UCI Law’s Year in Review: Achievements and Impactful Narratives in 2023

Revisit some of the unforgettable stories that defined UCI Law this year, showcasing the depth and impact of our remarkable community.

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UCI Law Welcomes Six New Faculty Members for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and Professor Annie Lai Honored by ACLU SoCal

Integrated and Equitable Climate Action Awarded $1.2 Million to Advance IECA Across the State

UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto and Criminal Justice Clinic Secure Release from Prison for Clients

UC Irvine Labor Center opens on campus

UCI Irvine Law Review Elects Editor-in-Chief Kanome Jones and 2023-24 Executive Board

UCI Law Students Fought for Eight Years to Finally Free Pro Bono Clients Dupree Glass and Juan Rayford

UCI Law Forms Innovative Partnerships and Pathways to Law School – With More to Come!

UCI Law Names Pro Bono Program in Honor of Michael G. Ermer of Irell & Manella

Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and Professor Robert S. Chang to Join UCI Law

Faculty Accolades

UCI Law Professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen Awarded Prestigious Campus-Wide Faculty Honor for Research

Mario Barnes and Kaaryn Gustafson Honored with Prestigious American Bar Foundation Fellows Outstanding Scholar Award

Rachel Croskery-Roberts Elected President of the Association of Legal Writing Directors

David Kaye, UCI Law International Justice Clinic Director, Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

UCI Law Immigrant Rights Clinic and Professor Annie Lai Honored by ACLU SoCal

UCI Law Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow Honored with California Lawyers Association 2023 ADR Hall of Fame Award

Professor of Law Emily Taylor Poppe Named to Editorial Boards of Law & Social Inquiry and Law & Society Review

Professor Shauhin Talesh Named Co-Editor of the Law & Society Review

Public Counsel Recognizes UCI Law Professor Katie Tinto as a 2023 Pro Bono Honoree

Student Accolades

UCI Law Graduate Miranda Tafoya ’23 Wins Third Place in 2023 Selma Moidel Smith Student Writing Competition

3L Jared Gheen Awarded 2023 Pro Bono Honor Roll by AALS 

UCI Law Graduate Sarah Beydoun ’23 and Third-Year Student Lucrece Borrego’s Article on Methadone Regulation for Opioid Use Disorder Published in Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics

Article by UCI Law Graduate Bethool Zehra Haider ’23 on the Social and Legal Construction of Muslim Women Published in the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice

UCI Law Graduate Tax Program’s Andres Berdugo ’23 Named 2023 Tax Notes Student Writing Competition Winner

UCI Law Rising 2L Chaeyoung (Clara) Baik Awarded 2023 Hon. Arthur Nakazato Memorial Scholarship

UCI Law Alumni Announce Award to Post-Graduate Racial Equity Fellow Erin Black ’23

Rising Third-Year Law Students Isaiah Crosby and Jelani Shelton Appointed to NBLSA’s 2023-24 National Board

UCI Law Graduate Tax Program Students Named Finalists in National Tax Competition

First-Year Student Melanie McCorkle Appointed to Irvine’s Child Care Committee

Coffee with the Dean

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UCI Law Talks Podcast

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