Tower of building on the UCLA Law campus

Alumni and friends raised $181.2 million for UCLA School of Law during the Centennial Campaign for UCLA, far exceeding the school's goal during the campus-wide fundraising drive that was designed to prepare the university for its second century of excellence.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of UCLA, the Centennial Campaign raised $5.49 billion.

Kal Raustiala at speaker podium

Kal Raustiala was recently named the Promise Institute Chair in Comparative and International Law, joining Kimberlé Crenshaw — the Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights — as an inaugural holder of an endowed chair affiliated with UCLA School of Law's Promise Institute for Human RightsRaustiala, also the director of the UCLA Ronald

Alicia Virani ’11 (far right) stands with members of the Bail Practicum in 2019. UCLA Law clinics have participated in a lawsuit seeking to protect prisoners during the COVID-19 crisis.
Alicia Virani ’11 (far right) stands with members of the Bail Practicum in 2019. UCLA Law clinics have participated in a lawsuit seeking to protect prisoners during the COVID-19 crisis.

Members of three UCLA School of Law clinics are part of a coalition including people who are incarcerated in Los Angeles County jails, lawyers and activists that has sued the county and county sheriff’s department seeking the release of medically vulnerable people and the implementation of heightened health and safety standards in jails during the coronavirus pandemic.

UCLA Law faculty member Achiume Wins UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award

UCLA School of Law Professor E. Tendayi Achiume has earned UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the university’s highest honor for excellence in the classroom. Achiume was also named the recipient of the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching for 2019-20.

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