD (Hon.), Georgetown University
- Sam Halabi, JD, MPhil, Georgetown University
- Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD, MPH, Ohio State University
- Nathan Tseboh Chomilo, MD, Medical Director, Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare
Panel 6: Guidance, Mandates, Restrictions, and Supports for Community Mitigation
- Moderated by Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH, UCLA
- Sirry M. Alang, PhD, MA, University of Pittsburgh
- Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Maya Hazarika Watts, JD, ChangeLab Solutions
- Ross D. Silverman, JD, MPH, Temple University
- Mitch Stripling, MPA, Director of the Pandemic Response Institute, former Assistant Commissioner for Agency Preparedness and Response at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Panel 7: Decriminalization, Decarceration, Deinstitutionalization, Harm Reduction, and Legal Protections
- Moderated by William Sage, MD, JD, Texas A&M University
- Sean Bland, JD, Santa Clara University
- Nathan Cisneros, MS, UCLA
- Sharon Dolovich, JD, PhD, UCLA
- Jasmine E. Harris, JD, University of Pennsylvania
- Zita Lazzarini , JD, MPH, University of Connecticut
Questions about the Future of Epidemic Response? Email healthlaw@law.ucla.edu.
On May 2, one year after the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, UCLA Law’s Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy (CRHLP) hosted a press conference to announce a new legal hotline created by the Southern California Legal Alliance for Reproductive Justice (SoCal LARJ).