Ken Ziffren, whose generosity has helped position UCLA School of Law as the country’s top law school for media and entertainment law, will continue his support in these areas with a visionary planned gift — the largest-ever gift in the law school’s 76-year history.

For Alexa Camarena ’14, the path to becoming counsel at Mattel, drawn by the company’s creative energy and successes like the Barbie movie, began with an unglamorous moment in high school: fainting at the sight of her own blood being drawn.

"I literally passed out. I was like, 'Well, there goes that dream' of becoming a doctor. So, there was lawyer left," Camarena recalls with a laugh.

Ed Lew ’98’s journey from aspiring politician to Disney executive proves that sometimes the best career moves are the ones you don’t see coming.