University of California, Irvine School of Law

🎉 Calling all UC Irvine School of Law Classes of 2014 and 2019! 🎉 Get ready to reconnect, reminisce, and relive those precious law school moments at our 2024 REUNION on Saturday, September 14.

Whether you’re catching up with old friends, engaging in thought-provoking conversations, or creating new memories, this is your chance to reconnect and celebrate YOUR journey.

Early bird tickets are just $40 per adult if you register before August 1. Don’t miss out!

Register: https://www.law.uci.edu/alumni/reunion/2024/

We had the pleasure of hosting thirty brilliant scholars from Seoul National University's Graduate School of Public Administration for a summer program here at UCI Law!

During their time here, they've attended lectures by our faculty on trade, conflicts of laws, criminal law, negotiation, corporate social responsibility, and more. They also had the opportunity to network with corporate counsel and participate in educational and cultural field trips to courts, museums, civic centers, and companies.

We're so grateful to have had the chance to strengthen our friendship with such an esteemed institution.

Check out the latest UCI Law Faculty Roundup, including new scholarship by Prof. Swethaa Ballakrishnen, recent speaking engagements with Profs. Sameer Ashar, Alejandro Camacho, Kevin Haeberle, and awards presented to Robert S. Chang and Susan McMahon, plus more!

https://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/faculty-scholarship/roundup/

Prof. Jack Lerner was quoted in Mother Jones about the use of rap lyrics as evidence in trials and how it biases juries and undermines fair trials, posing significant First Amendment issues.

How a Young Thug “meme page” helped expose Georgia's broken court system To understand Fulton County’s other RICO trial, lawyers, music journalists, and fans turn to ThuggerDaily.

Recent grads Celine Gruaz and Robia Amjad spent the past fall as 3Ls in Geneva, Switzerland, where they externed at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Amjad was in the Civic Spaces Unit, and Gruaz focused on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Read their first-person perspectives on the unique experience: https://news.law.uci.edu/2024/04/09/uci-law-student-externship-experiences-inside-the-united-nations-in-the-office-of-the-high-commissioner-for-human-rights/

Congratulations to Prof. Ari Ezra Waldman who has been awarded a Law and Society Association Programming Grant for his proposal, “Building the Theory and Practice of Law, Technology, and Society.”

Through the program, Prof. Waldman will lead a new collaborative that will unite sociolegal scholars interested in technology to establish the first methodological and theoretical framework for the study of law, society, and technology.

Learn more: https://news.law.uci.edu/2024/07/03/professor-ari-waldman-awarded-law-and-society-association-programming-grant-adding-to-uc-irvine-facultys-streak-of-lsa-honors/

Don’t miss this week’s LAA x AiL Summer Socials in New York and Washington, D.C.! Mix, mingle, and enjoy some delicious bites as we soak up the summer days with fellow legal Anteaters.

📍 New York: Thursday, July 11 at
📍 Washington D.C.: Friday, July 12 at

RSVP now at https://www.law.uci.edu/alumni/summersocial2024.html

Thanks again to everyone who joined us at our amazing 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review last week. In case you missed it, watch the full recording here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vQKR1CN3pzs?si=ILCBJJfVhNhgn4H3

Thank you to our sponsor, TorkLaw.

COMING UP AT 10 PDT: Our 14th Annual Term in Review at UCI Law. Tune in via livestream:

14th Annual UCI Law Supreme Court Term in Review University of California, Irvine School of Law in collaboration with TorkLaw proudly hosts the 2024 Supreme Court Term in Review at the Irvine Barclay Theatr...

TOMORROW is our 14th Annual Term in Review at UCI Law! Join us at UC Irvine Barclay Theatre 10-11:30 a.m. PDT or tune in via livestream! Thank you to our sponsor TorkLaw.

🎟️ 📹 Registration and livestream:

14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review | UCI Law University of California, Irvine School of Law in collaboration with TorkLaw proudly hosts the 2024 Supreme Court Term in Review at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday, July 2.

UCI Law ❤️ NYC! It’s an epic summer for UCI Law in NYC! Our 10-week program is filled with exciting educational and social events for students exploring career paths in the Big Apple, our NYC alumni, incoming students, and our Anteaters in Law.

