Join us as we sit down with the Mayor for a report on the state of our unhoused community. What positive results can she share with us? What have been the greatest challenges? What are the roles of philanthropy, government, and business in solving this crisis? What can each of us do to support this herculean effort?
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Karen Bass, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
In conversation with: Kevin Murray, President & CEO, Weingart Center Association
With Dean Michael Waterstone to make welcome and introductory remarks
“Leadership” was the word of the day when more than 150 members of the UCLA School of Law community gathered on campus on March 3 for the seventh annual U. Serve L.A. celebration. Every year, the auction and awards ceremony shines a spotlight on the trailblazing excellence of the many students, scholars, alumni and leaders in and around the law school’s renowned David J.
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J.D. David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy
When Katharine “Kitty” Young ’24 and Evan Mitchell Zepeda ’24 met in their 1L section at UCLA School of Law in the opening days of the Fall 2021 semester, neither of them anticipated the incredible connection that they would make through their years as classmates and friends. By chance, both women had been raised in Maryland, and they had traveled far from their hometowns to forge careers in California.
ACLU attorney Corene Kendrick and Arizona Republic reporter Jimmy Jenkins explore how lawyers and journalists can work together to publicize constitutional violations occurring in prisons.