• UCI Law Alumni Profile: Skyler Gray ‘14 Skyler Gray is Deputy Legal Counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Member at Large on the Executive Committee of the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA), and a Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates representing CYLA. In her various roles and in meeting prospective students and anyone interested in attending law school, Skyler says she always stresses that UCI Law is a great place to be. “I want prospective students interested in government, policy, and public service to know how much UCI Law values those things and I want to stress that UCI Law is a great place for them and has amazing connections specifically in those sectors. I also want to encourage women to apply for law school, especially if they want to get involved in politics.” (Full profile link in bio) #UCILaw #UCIrvine #lawschool #lawschoolalumni
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    UCI Law Alumni Profile: Skyler Gray ‘14 Skyler Gray is Deputy Legal Counsel to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, a Member at Large on the Executive Committee of the California Young Lawyers Association (CYLA), and a Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates representing CYLA. In her various roles and in meeting prospective students and anyone interested in attending law school, Skyler says she always stresses that UCI Law is a great place to be. “I want prospective students interested in government, policy, and public service to know how much UCI Law values those things and I want to stress that UCI Law is a great place for them and has amazing connections specifically in those sectors. I also want to encourage women to apply for law school, especially if they want to get involved in politics.” (Full profile link in bio) #UCILaw #UCIrvine #lawschool #lawschoolalumni
  • Aaron Johnson ’22, a student at UCI Law, has been awarded the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles’ (BPLA) 9th Annual Alfred Jenkins Scholarship. Aaron is the second UCI Law student to be awarded the scholarship, which will help him pursue his goal of becoming a prosecutor -- in 2018, Jaquesha Scott ’19 received the scholarship. “From the moment I began participating in high school mock trial, I knew that I wanted to become a prosecutor,” said Aaron. “I was instantly attracted to the thrill of conducting a cross-examination and the privilege of representing the People and protecting them from heinous crimes. It is a sincere honor to receive the Alfred Jenkins Scholarship and to be recognized by such a prestigious community of Black prosecutors.” (Link in bio) #soUCILaw #ucirvine #UCILaw
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    Aaron Johnson ’22, a student at UCI Law, has been awarded the Black Prosecutors Association of Los Angeles’ (BPLA) 9th Annual Alfred Jenkins Scholarship. Aaron is the second UCI Law student to be awarded the scholarship, which will help him pursue his goal of becoming a prosecutor -- in 2018, Jaquesha Scott ’19 received the scholarship. “From the moment I began participating in high school mock trial, I knew that I wanted to become a prosecutor,” said Aaron. “I was instantly attracted to the thrill of conducting a cross-examination and the privilege of representing the People and protecting them from heinous crimes. It is a sincere honor to receive the Alfred Jenkins Scholarship and to be recognized by such a prestigious community of Black prosecutors.” (Link in bio) #soUCILaw #ucirvine #UCILaw
  • Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), has been named an Election Law Analyst by CNN. Professor Hasen, a nationally recognized election law and politics expert, will appear on various CNN newscasts and television shows and offer analysis in CNN online stories to discuss and analyze all aspects of the November 2020 U.S. Presidential Election through the end of the year, while continuing on faculty at UCI Law. (Link in bio)
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    Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law (UCI Law), has been named an Election Law Analyst by CNN. Professor Hasen, a nationally recognized election law and politics expert, will appear on various CNN newscasts and television shows and offer analysis in CNN online stories to discuss and analyze all aspects of the November 2020 U.S. Presidential Election through the end of the year, while continuing on faculty at UCI Law. (Link in bio)
  • UCI Law is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2023, under the direction of Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law L. Song Richardson. As of the first day of instruction, the incoming J.D. class consisted of 148 students, with 72 percent identifying as California residents. In addition, 24 percent of the Class of 2023 are the first in their families to graduate from college, 63 percent are female and 53 percent identify as students of color. The UCI Law LL.M. program welcomes 15 students from nine countries – the second largest class in four years of the program. The Graduate Tax Program welcomes 13 students, coming from universities like the University of Florida, Boston College, Georgetown, the University of South Carolina, and many more. (Link in bio)
