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UCI Law Rising 2L Chaeyoung (Clara) Baik Awarded 2023 Hon. Arthur Nakazato Memorial Scholarship
IRVINE, Calif. (July 11, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that Chaeyoung (Clara) Baik, a rising second-year law student at UCI Law, was awarded the 2023 Hon. Arthur Nakazato Memorial Scholarship by the Orange County Asian American Bar Association (OCAABA). “I am grateful for the generosity of OCAABA in…
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Faculty Roundup | July 2023
UC Irvine Law faculty are distinguished scholars, educators, and thought leaders, making significant contributions to the legal field each month. Stay up to date with their latest publications, research, and achievements through our monthly timeline, showcasing how they continue to shape legal scholarship and practice worldwide. > View the faculty roundup archive July Mehrsa Baradaran …
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UCI Law and Undergraduate Campuswide Honors Collegium Launch Scholarship and 3+3 Accelerated Program
IRVINE, Calif. (July 10, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) and the University of California, Irvine’s Campuswide Honors Collegium (CHC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a dynamic, two-part collaboration to offer CHC students access to an accelerated Bachelors/Juris Doctor degree program at UCI Law, and scholarship funds. “The collaboration…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Cites UCI Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s Book 15 Times in Dissent on Affirmative Action Case
IRVINE, Calif. (June 29, 2023) — University of California, Irvine School of Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran’s book, “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap” (Harvard University Press, 2017), was cited 15 times in Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard…
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Media Advisory: UCI Law Hosts its 13th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review
IRVINE, Calif. (June 21, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce it is hosting its 13th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review event. Sponsored by Ms. Magazine, Ms. Studios and TorkLaw. WHAT: The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) will host its 13th Annual Supreme Court Term…
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UCI Law Alumni Announce Award to Post-Graduate Racial Equity Fellow Erin Black ’23
Recipient Erin Black (’23) will embark on a public interest law career, working with and advocating on behalf of a nonprofit hospitality worker union IRVINE, Calif. (June 16, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to announce that Erin Black (’23) is the recipient of the Alumni Racial Equity Fellowship. UCI Law alumni founded this fellowship to provide a new…
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Rising Third-Year Law Students Isaiah Crosby and Jelani Shelton Appointed to NBLSA’s 2023-24 National Board
IRVINE, Calif. (June 8, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce that rising third-year students Isaiah Crosby and Jelani Shelton have been appointed to the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA) board. Crosby was named National Graphic Design Specialist and Shelton was named National Director of Programming and Events. Founded…
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AALS Selects UC Irvine School of Law as Co-host of the Journal of Legal Education
Northeastern University School of Law honored for nine years of service to the journal IRVINE, Calif. (June 5, 2023) — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is pleased to announce University of California, Irvine School of Law as a new co-host law school for the Journal of Legal Education (JLE). The school joins American University…
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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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Media Advisory: Thurs. 6/1: Sister Unity to Host ACLU Advocates for Justice Event
Kendrick Sampson, activists and legal champions to be honored at The Grammy Museum IRVINE, Calif. (May 31, 2023) — WHAT: The ACLU Foundation of Southern California will honor individuals, community groups and law firms, who have directly contributed to the organization’s legal and advocacy efforts across the southland, at its 2023 Advocates for Justice reception on Thursday, June 1 at…
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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 17th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Compassionate Release and Excessive Sentences Project IRVINE, Calif. (May 30, 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, Rayford Stevens, who had been…
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UC Irvine Law Review Elects Editor-in-Chief Kanomé Jones and 2023-24 Executive Board
Irvine, Calif. (May 24, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is pleased to announce the election of the 2023-24 Executive Board for its flagship journal, the UC Irvine Law Review. Rising third-year student Kanomé Jones will serve as Editor-in-Chief, becoming the first Black student to hold the position. She succeeds Nicole…
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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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UCI Law Faculty Presenting at the 2023 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education
The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is delighted to share that several members of the UCI Law faculty will be speakers at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Conference on Clinical Legal Education, in San Francisco from April 27 through April 30, 2023. Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law Carrie Hempel will…
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Media Advisory: University of California, Irvine School of Law Commencement
IRVINE, Calif. (April 27, 2023) — The Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez, Chief United States District Court Judge, Central District of California, will deliver the address for the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) 2023 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 6. The ceremony will be held at the UCI Bren Events Center. Featured speakers include UCI Chancellor…
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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 Students Fought for Eight Years to Finally Free Pro Bono Clients Dupree Glass and Juan Rayford
UCI Law Students, as part of the Innocence OC Pro Bono Project with Annee Della Donna, worked for years to successfully overturn the wrongful murder convictions for Juan Rayford and Dupree Glass IRVINE, Calif. (April 20, 2023) — After nearly 17 years of wrongful imprisonment, Juan Rayford and Dupree Glass have been exonerated of all charges…
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UCI Law Students Argue Ninth Circuit Appeal
IRVINE, Calif. (April 19, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) Ninth Circuit Appellate Litigation Clinic provides students with an exceptional experience learning how to be effective advocates representing real clients in appeals before the Ninth Circuit. Third-year students Roy Bendavid and Nicole Tackabery researched, briefed and argued a recent case before 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.
