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Faculty Roundup | May 2025
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. May Sameer M. Ashar Speaking engagement: Robert S. Chang …
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Los Angeles Times: Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
Professor Sameer Ashar called recent immigration actions “experiments” in expanding expedited removal and limiting due process for immigrants.
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Law and Political Economy: Eight Legal Experts on Trump’s Assault on Higher Education
Professors Sameer Ashar and Veena Dubal contributed to a piece in Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project, analyzing the Trump administration’s executive actions against higher education.
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American Association of University Professors: The Assault on Campus Protests
Professor Sameer Ashar, Director of the Workers and Tenants Law and Organizing Clinic, authored a piece examining how a recent Trump executive order targets pro-Palestinian student activism and threatens the democratic spirit of U.S. college campuses.
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Los Angeles Times: Prison company retaliated against detained immigrants, labor board says*
Professor Sameer Ashar said that the case likely faces an uphill battle with the labor board now.
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Faculty Roundup | January 2025
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Workers, Law, and Organizing Clinic Drives National Labor Relations Board Complaint Protecting Detained Immigrant Workers
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Workers, Law, and Organizing Clinic: National Labor Relations Board Files Complaint Against GEO Group for Retaliation Against Workers at Mesa Verde Detention Facility
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Faculty Roundup | July 2024
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Faculty Roundup | April 2024
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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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Faculty Roundup| February 2024
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National Jurist: UC Irvine opens new Labor Center
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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.
