Imagine if civil court cases were decided by artificial intelligence instead of human judges. Some legal professionals say that prospect could become reality in the not-too-distant future.
Members of the UCLA School of Law community are mourning the loss of longtime professor Stephen Munzer, who died on Nov. 30 at age 81 after a brief illness.
Munzer was a distinguished research professor and authority in law and philosophy who joined the law school’s faculty in 1982 and retired in 2014 – but hardly stopped writing, teaching, conducting research, and connecting with his colleagues. Many people among his family, coworkers, and former students have used the same word to describe him: “gentleman.”
Join us for an electric battle of ideas on how we should interpret our laws!
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Join us for an electric battle of ideas over the central question to the legal profession: how should we interpret the law?
The debate, which is between Josh Hammer (Newsweek Senior Editor-at-Large) and Eric Tung (Partner at Jones Day; 2x Supreme Court Clerk), will be moderated by Alexander Robbins (Deputy Chief of Appeals, U.S. Attorney's Office).
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.
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.
For more information, please contact Williamsdev@law.ucla.edu.
Please RSVP to this form by Monday, April 8 at noon if you would like a lunch.
The Law and Philosophy Program at UCLA offers law students a curriculum in theoretical reasoning about the law as well as a series of intellectual events throughout the year.
It also offers students in their second and third years the opportunity to earn a Law and Philosophy specialization and a special notation on their transcript. We are the only law school in the country to offer students this opportunity. Through a four-course program of coursework and independent studies, members of the program supplement their more doctrinal courses with sustained theoretical inquiries into the foundations of law and of specific substantive areas. Pursuing the specialization may lend greater depth to your legal education and improve your writing and argumentation skills.
Join Professor and Law and Philosophy Co-Director Seana Shiffrin and additional faculty for a discussion of our curriculum and the specialization in room 2448 Friday, April 12 from 12:15-1:00pm.
Questions? Email Ben Austin austin@law.ucla.edu.
We hope to see you there!
Professor emeritus Herbert Morris, a globally renowned scholar and teacher of law and philosophy and a foundational member of UCLA School of Law’s faculty, died on Dec. 14. He was 94.
An instrumental leader at UCLA for seven decades, Morris earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA, law degree from Yale Law School and doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University. He joined the faculty of UCLA’s philosophy department in 1956 and the law school in 1962.
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David Dolinko ’80, a devoted member of the UCLA School of Law community for more than four decades and noted authority in criminal law and the philosophy of punishment, died on Dec. 30 due to complications from COVID-19. He was 72.
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