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OnLabor: UC Irvine Law Clinic Helps Secure Labor Protections for Detained Immigrant Workers
OnLabor covered the case in which the UC Irvine Law Workers, Law, and Organizing Clinic, under the leadership of Prof. Sameer Ashar, helped drive an NLRB complaint that expanded labor protections for detained immigrant workers.
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Bloomberg: Prison Company Accused by US of Retaliating Against Detained Immigrants
UC Irvine Law Workers, Law, and Organizing Clinic efforts helped drive the landmark NLRB complaint, strengthening labor protections for immigrant detainees.
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Thank You and Happy Holidays | A Year-End Message to Friends of UC Irvine School of Law
Dear Friends of UC Irvine School of Law, 2024 marked the 15th year since our first class of students arrived at UC Irvine School of Law in August 2009. As we approach the end of this year, we have gathered some of the year’s notable moments in this roundup of top stories. I also invite you…
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Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality Files Two Amicus Briefs Using Collaborative Advocacy Model
IRVINE, Calif. (Dec. 17, 2024) — The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at UC Irvine School of Law, under the leadership of Executive Director and Professor of Law Robert S. Chang, filed two amicus briefs developed in collaboration with Boston University School of Law Visiting Lecturer and Clinical Instructor Caitlin Glass, who…
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UC Irvine Law Professor Robert S. Chang Helps Secure Preliminary Injunction Against Arkansas Laws Targeting Foreign Ownership of Property and Data Centers
IRVINE, Calif. (Dec. 10, 2024) — University of California, Irvine School of Law Professor Robert S. Chang, executive director of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, helped to successfully secure for a client a preliminary injunction against two Arkansas laws restricting foreign ownership of agricultural land and from holding ownership in data…
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The Daily Journal: California’s dirty secret: Clean-record deals kept badcops on the job*
Prof. Susan Seager and the Press Freedom Project were highlighted in an opinion piece in The Daily Journal about clean-record agreements.
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UC Irvine Law Professor David Kaye to Testify Before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 24
IRVINE, Calif. (Sept. 20, 2024) — On Sept. 24, Professor David Kaye, director of the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, will testify before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy in a hearing titled “Cyberspace Under Threat in the Era of…
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UC Irvine Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
Since starting this work in 2019, this is the 20th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Compassionate Release and Excessive Sentences Project. IRVINE, Calif. (Sept. 13, 2024) — UC Irvine Law Professor Katie Tinto and the Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, secured the release of one of…
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Daily Journal: ICE may have tough time getting court ok for ‘knock and talk’*
Prof. Annie Lai, a director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic which represented the plaintiffs in the case, commented on ICE’s ability to continue “knock and talk” operations by obtaining judicial warrants.
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Los Angeles Times: Federal judge orders ICE to end ‘knock and talk’ arrests of immigrants in Southern California
The UC Irvine School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson represented the plaintiffs.
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UC Irvine School of Law’s Criminal Justice Clinic to Receive Public Law Center’s Community Partner of the Year Award
IRVINE, Calif. (May 9, 2024) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Criminal Justice Clinic will be honored with the 2024 Community Partner of the Year Award from Public Law Center (PLC) at the annual Volunteers for Justice Awards Dinner on Tuesday, June 11 at the Turnip Rose Promenade and Gardens in Costa Mesa. …
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Sacramento Snapshot: Mandatory reporting in domestic violence cases can affect children, bill’s author argues*
A new bill in the California Legislature seeks to clarify just when mandated reporters need to alert child welfare authorities. Other supporters include the UCI Law’s Domestic Violence Law Clinic and the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color.
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UCI Law’s Community & Economic Development Clinic Helps Farmworker Community Purchase Its Mobile Home Park, Protect Affordability
IRVINE, Calif. (March 6, 2024) — Comunidad Nuevo Lago, Inc., a resident-controlled nonprofit, closed escrow on its purchase of Shady Lakes Manufactured Housing Community (“Shady Lakes”) for $7.625 million on Thursday, Feb. 29. This acquisition, which will ensure long-term affordability for residents, marks a significant milestone after several years of organizing to purchase the park.…
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KQED: To Fight Rising Rents, These Fresno County Residents Bought Their Mobile Home Park
UCI Law’s Community and Economic Development Clinic helped park residents secure funding for the purchase through California’s Manufactured Housing Opportunity & Revitalization Program program and the Farmworker Housing Grant Program.
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Voice of OC: A Hollywood Actor’s Fatal Police Call, then UC Irvine Law Students Stepped in
UCI Law students in the Civil Rights Litigation Clinic are highlighted in their role requesting that the South Pasadena police release evidence.
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Tech Policy Press: Does ICE Data Surveillance Violate Human Rights Law? The Answer is Yes, and It’s Not Even Close
Hinako Sugiyama, international human rights lawyer and Digital Rights Fellow, Lecturer/Clinical Supervisor at UCI Law co-wrote an op-ed in Tech Policy Press about the legality of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s data surveillance practices under human rights law.
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Daily Journal: UC Irvine Law clinic helps release inmate 7 years early
Professor Katie Tinto, Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, said it’s the clinic’s 19th successful case since 2017.
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UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
Since starting this work in 2019, this is the 18th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Compassionate Release and Excessive Sentences Project. IRVINE, Calif. (Nov. 9, 2023) — UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and the Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), secured the release of one…
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The Intercept: Uninvited and Unaccountable: How CPB Policed George Floyd Protests
Records released by the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, the American Immigration Council, and UCI Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic detail CBP’s involvement in policing the 2020 racial justice protests.
