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ABA Journal: California Supreme Court OKs provisional licensure—but not for all February candidates
Mary Basick is quoted in the ABA Journal.
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The New York Times: Arrest of Union Leader Highlights Link Between Workers’ and Immigrants’ Rights
Professor Veena Dubal: “There’s been a real reckoning over the past 25 years with the history of xenophobia in California labor unions.”
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The Los Angeles Times: Government drones used in ‘runaway spying operation’ to peek into backyards in Sonoma County, lawsuit says
Professor Ari Waldman: “The use of drones over someone’s private space raises a question of what is considered private.”
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ABA Journal: Flurry of moves aim to remedy—and prevent future—California bar exam disasters
Mary Basick is quoted in the ABA Journal.
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San Francisco Chronicle: California pioneered modern gang surveillance. Trump may be exploiting it*
UC Irvine Law alum Sean Garcia-Leys ’16 was highlighted in the San Francisco Chronicle for his 2016 co-authored paper examining how flawed CalGang data has been used to accelerate deportations and deny legal protections to immigrants.
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The Daily Journal: The king has clothes, but not all fit; Limits of the Executive in U.S. clean energy policy*
Professor Joseph DiMento and recent UC Irvine Law graduate Danielle Straus co-authored an article in the Daily Journal.
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Tech Policy Press: Three Questions Prompted by Rubio’s Threatened Visa Restrictions on ‘Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans’
Professor David Kaye was quoted in Tech Policy Press criticizing the visa policy as “completely open-ended” and warned that its lack of definition gives the administration vast discretion to target foreign officials.
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San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Everything went wrong’: California’s state bar exam plagued by problems, claims of questions from AI
Mary Basick: “Everything went wrong. Virtually everyone had an interruption. It may have hurt people who should have passed,” and the results, she said, may not be reliable.
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Rolling Stone: How the Class of 2025 Got Screwed by DOGE
Zachary McDaniel, a student in the UC Irvine Law Graduate Tax Program, emphasized the urgency of attracting young talent to federal jobs, calling the cancellation of his IRS position a missed opportunity for the government to invest in its future workforce.
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Mediate.com: Book Club with Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Andrea Kupfer Schneider (Video Podcast)
On May 23, Mediate.com hosted a “Great Reads” book club event focused on the new book International Conflict Resolution Processes with Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
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India Post: US Birthright Citizenship
Professor Robert S. Chang is quoted in India Post emphasizing that the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship continues a historical pattern of racial exclusion in American nationality law.
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The Colorado Sun: Law school applications are surging in Colorado this year, part of a nationwide trend
Dean Austen Parrish is quoted in The Colorado Sun, attributing the rise in Colorado law school applications to economic uncertainty driving more people toward graduate education.
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The Economist: Britain’s police are restricting speech in worrying ways
Prof. David Kaye is quoted in The Economist criticizing Europe’s vague speech laws, warning they grant excessive discretion to public authorities.
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Laist: This California man won citizenship for all. Now that right is being challenged in court
Professor Robert S. Chang said the Supreme Court has long recognized that ending birthright citizenship would strip many U.S.-born children of their nationality
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The Washington Post: How a Georgetown scholar went from ‘quiet’ researcher to detainee
Professor Veena Dubal called the government’s focus on Suri “an extraordinary act” that signals authoritarianism.
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