This summer has been off to a great start, and Professor Joshua Blank has more events lined up, including:

🔹 New-York Historical Society: Thursday, June 27, 3:00-5:00 p.m. (in person)
🔹 UCI Law Alumni Association/UCI Anteaters in Law NYC Summer Social, Thursday, July 11, 6:30 - 8:00 p .m (RSVP: https://bit.ly/3XFrKhJ)
🔹 The Museum of Broadway: Sunday, July 14, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (in person)
🔹 Virtual Roundtable with Paniz Arab, Gibson Dunn (Corporate): Thursday, July 11, 12:00-1:00 p.m. (EDT); 9:00-10:00 a.m. (PDT)

Check out the list of this summer’s events and more about the program unique to UC Irvine Law: https://www.law.uci.edu/nyc/

We're excited to introduce four new full-time faculty members at UC Irvine School of Law starting fall 2024: Robert S. Chang, Andrew Gold, Susan McMahon, and the return of our former dean, L. Song Richardson!

These accomplished scholars bring a wealth of expertise to UCI Law in fields such as corporate law, criminal law, legal education, fiduciary law, and more.

Join us in welcoming them to UCI Law! 🎉

Learn more about them: https://bit.ly/4eENRLq

UCI Law’s 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review is a week from today!

Join us on July 2, 10-11:30 a.m. (PDT) at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. Thank you to our sponsor TorkLaw.

https://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2024/

Congratulations to Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran, who was recognized in the Los Angeles Times as part of its L.A. Influential Civic Center series in an article titled "Mehrsa Baradaran: Translator of dollars and sense." The series highlights individuals who are shaping Los Angeles and those who "lead communities and build from the bottom up."

Read the article: https://www.latimes.com/la-influential/story/2024-06-23/mehrsa-baradaran-finance-writer

UC Irvine School of Law Prof. David Kaye was quoted in The Record, discussing NSO Group's recent court filing regarding their Pegasus spyware. Kaye notes that NSO Group’s comments go beyond their prior assertions and are more sweeping in their definition of who can legitimately be targeted by Pegasus.

Government and military officials fair targets of Pegasus spyware Government and military officials fair targets of Pegasus spyware in all cases, NSO Group argues The company's lawyers argued in a Friday court filing that it is appropriate to target officials with the technology because their jobs categorically make them “legitimate intelligence targets."

The city of Los Angeles has agreed to drop a lawsuit against UC Irvine School of Law's Press Freedom Project client, photojournalist Ben Camacho. Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager, attorney and head of the Press Freedom Project, comments in the Los Angeles Times on the significance of this victory for press freedom. Camacho was sued for publishing pictures of undercover police officers that the city had provided in response to a public records request.

L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos In a tentative settlement, the city of Los Angeles agreed to pay attorney's fees for a Knock L.A. journalist and the group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.

Calling all legal Anteaters in Orange County! 🌴✨ Start the summer off right by joining us this Thursday, June 20, at Hangar 24 Orange County for an amazing summer social, brought to you by the UCI Law Alumni Association (LAA) and the UCI Anteaters in Law (AiL). 🌞 This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow legal professionals while enjoying some appetizers and unwinding after work.

RSVP today at law.uci.edu/summersocials. See you there!

Read the latest UCI Law Faculty Roundup, highlighting our esteemed faculty's new scholarship and recent speaking engagements, including the Law and Society Association’s Annual Meeting, Global Legal Skills Conference XVI, and many more! https://bit.ly/3VqzL7H

UC Irvine School of Law and the School of Social Sciences have established a dynamic, two-part collaboration to offer Social Sciences students access to an accelerated Bachelor’s/Juris Doctor degree pathway at the Law School, plus scholarship funds.

Successful applicants admitted to the Law School will receive a $90,000 tuition scholarship over three years, available for both residents and nonresidents, and an accelerated pathway for high-achieving UC Irvine Social Sciences students to earn both Bachelor’s and J.D. degrees in six years, as opposed to the traditional seven.

This is the ninth pathway collaboration UC Irvine School of Law has established this academic year!

Learn more at the link in our bio.


https://news.law.uci.edu/2024/06/12/uc-irvine-school-of-law-and-uc-irvine-school-of-social-sciences-announce-scholarship-initiative-and-33-articulated-pathway/

The Law and Society Association (LSA) honored UC Irvine Professors of Law Kaaryn Gustafson and Ari Ezra Waldman, and Assistant Professor of Sociology Kelley Fong, at the LSA’s 2024 Annual Awards on June 6, in Denver, Colorado.

