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How State-Sponsored Vigilantism Threatens Our Communities (and our Democracy) on October 8, 2024
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. -
Emmett Institute launches the Clean Energy Law and Leadership Project
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. -
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of UCLA Law
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. -
UCLA Law’s Safeguarding Democracy Project presents forums on free and fair elections
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. -
Peter Reich wins UCLA’s top teaching honor
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. -
Nina Rabin wins the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
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. -
UCLA Law’s 73rd commencement ceremony celebrates service for democracy
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. -
UCLA Law’s immigration center scores a big win in federal court for humanitarian parole
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). -
Mom Support: Monique Lillard '83 encourages women in law, starting with her own mother
When Monique Lillard graduated from UCLA Law in 1983, about one-third of all newly minted lawyers were women. -
UCLA Law welcomes Liz Vohwinkel as head of external affairs
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. -
‘The best way to protect voting rights’: A book Q&A with Richard Hasen
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. -
Taifha Natalee Alexander earns Emerging Scholar award
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.