In the latest study to measure the impact of law school faculties based on their research and writing, 14 UCLA School of Law professors have been recognized as leaders of legal scholarship.
UCLA School of Law distinguished professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the nation’s most renowned scholars and thought leaders in civil rights law and policy, has received the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
At the Oct. 1 awards ceremony, Crenshaw recounted her participation in student protests when she attended Harvard Law School. She told the audience of more than 300 academics, alumni and students to stand up against institutional attacks on knowledge and education. “We have to fight against the selective use of ‘comfort’ to suppress uncomfortable conversations,” she said.
Crenshaw holds the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights at UCLA Law. She is known for coining the term “intersectionality” — the way in which the effects of racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination combine and overlap to create unique experiences. She is also a founder and leader of critical race theory. In 2000, she was one of the faculty members who launched UCLA Law’s trailblazing Critical Race Studies program.
As the co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum think tank, Crenshaw has led grassroots movements and campaigns such as #SayHerName, the Freedom to Learn Network and the Critical Race Theory Summer School.
An earlier version of this story ran in the UCLA Newsroom.
What happens when a prison abolitionist runs for judge in Texas? Former Judge Franklin Bynum of Harris County, Texas (the third-largest county in the United States) found out in 2019, when he won a position as judge of the Harris County Criminal Court. Judge Bynum led the effort to implement sweeping bail reform, effectively ending cash bail for misdemeanors in Houston and eliminating racialdisparity in pretrial release. The resulting change in the dismissal and conviction rates makes the reform effort one of the largest and most successful decarceration efforts in the country.
Join Judge Bynum in conversation with Professor Gerloni Cotton for a discussion about his path to the bench and the data-driven case for leveraging judicial power for systemic change.
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The Williams Institute's 2024 NYC Fall Salon will take place on Thursday, September 12 from 6:00-8:30 PM at the Meta office in Hudson Yards.
We invite you to join our discussion on the current state of LGBTQ+ law and policy and what’s at stake in the upcoming November election and beyond.For tickets to our 2024 NYC Fall Salon, please visit: https://bit.ly/NYCFallSalon24RSVP ends on September 4, 2024.
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Four UCLA School of Law professors, including leading scholars in election law, critical race studies, Native American law, and U.S.-China relations, have received appointments to endowed faculty chairs.
Faculty chairs acknowledge the distinction of the law school’s outstanding professors and are made possible by the generosity of UCLA Law’s alumni and friends. UCLA Law has 70 full-time faculty members and 39 endowed chairs.
A historic one-million dollar gift from Alicia Miñana de Lovelace (J.D. ’87; co-chair of the UCLA Second Century Council) celebrated, along with a symposium and reception, the remarkable career and recent retirement of CRS co-founder Laura E. Gómez, UCLA’s Rachel F.
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Master of Legal Studies
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Two distinguished members of the UCLA School of Law community – Donna Cox Wells ’92 and Chase Griffin M.L.S. ’24 – are among the distinguished graduates who were honored with UCLA Awards by the UCLA Alumni Association for their extraordinary achievements, leadership and contributions to the university, their communities and the world.
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