Join NYU Law's Rachel Barkow, in conversation with UCLA Law’s Máximo Langer, for a discussion on her new book, Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration. In Justice Abandoned, Barkow highlights six SCOTUS cases that, she argues, paved the way for massive growth in the American prisoner population and helped make the United States the world’s most prolific jailer.
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The Sept. 10 shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on the campus of Utah Valley University follows the June shooting deaths of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and the shooting of Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and his spouse. Just a few months earlier, Donald Trump was targeted during the 2024 election campaign and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home was firebombed.
UCLA School of Law professor Joanna Schwartz, a leading scholar on police accountability and public interest lawyering, has been appointed to the Honorable Harry Pregerson Endowed Chair in Law.
The presentation by Ricardo Lillo will analyze some of the standards that have been developed in these areas from a comparative perspective. It will also describe best practices from different jurisdictions, provide evidence from empirical research to measure the impact of technology in the Chilean judicial system, and detail some of the specific interventions developed in the People-Centered Justice Lab. The lab brings together researchers and students from various disciplines to design and test different technological tools to bridge the gap between the law and the public. This conversation will be moderated by Professor Máximo Langer, UCLA School of Law.
An innovative new partnership between UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Law and Policy Consortium (CLPC) and the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office (LACPD) will give individuals facing deportation legal representation from a UCLA Law graduate with deep experience in immigration or public interest law.
The guide is an invaluable resource for advocates who represent unhoused people facing steep financial and legal burdens for sleeping on streets and other basic human behaviors.