UC Irvine Law in the Media
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Foreign Affairs: The Risks of Internet Regulation*
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed that discusses how well-intentioned efforts could jeopardize free speech.
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Above The Law: The Best Law Schools For Diversity (2023)
UCI Law is listed as one of the best law schools for diversity (No. 1 for Asian students).
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Orange County Business Journal: Post-Pandemic Era Ups Lawyer Demand*
“We anticipate adding three more attorneys to our Orange County office by the end of the summer of 2024, including two recent UCI law graduates.”
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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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NPR: Uber and Lyft threaten to halt operations in Minneapolis over minimum wage law
Professor Veena Dubal says: “The city council has done exactly what government should do for both fair labor and fair competition: ensure that workers are getting paid in ways that sustain their livelihoods.”
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The Washington Post: Lawmakers are wrestling with how to regulate deepfakes*
The problem is that “current laws aren’t working,” says UCI Law Professor Ari Ezra Waldman. While it has always been possible to manipulate images, he said AI presents a “proliferation problem,” because it has dramatically lowered the barriers to both creating and sharing those images.
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Bryant and Baden Justice Served: Professor Elizabeth Loftus Weighs In on Michelle Troconis Trial
VIDEO: Bryant and Baden talk with key defense expert, UCI Law Professor Elizabeth Loftus, about her role and the jury verdict.
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Law.com: 2024 Go-To Law Schools
UCI Law is No. 20 on Law.com’s Go-To Law School report.
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Harvard Law School: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Negotiation: Very Short Introduction to Negotiation
Join Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow for a virtual talk on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 to discuss her latest book Negotiation: A Very Short Introduction.
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RGA Online: Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Science and the Law
Prof. Joseph DiMento contributed an article to Rivista Giuridica dell’Ambiente – RGAONLINE extreme weather events, climate change and the law.
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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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UCI School of Social Ecology: New book tells DAPA story
The book is co-authored by Susan Bibler Coutin, UC Irvine professor of criminology, law and society; Jennifer M. Chacón, the Bruce Tyson Mitchell professor of law at Stanford; and Stephen Lee, UCI professor of law. Sameer Ashar, professor of law at UCI, is co-author of two chapters.
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Fox 61: Psychology professor brings expertise to court | Troconis Trial
WATCH: Prof. Elizabeth Loftus explains to a jury the basics of memory psychology and some relevant studies she oversaw.
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Look Out Santa Cruz: Coalition plans federal lawsuit over pesticide exposure across California — including in Santa Cruz County
Representatives from UCI Law’s Center for Land, Environment and Natural Resources, Californians for Pesticide Reform, the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council said they’re preparing to file a complaint with the EPA alleging civil rights violations against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
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Legal Writing Journal: Legal Writing and Faculty Pro Bono
Prof. Ezra Ross writes: “In this essay, I propose adding to the mix the topic of faculty pro bono, a public service-oriented consideration until now largely unprobed in the work about legal writing community values.”
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Tech Policy Press: Evaluating the UN AI Advisory Body Interim Report
Prof. David Kaye pens an op-ed in Tech Policy Press.
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Daily Journal: Dan L. Burk, 1962 – 2024*
*Contact UCI Law Office of Communications for information on how to access stories with an asterisk.
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Law.com: Dan Burk, Founding Faculty Member of UC Irvine Law, Dies
Dan L. Burk, UCI Law’s Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor of Law, died on Sunday at age 61, the school announced yesterday.