UCLA School of Law alumna Whitney A. Brown ’17 will clerk for Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the U.S. Supreme Court during the 2021-22 term. She will begin her service on the nation’s highest court in Washington, D.C., starting this summer.

Brown is the 20th UCLA Law graduate ever to clerk on the Supreme Court and the first since Rachel Bloomekatz ’08 clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer during the 2011-12 term.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) were among the featured guests at the inaugural conference of UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy, which occurred over three consecutive Fridays in April and May.

UCLA School of Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on May 10 on behalf of the National Association of Minority Veterans of America (NAMVETS).

Distinguished Professor Hiroshi Motomura and Professor Timothy Malloy were presented with the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching at a virtual ceremony on April 28. They are the 43rd and 44th recipients of UCLA School of Law’s highest honor for distinction in the classroom.

For the first time, leaders across Indian country have a toolkit available to them to address Indigenous and human rights through tribal lawmaking that supports and implements the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Michael Karanicolas, a noted public policy authority with more than a decade leading efforts devoted to better understanding freedom of expression, transparency, and digital rights, has joined UCLA School of Law as the inaugural executive director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy.

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 Professor Sharon Dolovich has published an article that analyzes key data on the willingness of incarcerated people to receive vaccinations for COVID-19.

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.