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Los Angeles Times: Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
Professor Sameer Ashar called recent immigration actions “experiments” in expanding expedited removal and limiting due process for immigrants.
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Los Angeles Times: State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
Mary Basick, assistant dean of academic skills, called the February 2025 bar exam “worse than we imagined,” sharply criticizing the use of AI-generated questions drafted by non-lawyers as “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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SFGATE: Bay Area traveler says Uber gift cards boosted fare
Professor Veena Dubal was cited for her 2023 research showing how companies like Uber and Amazon use algorithms to influence behavior and set unequal pay.
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The San Francisco Standard: In reversal, Lurie says you can read his texts
Professor Susan Seager was quoted in the San Francisco Standard discussing the legal implications of deleted text messages in the context of Daniel Lurie’s potential run for mayor
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UCI School of Social Ecology: No. 1 cognitive psychologist receives double honors
Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus has been named a Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS and a study she co-authored has won a 2025 Best Paper Award from Computer Human Interaction (CHI).
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The New Yorker: So You Want to Be a Dissident?
Professor David Kaye is quoted in The New Yorker on the challenges facing political dissidents and the growing risks to free expression in the United States.
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The Washington Post: Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise
Professor Veena Dubal was quoted in The Washington Post discussing the chilling effect of rising visa cancellations on foreign students.
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Bar exam blunders and the crisis the State Bar continues to ignore*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, co-authored an article in the Daily Journal arguing that the State Bar’s rushed changes to the bar exam violate state law and undermine fairness.
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Law360: A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process*
Peter Afrasiabi, director of UC Irvine Law’s Appellate Litigation Clinic and partner at One Legal, authored a Law360 article examining the due process implications of executive actions against law firms, drawing parallels to the Cold War-era Harry Bridges case.
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Law and Political Economy: Eight Legal Experts on Trump’s Assault on Higher Education
Professors Sameer Ashar and Veena Dubal contributed to a piece in Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project, analyzing the Trump administration’s executive actions against higher education.
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Vanderbilt University: Law Clinics File Amicus Brief Related to Application of Copyright Act in Tennessee Court of Appeals Case
Professor Jack Lerner, Director of the IPAT Clinic, joined a group of amici urging the Tennessee Court of Appeals to reverse a decision that misapplied the Copyright Act to restrict public access to records.
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The New York Times: How X Is Benefiting as Musk Advises Trump
Professor David Kaye is quoted in The New York Times: “He is transforming X as a platform into government media, without any kind of constraint.”
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American Association of University Professors: The Assault on Campus Protests
Professor Sameer Ashar, Director of the Workers and Tenants Law and Organizing Clinic, authored a piece examining how a recent Trump executive order targets pro-Palestinian student activism and threatens the democratic spirit of U.S. college campuses.
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Daily Journal: State Bar sticks with Kaplan for July exam despite outcry
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal.
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GRIST: How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law
Professor Heather Tanana was quoted in Grist, stressing that the federal trust responsibility includes food sovereignty, which may be violated by Trump’s funding freeze.
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Daily Journal: Bar Exam Committee Latest to Face Public Wrath of Botched Test
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, was quoted in the Daily Journal.