UC Irvine was the only university to have this many faculty honored at this year’s ceremony, underscoring UC Irvine’s interdisciplinary excellence and deep commitment to socio-legal scholarship and service.

Prof. Gustafson won the Ronald Pipkin Service Award for her exemplary leadership and service in the law and society community. Prof. Waldman co-won the Law and Society Association Article Prize for his article, “Gender Data in the Automated Administrative State,” 124 Columbia Law Review 1229 (2024). Prof. Fong co-won the Herbert Jacob Book Prize for her book, “Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services” (Princeton University Press 2023).

Congratulations, Professors!


https://news.law.uci.edu/2024/06/11/uc-irvine-professors-kaaryn-gustafson-ari-ezra-waldman-and-kelley-fong-receive-2024-law-and-society-association-awards/

Prof. Ji Seon Song, has been named a Hellman Fellow for 2024-25 in support of her research proposal titled, “Crisis Policing.”

“I am very honored to be selected as a Hellman Fellow and grateful to the Hellman Family and the University for supporting my research on policing and mental health crisis response,” said Professor Song.

“We are pleased to see Professor Song included in the newest cohort of Hellman Fellows,” said UC Irvine School of Law Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law Austen Parrish. “The fellowship will provide valuable support to Professor Song’s vital research on policing practices and its effects on marginalized groups.”

Prof. Song is among 10 assistant professors at the University of California, Irvine who will receive Hellman Fellowships, which are bestowed annually to support research by promising assistant professors. This year’s recipients join an elite group of 85 UCI Society of Hellman Fellows since 2013, when the Hellman Fellows Fund was established at UC Irvine.

Prof. Ji Seon Song’s teaching and research focuses on criminal law, criminal procedure, policing and punishment. Prof. Song’s scholarship examines the deployment of policing authority and corresponding effects on racial minority and other marginalized groups. Her research informs interventions that address race- and class-based disparities in policing practices.

Congratulations, Prof. Song!



https://news.law.uci.edu/2024/06/07/professor-ji-seon-song-named-a-2024-25-hellman-fellow/

Join us for UCI Law’s 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review on Tuesday, July 2, from 10-11:30 a.m. (PDT) at the Irvine Barclay Theatre.

This celebrated event will be moderated by UCI Law Distinguished and Chancellor’s Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow, featuring an all-star panel of leading experts to discuss the critical decisions of this SCOTUS term. Thank you to our sponsor TorkLaw.

Registration and full details: https://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2024/

UC Irvine School of Law and the UC Irvine Program in Public Health have established a dynamic, two-part collaboration to offer UCI Public Health students access to an accelerated Bachelor’s/Juris Doctor degree pathway at UCI Law, and scholarship funds.

Successful applicants admitted to the Law School will receive a $90,000 tuition scholarship over three years, available for both residents and nonresidents, and an accelerated pathway for high-achieving UCI Public Health students to earn Bachelor’s and J.D. degrees in six years, as opposed to the traditional seven.

UCI Law and UCI Public Health Announce Scholarship Initiative and 3+3 Articulated Pathway – UCI Law News Qualified recipients will receive $90,000 over three years at UCI Law and, if enrolled in the 3+3 pathway, could earn their Bachelors and J.D. degrees in six years, as opposed to the traditional seven

Congratulations to our J.D. Class of 2024!

Congratulations to this year’s University of California, Irvine School of Law students who just completed their term at the Orange County location of our Workers’ Rights Clinic.

A special thank you to our partners at Community Legal Aid SoCal (CLA SoCal’s Victor Felix pictured second from right), UC-Irvine School of Law, and our many local volunteer attorneys (supervising attorney and LAAW board member Adrianne De Castro, pictured at far right). Over 100 law students have helped nearly 1000 low-wage workers since the launch of the OC clinic location. According to 2L law student, Matthew Scammahorn, “The Clinic has given me the opportunity – even as a law student - to make a difference in working people's lives, which is why I went to law school in the first place.”

(Students pictured are, from left: Tony Gevorgian, Adriana Perera, Davin Rose, and Hatchly Galindo Moreno. Not pictured but participating in the clinic are Matthew Scammahorn, John Mady, Justine Lim, and Paulina Farley-Kuzmina.)