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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.
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UCI Law Community Honors Professors Alejandro Camacho and Rachel Moran
IRVINE, Calif. (April 17, 2023) — On April 17, 2023, the University of California, Irvine School of Law community celebrated Chancellor’s Professor Alejandro Camacho and Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor Rachel Moran to recognize their respective appointments as Chancellor’s Professors of Law. Professors Camacho and Moran are leading scholars and teachers in the nation – they exemplify what…
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UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Client’s Release from Prison
Since starting this work in 2019, this is the 16th successful case for the Criminal Justice Clinic’s Compassionate Release and Excessive Sentences Project IRVINE, Calif. (April 6, 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, Don Cunningham, who had…
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Media Advisory: At UCI Law, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to Deliver Remarks on Ensuring Fair Dealing in Financial Markets
IRVINE, Calif. (March 30, 2023) — On Monday, April 3, the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) will host Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra for virtual remarks highlighting the Bureau’s past work to address illegal conduct in the marketplace. Director Chopra’s remarks will also focus on how the CFPB analyzes the standards of fair dealing…
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UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus
Irvine, Calif., March 21, 2023 – The University of California, Irvine has opened a new campus center that will provide timely and policy-relevant labor research, will educate the next generation of labor and community leaders, and will advance labor and workers’ rights initiatives.
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Spending Spring Break Serving Others
UCI Law students volunteered at five organizations across three states UCI Law students spent part of their spring break doing what UCI Law students do best – volunteering their time to help others. Earlier this month, 18 UCI Law students travelled to Louisiana, Mississippi and Montana to provide pro bono legal services at a variety…
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UCI Law J.D. and LL.M. Students Explore the Role of Police and Prosecutors in the U.S. and Korea through K-Drama & Crime Drama
IRVINE, Calif. (March 15, 2023) — A panel of expert UCI Law students, including J.D. students Esther Kye, Alfred Hwang, Maki O’Bryan, and Brittany Emsais, and LL.M. students Jeong Hwa Kim and Yonghyung Thomas Chung, joined by Professor Ji Seon Song, led a presentation on March 15 titled “K-Drama & Crime Drama: A Comparative Perspective.” The panelists…
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New UCI Law Clinic Report Urges a Human Rights Approach to Demands for a TikTok Ban
IRVINE, Calif. (Mar. 10, 2023) — The International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) released a report today on the lawfulness of a nationwide ban on the popular social media app TikTok under the United States’ human rights obligations. The report, Necessary and Proportionate? TikTok Bans and American Obligations Under International Human…
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UCI Law Ranked No. 8 Overall, No. 2 for Professors Teaching, in Analysis of Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools of 2023
The University of California, Irvine School of Law was ranked No. 8 overall and No. 2 for professors: teaching in TaxProf Blog’s analysis of Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools of 2023. Princeton Review compiles its list of Best Law Schools based on data provided by 17,000 students and administrators at the law schools. UCI Law received…
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UCI Law Honored with Cal LAW Diversity Champion Award
IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 21 2023) —On February 10, 2023 UCI Law received the California LAW Pathways (Cal LAW) Diversity Champion Award along with UC Davis Law, UC Berkeley Law and UCLA Law for our leadership in withdrawing from the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings. The Diversity Champion Award is presented every year to…
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UCI Law Graduate Tax Program Students Named Finalists in National Tax Competition
IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 17, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce that a team of two UCI Law Graduate Tax Program students, Andres Berdugo and Eddie Coronado, were recently named as finalists in the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2023 Law Student Tax Challenge (LTSC), a prestigious national tax planning…
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James Lee, Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation, to Keynote the Annual UCI Law / Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP Tax Symposium
IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2023) — The Graduate Tax Program at the University of California, Irvine School of Law will host its fifth annual UCI Law / Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP Tax Symposium on April 17, 2023. Sponsored by the Law Offices of Taylor Nelson Amitrano LLP, the theme of this year’s symposium is Taxation of…
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UCI Law’s Environmental Law Clinic Students Launch Project to Fight Fast Fashion
Unraveling Fast Fashion is a project by past and current students in the Environmental Law Clinic that aims to raise awareness about the negative impacts of fast fashion. IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2023) — University of California, Irvine School of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic (ELC) students are taking action to combat the harmful impact of fast fashion on…
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Court Allows ICE Police Impersonation Case to Proceed as Class Action
LOS ANGELES — This week, a federal court granted class certification in Kidd v. Mayorkas, a lawsuit challenging U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) practice of impersonating police officers, among other tactics, when conducting warrantless arrests of community members at their homes.
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First-Year Student Melanie McCorkle Appointed to Irvine’s Child Care Committee
IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 7 2023) — UCI Law first-year student Melanie McCorkle was appointed by Irvine Vice Mayor Tammy Kim to the city’s Child Care Committee. The Child Care Committee is an advisory body of the City of Irvine, reporting to the Community Services Commission, providing input on the needs of the community pertaining to child…
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Mario Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson Honored with Prestigious American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award
IRVINE, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2023) — The University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law) is proud to announce Professors Mario L. Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson have been honored by the American Bar Foundation Fellows with the prestigious 2023 Outstanding Scholar Award. Presented to them at the American Bar Foundation (ABF) banquet at the ABA mid-year meeting on Saturday, February 4, 2023…
