To everyone who was there, the special gathering on a sunny Sunday in March was a joyous and warm affair – and an event that they never fully expected to happen.

The Behind Bars Data Project at UCLA School of Law has published the first comprehensive dataset of deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

Working in partnership with lawyer and journalist Andrew Free, members of the project used ICE records to create a resource that offers researchers, journalists, advocates, policymakers, and the public detailed insights on the nearly 300 people who have died in ICE custody since the agency’s creation in 2003.

In a new and wide-ranging set of rankings that track the scholarly impact of law schools and legal academics, UCLA School of Law placed among the top 10 institutions in the country, while 36 members of the faculty were listed as the top scholars in 25 different areas of research.

UCLA School of Law professor Beth Colgan’s scholarship has been cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the case of Ellingworth v. United States, which the Court decided on January 20.