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    UCI Law is thrilled to welcome the Class of 2023, under the direction of Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law L. Song Richardson. As of the first day of instruction, the incoming J.D. class consisted of 148 students, with 72 percent identifying as California residents. In addition, 24 percent of the Class of 2023 are the first in their families to graduate from college, 63 percent are female and 53 percent identify as students of color. The UCI Law LL.M. program welcomes 15 students from nine countries – the second largest class in four years of the program. The Graduate Tax Program welcomes 13 students, coming from universities like the University of Florida, Boston College, Georgetown, the University of South Carolina, and many more. (Link in bio)
  • The UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic has secured the compassionate release of one of its clients, David Stringer, Jr. This month, the federal district court of the Eastern District of Texas granted Mr. Stringer’s release. Mr. Stringer is a 74-year-old veteran who has served over 17 years in prison for a minor drug offense. “Mr. Stringer would already be out of prison if sentenced today for the same conduct—yet, he remained imprisoned under severe and unduly harsh sentencing laws of our past,” said Katie Tinto, Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at UCI Law. “We are thrilled with the court’s decision to release him. The timing of his release is especially critical because there is a currently a COVID-19 outbreak in the prison.” (Link in bio) #soUCILaw #UCILaw #lawschool #criminaljustice
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    The UCI Law Criminal Justice Clinic has secured the compassionate release of one of its clients, David Stringer, Jr. This month, the federal district court of the Eastern District of Texas granted Mr. Stringer’s release. Mr. Stringer is a 74-year-old veteran who has served over 17 years in prison for a minor drug offense. “Mr. Stringer would already be out of prison if sentenced today for the same conduct—yet, he remained imprisoned under severe and unduly harsh sentencing laws of our past,” said Katie Tinto, Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at UCI Law. “We are thrilled with the court’s decision to release him. The timing of his release is especially critical because there is a currently a COVID-19 outbreak in the prison.” (Link in bio) #soUCILaw #UCILaw #lawschool #criminaljustice
  • Swethaa Ballakrishnen, UCI Law Assistant Professor of Law, has been recognized as an Honorary Mention of the 2020 Adam Podgorecki Prize. Ballakrishnen is a socio-legal scholar whose research examines the intersections between law, globalization and stratification from a critical feminist perspective. The Podgorecki Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in socio-legal research in the form of outstanding scholarship of a socio-legal researcher at an earlier stage of their career.
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    Swethaa Ballakrishnen, UCI Law Assistant Professor of Law, has been recognized as an Honorary Mention of the 2020 Adam Podgorecki Prize. Ballakrishnen is a socio-legal scholar whose research examines the intersections between law, globalization and stratification from a critical feminist perspective. The Podgorecki Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in socio-legal research in the form of outstanding scholarship of a socio-legal researcher at an earlier stage of their career.
  • For the past six years, students in the UCI Law International Justice Clinic have had the opportunity to support Clinic Director David Kaye’s work in his role as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. In the position, Prof. Kaye worked to defend and promote human rights and confront the challenges to freedom of speech and expression, especially in the digital age. “The work monitoring free speech issues globally opened up an entire world of diplomacy and advocacy to me and our students at UCI Law,” said Professor Kaye. “I think we developed insights into how international human rights law works, and doesn’t work, and how it can advance justice worldwide, in a way that we never could have achieved working solely as outside advocates.” UCI Law’s International Justice Clinic will continue its important work developing and implementing strategies for the protection of human rights, benefiting from Prof. Kaye’s expertise and mentorship. (Link to press release in bio). #soUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
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    For the past six years, students in the UCI Law International Justice Clinic have had the opportunity to support Clinic Director David Kaye’s work in his role as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. In the position, Prof. Kaye worked to defend and promote human rights and confront the challenges to freedom of speech and expression, especially in the digital age. “The work monitoring free speech issues globally opened up an entire world of diplomacy and advocacy to me and our students at UCI Law,” said Professor Kaye. “I think we developed insights into how international human rights law works, and doesn’t work, and how it can advance justice worldwide, in a way that we never could have achieved working solely as outside advocates.” UCI Law’s International Justice Clinic will continue its important work developing and implementing strategies for the protection of human rights, benefiting from Prof. Kaye’s expertise and mentorship. (Link to press release in bio). #soUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
