UC Distinguished Scholars Webinar: Professor Mehrsa Baradaran on racial wealth gaps Professor Mehrsa Baradaran will share her work on racial wealth gaps and generators of wealth in Black communities. The webinar is part of the UC Council of Chief Diversity Officers’ Distinguished Scholars series. Each event features a notable UC faculty member who has [...]
GLAS & CBGHP | Colonialism, Capitalism, and Race in International Law Friday, September 17 More dates through September 18, 2021 Virtual Event This symposium centers on racial constructions and their effects as social, cultural, and legal phenomena. They are transnational, if not global. This workshop will address the construction of race in international law (both [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America | Richard Alba, The Great Demographic Illusion Thu, Sep 16, 2021 12 PM – 1 PM PDT (GMT-7) Private Location (rsvp to display) REGISTRATION The Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America Book Talk Series hosts Professor Richard Alba (CUNY) to discuss his book, The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and [...]
Supreme Court Review: The State of Reproductive Rights and Justice in America Women's reproductive health and rights in the U.S. are in serious peril. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to let stand Texas’s ban on abortions after six-weeks of pregnancy sets the stage for the upcoming Mississippi abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health [...]
Global Elections I: Israel, The Netherlands & Uganda Wednesday, September 1, 2021 12:15–1:15 p.m. PDT RSVP This is a virtual event. Zoom information will be sent to those who register. Threats to the fairness of elections, and the open debate that democracies require, have not been limited to the United States. Already in 2021, several [...]
Disrupting Africa: Technology, Law, and Development by Olufunmilayo B. Arewa "Elites, Ornamentation, and Future Visions" with Divine Fuh, HUMA Director Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Temple University Beasley School of Law Bill Maurer, UC Irvine, IMTFI Director Rogers Orock, University of Witwatersrand Monday, April 19, 2021 9:00-10:00 a.m. PST RSVP In the digital era, many African countries [...]
Status Pending Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Immigration Law under attack, Status Pending follows five Mexican-American Immigration lawyers who form a support group as they strive to help their clients obtain safety and status in the United States. We hope you will join us for the film and panel discussion and Q&A with [...]
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America: Michael Olivas, Perchance to DREAM: A Legal and Political History of the DREAM Act and DACA Thursday, January 28 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm Virtual Event The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in [...]
CERLP 2020 Summer Workshop Series: Nina Varsava Friday, August 21 at 12:00pm to 1:15pm Virtual Event Nina Varsava, Assistant Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin, Madison, will present her paper, "What Judicial Opinions Can Tell Us About the Gender Roles and Biases of Judges on the Federal Courts of Appeals." Abstract This paper presents results from [...]
Dear UCI Law Community, I have been ripped apart by the events of the past few weeks. Not because the issues are new, but precisely because they are not. I am a Black, Korean, female dean. I have spent my entire career fighting for racial justice, for police reform, and for diversity, equity and inclusion. [...]