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Across vast swaths of the United States, “legal vigilantism” is transforming how Americans work, have fun, study, love, and participate in the civic and political life of their communities and their country.
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The Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law has launched the Emmett Clean Energy Law and Leadership Project (E-CELL), a hub that will be based at the law school and contribute to the clean energy transition while enhancing the institute’s longstanding focus on energy law.
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People from across the UCLA School of Law community are proud to be marking the law school’s 75th anniversary during the 2024-25 school year.
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As the November election approaches, UCLA School of Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project has teamed with the Hammer Museum at UCLA to host a series of public forums that address some of voters’ biggest concerns, such as the fairness of the electoral college, allegations of election fraud and the spread of misinformation.
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UCLA School of Law lecturer Peter Reich has won the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award for 2024, the university’s highest recognition for excellence in the classroom.
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UCLA School of Law’s Nina Rabin has won the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award for 2024, with an additional citation for distinction in teaching at the graduate level.
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Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former justice of the Supreme Court of California, delivered a keynote address in which he stressed the power of democracy, its fragility and the importance of preserving it.
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Clients of UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) earned a big win in federal court earlier this month, when they prevailed in their legal defense to uphold a Biden administration program that gives temporary legal status to certain people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV).
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When Monique Lillard graduated from UCLA Law in 1983, about one-third of all newly minted lawyers were women.
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Liz Vohwinkel, an experienced professional in fundraising, higher education and donor and alumni relations, including several previous years at UCLA School of Law, has rejoined the law school as its associate dean for external affairs.
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As the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA School of Law and a frequent commentator in the media, Professor Richard Hasen is the nation’s go-to authority on election law.
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Taifha Natalee Alexander LL.M. ’21, who directs the CRT Forward project within UCLA School of Law’s Critical Race Studies program, has been honored as an Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
