In a UC Davis School of Law Racial Justice Speaker Series event, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg '84 discussed his approaches to fighting police brutality and systemic racism.
On episode 45 of the "What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law" podcast, Professor Elizabeth Joh and co-host Roman Mars discuss the Supreme Court after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
The legal community and millions of others are mourning the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at age 87. A pioneer for gender equality, Ginsburg was the second woman on the high court, where she served from 1993 until her death.
On Thursday, Sept. 17, Dean Kevin R. Johnson, Professors Ashutosh Bhagwat and Brian Soucek and alumni including the Chief Justice of California, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye '84, and Deputy California Attorney General Karli Eisenberg '11 read live from the U.S. Constitution.
On Sept. 16, Professor Lisa Pruitt participated in the webinar "Greening the Desert: Strategies to Recruit, Train, and Retain Criminal Law Practitioners for STAR Communities."
Professor Emeritus Alan Brownstein wrote about the judicial interpretations of the religious clauses for the Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion.
Professor Donna Shestowsky was the featured speaker at a Sept. 17 virtual meeting of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution's Mediation Committee.
Dean Kevin R. Johnson appeared on a new episode of the Ms. podcast "On the Issues," which is hosted by UC Irvine Law Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin.
The anthology Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy has won an American Book Award. Professor Lisa R. Pruitt contributed a chapter to the anthology.
A Forbes article on the appointment of Jane Fraser as Citigroup's new CEO cited Senior Associate Dean Afra Afsharipour's article "Bias, Identity and M&A."
Dean Kevin R. Johnson joined deans from the four other University of California law schools in defending critical race theory in light of attacks by President Donald Trump's administration.
Professor Emerita Leslie A. Kurtz, a King Hall faculty member for more than three decades and a pioneer in UC Davis Law's outstanding intellectual property program, died Sept. 6 after a long battle with cancer.
