UCLA School of Law professor Cheryl Harris, one of the nation’s most eminent scholars and leaders in civil rights law and critical race studies, has received the Faculty Award for Career Commitment to Diversity, as part of the UCLA Academic Senate’s 2024 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

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.