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American Immigration Council: Beyond the Border: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Presence at Racial Justice Protests in Summer of 2020American Immigration Council:
Records released by UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and American Immigrational Council reveal CBP deployed officers at protests after George Floyd’s death on May 25.
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Students in Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic Secure Settlement for Central Valley Packing Plant Workers
Alumnus Edgar Aguilasocho ’12 collaborates with clinic students to attain a measure of justice for essential workers who led walkouts during the pandemic IRVINE, Calif. (Sept. 6, 2023) — Second-year students in the Workers, Law and Organizing Clinic (WLO) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) secured a settlement from a packing plant in the Central Valley of California…
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UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and Professor Annie Lai Honored by ACLU SoCal
IRVINE, Calif. (June 2, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that the UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic (IRC) and Professor Annie Lai were awarded the Immigrants’ Rights Award at the ACLU SoCal Advocates for Justice Reception on June 1, 2023. They joined Hunter V. Armour, Madelyn Chen, Anjan Choudhury, Jacob Kreilkamp, Giovanni…
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David Kaye, UCI Law International Justice Clinic Director, Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award
IRVINE, Calif. (May 18, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that UCI Law Professor David Kaye has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program at Lund University in Sweden for the 2023-2024 academic year. Professor Kaye will serve as a Distinguished Scholar in Public International Law at…
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Coalition Calls for Human Rights to be at Center of UN Afghanistan Assessment
IRVINE, Calif. (April 25, 2023) — A coalition of civil society organizations and individuals today, initiated by the Afghanistan Human Rights Project at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Director Hashmat Nadirpor with Director of the International Justice Clinic David Kaye, called on the United Nations (UN) Secretary General and High Commissioner for Human Rights to put human…
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UCI Law Clinics Win Appeal in Case Against Orange County District Attorney Over Controversial DNA Collection Scheme
IRVINE, Calif. (April 21, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and Criminal Justice Clinic won a major appellate victory in a case filed in February 2021 on behalf of local taxpayers against Orange County and Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. The suit alleges that the…
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UCI Law Professor Susan E. Seager and Students With the UCI Press Freedom Project Defend Journalist Ben Camacho Against the City of Los Angeles’ Unconstitutional and Retaliatory Lawsuit
IRVINE, Calif. (April 17, 2023) – UCI Law Professor Susan E. Seager and students with the UCI Press Freedom Project (PFP) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law have filed a motion on behalf of journalist Ben Camacho to dismiss the City of Los Angeles’ unconstitutional and retaliatory lawsuit against him.
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UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Client’s Release from Prison
Since starting this work in 2019, this is the 16th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Compassionate Release and Excessive Sentences Project IRVINE, Calif. (April 6, 2023) — UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and the Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, secured the release of one of its clients, Don Cunningham, who had…
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UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus
Irvine, Calif., March 21, 2023 – The University of California, Irvine has opened a new campus center that will provide timely and policy-relevant labor research, will educate the next generation of labor and community leaders, and will advance labor and workers’ rights initiatives.
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New UCI Law Clinic Report Urges a Human Rights Approach to Demands for a TikTok Ban
IRVINE, Calif. (Mar. 10, 2023) — The International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) released a report today on the lawfulness of a nationwide ban on the popular social media app TikTok under the United States’ human rights obligations. The report, Necessary and Proportionate? TikTok Bans and American Obligations Under International Human…
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Tech Policy Press: The US Supreme Court Could Change the Internet as We Know It
UCI Law International Justice Clinic was highlighted by Tech Policy Press regarding its filing of an amicus brief in Gonzalez v Google
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KUCI: Great Park Amphitheater Stakes AND Law School Enviro Clinic Clothing Swap
UCI Law Environmental Law Clinic 2L Student Bonggeul (Edward) Joo discusses Fast Fashion Thrift Swap with KUCI
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Daily Kos: Litigation challenging ICE’s ‘deceptive’ police impersonation tactic granted class action status
UCI Law’s Immigration Rights Clinic litigation case, with the ACLU of Southern California and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, challenging ICE’s deceptive impersonation tactics was highlighted by Daily Kos
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UCI Law’s Environmental Law Clinic Students Launch Project to Fight Fast Fashion
Unraveling Fast Fashion is a project by past and current students in the Environmental Law Clinic that aims to raise awareness about the negative impacts of fast fashion. IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2023) — University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic (ELC) students are taking action to combat the harmful impact of fast fashion on…
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Court Allows ICE Police Impersonation Case to Proceed as Class Action
LOS ANGELES — This week, a federal court granted class certification in Kidd v. Mayorkas, a lawsuit challenging U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) practice of impersonating police officers, among other tactics, when conducting warrantless arrests of community members at their homes.
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UCI Law’s International Justice Clinic and Human Rights NGO ARTICLE 19 Urge the U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Free Expression Online
IRVINE, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2023) — The International Justice Clinic at University of California, Irvine School of Law, and ARTICLE 19, a world-leading free speech organization, asked the Supreme Court to maintain the existing protection of freedom of speech online in an amicus brief filed today. In Gonzales v. Google, the Supreme Court may consider whether the…
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UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Client
Since the start of the Compassionate Release Program in 2018, this is the 15th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic IRVINE, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2023) — UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and the Criminal Justice Clinic (CJC) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, secured the release of one of its clients, Willie Norton, after he had served…
