UC Irvine Law’s Year in Review: Achievements and Impactful Narratives in 2024

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

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UC Irvine Law Celebrated Korematsu Center Launch and Prof. Chang’s Chair Installation

UC Irvine School of Law Welcomed Four Faculty

Chancellor’s Professor of Law Mario Barnes Elected President of the Law and Society Association

Richard and Susan Bridgford Established Endowed Scholarship at UCI Law

Immigrant Rights Clinic Wins Summary Judgment Vacating ICE’s Unconstitutional “Knock and Talks” Practice

UC Irvine Law Dean Austen Parrish Elected President-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools for 2024

Criminal Justice Clinic Received Public Law Center Community Partner of the Year Award

John C. Hueston Appointed Chair of UC Irvine School of Law’s Board of Visitors

UCI Irvine Law Formed Innovative Partnerships and Pathways to Law School

Korea University School of Law and UC Irvine Law Announced New Partnership Initiatives

Professors Kaaryn Gustafson, Ari Ezra Waldman and Kelley Fong Received 2024 Law and Society Association Awards

UC Irvine Law Graduate Tax Program Offers Five $20,000 Scholarships Annually to Admitted Students Who Have Served in Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics

UC Irvine School of Law Welcomed Extraordinary New Students and Faculty

UC Irvine Law Hosted 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review

UC Irvine School of Law Hosted Retirement Celebration in Honor of Distinguished Professor of Law Joe DiMento

Faculty Accolades

Professor Cindy Thomas Archer to Receive 2025 AALS Section Award for Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research

Professor Swethaa Ballakrishnen Awarded Law and Society Association Global Collaboration Grant

Professor Mehrsa Baradaran Recognized in the Los Angeles Times as part of its L.A. Influential, Civic Center Feature

UC Irvine Law Community Honored Chancellor’s Professors of Law Mario Barnes and Courtney Cahill

Professor Robert Chang Received 2024 NAPABA Trailblazer Award

Professor Paul Hoffman Part of Legal Team Honored with Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

Professor Dalié Jiménez Awarded Funds to Study Student Loan Interventions and Debt Collection Practices

Professor David Kaye Appointed U.S. Independent Expert to the Council of Europe Venice Commission

Professor Omri Marian Named National Reporter to the 2025 Congress of the International Fiscal Association

Susan McMahon Honored with 2024 Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Excellence in Legal Communication Scholarship

Prof. Carrie Menkel-Meadow Celebrated Success as Producer of Award-Winning Play Fatherland, Now Open in NYC

Professor Alison Mikkor Elected to Board of Directors for the Association of Legal Writing Directors

Professor Ji Seon Song Named a 2024-25 Hellman Fellow

Professor Jane Stoever Received the Women For: Orange County’s Suffrage Day Award

UC Irvine Law’s Integrated and Equitable Climate Action Initiative Bridges State, Local Climate Action

Professor Ari Waldman Received Dukeminier Award for Scholarship on Sexual Content Moderation and Queer Expression

Students & Alumni Accolades

UCI Law 3L Students Shaady Alavi and Anthony Birong visited the White House During Their UCDC Washington, D.C. Externship

UCI Law 3Ls Celine Gruaz and Robia Amjad Take Us Inside the United Nations in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

J.D./Ph.D. Candidate Bryant Jackson-Green Recognized With 2024 Most Promising Future Faculty Award

#IamUCI Profile of Kanomé Jones ’24 Highlighted Her Journey to UC Irvine School of Law and Beyond

Double Anteater Ethan Prom Returned to UC Irvine as a 1L

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UC Irvine Law Welcomed Its Inaugural Legal Empowerment Attorney Sarah Beydoun ’23

Sean Garcia-Leys, UC Irvine Law ’16 Honored with Distinguished Alumni Award at Annual Lauds & Laurels Event

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