  • Jamison Whiting, a 3L at UCI Law, and his partner Kelly Law raised more than $14,000 to help out small businesses and community members in Minneapolis, Minnesota following the death of George Floyd. Whiting grew up three blocks from where Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020 – in the aftermath, the city not only faced daily peaceful protests in response to Floyd’s death, but it also faced riots and looting. Wanting to get involved, Whiting began collecting donations to help with clean-up efforts and to purchase food and other supplies for those in need as many resources had been burned or lost. (Link to press release in bio) #SoUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
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    Jamison Whiting, a 3L at UCI Law, and his partner Kelly Law raised more than $14,000 to help out small businesses and community members in Minneapolis, Minnesota following the death of George Floyd. Whiting grew up three blocks from where Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020 – in the aftermath, the city not only faced daily peaceful protests in response to Floyd’s death, but it also faced riots and looting. Wanting to get involved, Whiting began collecting donations to help with clean-up efforts and to purchase food and other supplies for those in need as many resources had been burned or lost. (Link to press release in bio) #SoUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
  • Olivia Meme, a UCI Law 2020 graduate, was announced as the winner of the 2020 Academy for Justice and Arizona State Law Journal: The Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition for her entry “The Unkindness of Fate: Why Atkins v. Virginia Demands an Extension to Capital Defendants with a Cluster B Personality Disorder.” As a result, her paper will be published in the Arizona State Law Journal Online. “I'm so excited and honored that my paper was chosen as the winner for this competition,” said Meme. “Having spent both of my summers in law school working on death penalty appeals in California and Texas, this is an issue very close to my heart. I hope research like this can ignite a larger conversation on the application of the death penalty to mentally ill individuals.” #SoUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
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    Olivia Meme, a UCI Law 2020 graduate, was announced as the winner of the 2020 Academy for Justice and Arizona State Law Journal: The Criminal Justice Reform National Writing Competition for her entry “The Unkindness of Fate: Why Atkins v. Virginia Demands an Extension to Capital Defendants with a Cluster B Personality Disorder.” As a result, her paper will be published in the Arizona State Law Journal Online. “I'm so excited and honored that my paper was chosen as the winner for this competition,” said Meme. “Having spent both of my summers in law school working on death penalty appeals in California and Texas, this is an issue very close to my heart. I hope research like this can ignite a larger conversation on the application of the death penalty to mentally ill individuals.” #SoUCILaw #UCILaw #UCIrvine
  • UCI Law Anti-Racism Reading Spotlight: Dean L. Song Richardson, co-editor of “The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America” and author of “Implicit Racial Bias and the Fourth Amendment” (featured in the collection). Find links to Dean Richardson’s book and additional resources on our website (link to press release in bio)
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    UCI Law Anti-Racism Reading Spotlight: Dean L. Song Richardson, co-editor of “The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America” and author of “Implicit Racial Bias and the Fourth Amendment” (featured in the collection). Find links to Dean Richardson’s book and additional resources on our website (link to press release in bio)
  • UCI Law is pleased to announce the creation of the Torkzadeh Family Endowed Law Scholarship. The $100,000 gift was established by Reza Torkzadeh ’02, a UCI alumnus and the founder of @torklaw, and Poonam Patel who is the founder and President of @lawworks.us. (Link to press release in bio)
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    UCI Law is pleased to announce the creation of the Torkzadeh Family Endowed Law Scholarship. The $100,000 gift was established by Reza Torkzadeh ’02, a UCI alumnus and the founder of @torklaw, and Poonam Patel who is the founder and President of @lawworks.us. (Link to press release in bio)
  • UCI Law Anti-Racism Reading Spotlight: Prof. Rachel Moran, co-editor of “Race Law Stories” and author of “Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance.” Find links to Prof. Moran's books and additional resources on our website (link in bio)
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    UCI Law Anti-Racism Reading Spotlight: Prof. Rachel Moran, co-editor of “Race Law Stories” and author of “Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance.” Find links to Prof. Moran's books and additional resources on our website (link in bio)