UC Irvine School of Law Welcomes Four Faculty Starting Fall 2024 | | |
UC Irvine School of Law is pleased to introduce four new full-time faculty members in July 2024: Robert S. Chang, Andrew Gold, Susan McMahon and former dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law L. Song Richardson. Additionally, Professor Katie Porter will rejoin the Law School faculty Spring 2025, with a formal announcement later in the year. Visiting Assistant Professor Heather Tanana, an expert in water law and tribal water infrastructure, indigenous health policy, and federal Indian law, will return to the Law School for a second year. (Pictured L-R: Professors Chang, Gold, McMahon and Richardson.)
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UC Irvine School of Law Hosts 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review | | |
On July 2, we hosted our 14th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The engaging discussion, moderated by Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor of Law Carrie Menkel-Meadow, featured insightful commentary by UC Irvine Law Chancellor's Professors Mario Barnes and Courtney Cahill; Jennifer Chacón, Bruce Tyson Mitchell Professor of Law at Stanford Law; Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at Berkeley Law; and Kelly Perigoe, Partner at King & Spalding LLP. Many thanks to our sponsor, TorkLaw. If you were unable to attend, the event recording is linked below.
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Approximately forty undergraduate students interested in law school from universities around the country, including Harvard, Northwestern, and Stanford, joined our 2024 POP summer session. Over the 14 years of the program, POP has inspired more than 500 undergraduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds, helped prepare them for the demands of law school, and advised the students about legal careers in a wide array of fields.
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Directed by Adjunct Professor Susan Seager, the clinic represented Camacho, a photojournalist, when he was sued by the city for publishing thousands of officers’ pictures that the city had itself provided in response to a public records request. Prof. Seager commented to the LA Times on the significance of this victory for press freedom.
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Prof. Waldman has been awarded an LSA 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.
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Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran was recognized in the Los Angeles Times as part of its LA Influential-Civic Center feature, "Mehrsa Baradaran: Translator of Dollars and Sense." The LA Times is publishing "over 100 profiles of Angelenos who are shaping every cultural corner of the city." Prof. Baradaran's feature is among profiles highlighting those who have "transformed the metropolis' streets and its people."
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A proud first-generation Chicana from the Central Valley, Estrella transferred from Bakersfield College to UC Irvine, majoring in Political Science and minoring in History. She's excited to begin law school at UC Irvine this fall. UC Irvine is a proud participating institution in the California LAW Pathways program, which provides diverse students educational pathways into the legal profession.
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Enjoy the summer with UC Irvine Libraries! Resources continue to be available for UCI affiliates (students, staff, and faculty) on and off campus. Unwind with a recommended summer read, check out the streaming summer film collections, and keep up with current events with free news access.
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Q&A with Sabrina van der Linden-Gonzales, UC Irvine Law Class of 2019
Sabrina van der Linden-Gonzales is an associate at O’Melveny & Myers. Specializing in complex business litigation and products liability cases, she has represented a wide variety of clients, including pharmaceutical companies and financial institutions. Sabrina also has a varied pro bono practice, including reproductive rights issues and helping individuals in obtaining government assistance following natural disasters. Sabrina holds a J.D. degree from UCI Law as well as an LL.B. and LL.M. degree from Leiden University in her native country of the Netherlands.
Q: How did UCI Law prepare you for your legal practice?
I felt very well-prepared. I still benefit from the excellent legal research and writing classes that UCI Law offered. Another great aspect of UCI Law is the focus on experiential learning through clinics and externships. I took full advantage of those opportunities by doing externships at a federal court and the ACLU, for instance. Not only did they allow me to develop important practical skills, I can fall back on the substantive lessons I learned in my work and pro bono practice.
Q: What do you like best about your work?
At O’Melveny, I have found great mentors and great friends. That environment allows me to grow rapidly as an attorney. Substantively, I love the variety that my work brings. I have worked on product liability cases involving medical devices, assisted a client on a matter involving a challenge to the way an athletic shoe was advertised, and I advised clients on privacy related issues. Aside from the legal issues, you learn a lot about the products at issue as well. For instance, it is important to understand how a medical device works and when it may be prescribed. It never gets dull!
Q: What was the best part about being a student at UCI Law?
The people! The faculty, the staff, and of course my classmates. When I started at UCI Law, I had only been in the U.S. for a few years and it was fun getting to know fellow students from all over the country, as well as from other countries. I enjoyed the discussions in class and learned so much from other students’ unique perspectives. I’ve made great friends at UCI and still love seeing alumni at bar events.
Q: How do you stay involved with the UCI Law community?
Right after my graduation, it was easy: I would come back to UCI for CLE events or catch up with class members during bar events. During the pandemic, I mostly kept in touch with the UCI community via Facebook groups. After that I wanted to be more deeply involved again in the UCI Law community, so I volunteered to join the reunion committee. It’s a great way to get back in touch.
Q: What are you most looking forward to at UCI Law’s Reunion on September 14th?
I’m looking forward to seeing familiar faces! I would love to hear what my classmates have been up to, both personally and professionally. Some classmates have moved out of state and I have not seen them in a long time, so it will be fun to catch up with them.
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Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran's book, “The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America” (W.W. Norton 2024), was reviewed by Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. READ
Prof. Kevin Haeberle wrote a post for Columbia Law School's Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets on the emergence of the actively managed ETF. READ
Prof. David Kaye commented to The Record on NSO Group's recent court filing about its Pegasus spyware, noting that it expands the definition of who can be surveilled by Pegasus. READ
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. READ
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Prof. L. Song Richardson spoke in a video by Aspen Ideas on "Academia at a Crossroads," discussing the myriad challenges facing universities. WATCH
Prof. Susan Seager, head of the Press Freedom Project, commented in The Los Angeles Times on the significance of the City of Los Angeles agreeing to drop its lawsuit against Press Freedom Project client Ben Camacho. READ
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Brian Hardingham ’12 and Brian Olney ’13 received the Daily Journal's California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) awards in the civil rights category for their work on Urquidi v. Los Angeles, a case that successfully challenged the imposition of pre-arraignment money bail in Los Angeles County.
Jean Su ’12, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, is the lead author on a petition filed by 30 environmental, health care and labor groups urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include heat and wildfire smoke in its definition of "major disaster." Jean was recently interviewed by NPR and MSNBC and also commented in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg Law, Scientific American, and other media outlets.
Alexis Federico ’16, an associate at Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP, secured a motion to dismiss in an alleged abuse case under Utah's newly enacted Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
Kellye Ng ’16, was sworn in to serve on the Board of Governors of the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association.
Tryphena Liu ’18, has been appointed to California Lawyers Association's Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee, for a term commencing on September 8, 2024.
Dr. Maryam Zomorodian ’20 has a new role as Program Director of Global Programs at UC Irvine School of Law.
Arianna J. Goolsby ’21 has joined Eisner LLP as an associate in the Corporate and Entertainment, Media & Arts group.
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Summer Socials!
Join the UCI Law Alumni Association and UCI Anteaters in Law for an exciting series of casual, after-work networking socials taking place in various cities across the country this summer.
July 11 » New York City
July 12 » Washington, D.C.
July 17 » San Diego
July 26 » Sacramento
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Unique to UC Irvine Law, the UCI Law in NYC summer program is a 10-week series of educational and social events offered to students who are interested in exploring career paths in New York, our alumni in the New York City area, incoming students, and Anteaters in Law.
Upcoming UCI Law in NYC summer events include:
» July 11, 12-1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Virtual Roundtable with Paniz Arab, Gibson Dunn (Corporate)
» July 14, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (EDT)
Museum of Broadway
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