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Law.com: Women in Academic Leadership Still Face Systemic Barriers
Prof. Swethaa Ballakrishnen’s 2023 paper presenting intersectional data on race and gender, “Law School as Straight Space,” was highlighted in Law.com.
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Los Angeles Press: Lawsuit reveals details of LASD deputy shooting off colleague’s tattoo
Prof. Susan E. Seager commented in Los Angeles Press on a lawsuit filed by Press Freedom Project client Knock LA to obtain internal investigatory files from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
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Marketplace: Labor Department wants to get more gig workers on company payrolls
Prof. Veena Dubal says ride-hailing and delivery apps have changed the conversation around who counts as an independent contractor and whether companies are exploiting that distinction.
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The Economist: How art is used against artists, like Young Thug, in court
Prof. Jack Lerner says that before rappers picked up their microphones, lyrics were rarely used as evidence in court, so why is rap music treated differently?
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Marketplace: Federal student loan payments have restarted. More than a third of borrowers missed the first one (Audio)
Dalié Jiménez, director of UCI’s Student Loan Law Initiative, says that resuming student loan payments will add mounting pressure for borrowers.
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The Washington Post: India targets Apple over its phone hacking notifications
Prof. David Kaye, former U.N. special rapporteur on free expression, says the responsibility falls on the Indian government to disprove these allegations.
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USA Today: Biden promised to make student loan forgiveness in bankruptcy court easier. But has he?
Prof. Dalié Jiménez comments that despite the changes, it’s deemed premature for the administration to assert success, with her remark, “I do think that it’s better than it was before, but that was a very low bar.”
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The Hill: Imagining the next 50 years of the Endangered Species Act (op-ed)
Prof. Alex Camacho writes: “Public support for the ESA [Endangered Species Act] remains high, but the challenges of endangered species protection over the next several decades are daunting…”
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Orange County Register: Meet Orange County’s 125 most influential people for 2023
Annee Della Donna, Founder of Innocence OC at UCI Law, Named Among “Orange County’s 125 most influential people for 2023” in the Orange County Register
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Inside Higher Ed: Frustration Mounts Over Biden’s Latest Debt Relief Plans
Prof. Dalié Jiménez, Director of the Student Loan Law Initiative, comments on Biden’s latest student debt relief plans.
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Center for Progressive Reform: Celebrating 50 Years of Impact: The Endangered Species Act
WATCH: Chancellor’s Prof. Alex Camacho discusses the impact of the ESA and how it can be improved to promote species conservation.
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OC Register: Southern California kids sue EPA for not protecting them from climate change
The case, which was filed with help from UC Irvine’s Civil Rights Litigation Clinic and a law firm in Hermosa Beach, also asks the court to recognize that the EPA has acted outside the scope of its congressionally delegated authority to control pollution.
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USA Today: Cancel student loan debt for those with income under $71K, researchers to tell Biden panel
Researchers make the suggestion in a report published by the University of California’s Student Loan Law Initiative.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It’s scary to use art as trial evidence (op-ed)
Prof. Jack Lerner pens an op-ed arguing that rap artists such as Grammy-winner Young Thug should be entitled to First Amendment freedom of speech protection in their work.
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Devex: The race to lead on AI risks sidelining human rights
Prof. David Kaye writes an op-ed in Devex on his predictions for AI and global development in 2024.
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Bloomberg Law: Wake Up Call
Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and Professor Robert S. Chang to Join UCI Law.
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Clean Technica: Solar News Large And Small — Abu Dhabi, Six Flags, And Arizona
Prof. Heather Tanana comments on the Gila River Indian Community and their agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to put solar panels over a section of irrigation canal on its land south of Phoenix.
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Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science – Eyewitness Testimony
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus discusses eyewitness testimony on the podcast Wrongful Conviction.
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