Our new analysis of police stops in California finds that officers were more likely to search individuals perceived as transgender compared to those perceived as cisgender. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/CA-Police-Stops
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UCLA Law's Alexander Arnold has earned a Society of Hellman Fellowship and was selected as one of nine professors out of 159 submissions to present at the Harvard/Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum — two honors that go to outstanding early-career scholars. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/alexand...
Alexander Arnold is honored with a Hellman Fellowship for talented assistant professors and earns recognition for his research
UCLA Law professor Alexander Arnold has earned two honors that go to outstanding early-career scholars. He has been recognized with a Society of Hellman Fellowship, which goes to the most promising pr...
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"When [China] began its turn toward the environment some 20 years ago it did not move first through law." Brent Crane interviews @greenlawchina.bsky.social ( @law.ucla.edu) on whether China's experience represents ‘good environmental authoritarianism’: buff.ly/zzfbNwR
"Because of inadequate action by China, the world’s largest emitter, and the dramatic backtracking of the U.S., the 2nd largest, we are likely to see the impacts of climate change arriving with greater regularity and severity." Q&A w/ @greenlawchina.bsky.social www.thewirechina.com/2026/08/02/a...
Alex Wang on What China Gets Right — and Wrong — on the Environment - The Wire China
The academic talks about whether China’s experience shows there can be such a thing as ‘good environmental authoritarianism’, and what the U.S. could learn from its approach to green policy.
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Reliable data is the foundation of rigorous research and informed public policy. This year, members of Congress used our research to document the loss of federal data collection on LGBTQ people. See more impact at tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
The UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy has filed a new amicus brief in Louisiana v. FDA, prepared with colleagues at bsky.app/profile/ansi... and O'Melveny & Myers LLP on behalf of 322 reproductive health researchers: law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul...
Our new study finds that respondents to the US Trans Survey who said they were perceived as transgender always or most of the time had 72% higher odds of experiencing a physical attack than those who were never perceived as transgender. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/Trans-Attacks
“ICE and other federal immigration agents have made quick compliance difficult or impossible,” said Hiroshi Motomura, a professor of immigration and citizenship law at the UCLA School of Law and the author of “Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigration Policy.”
Brittany Wong@brittanywong.bsky.social · 2w agoBorder Czar Tom Homan is doubling down on his claim that recent fatal shootings involving ICE officers would not have happened if the people involved had listened to law enforcement. "All they had to do is comply," he said Monday. "If they did, they'd be alive today."
New UCLA Report Documents a Year of “Loss and Resistance” as Trump’s Immigration Agenda Transforms Los Angeles. Full report: bit.ly/laraidsreport
Our new report finds that transgender and nonbinary employees (TNB) were more likely to have felt that visible LGBTQ support from employers was fairly or very important to them than cisgender LGBQ employees. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/WorkplacePride
Anti-LGBTQI rhetoric & policies can signal an erosion in democratic norms & institutions. This year, members of Congress used our research on democratic backsliding to oppose the State Department's decision to strip LGBTQI violence and abuse from its Human Rights Reports. tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
AI is changing fast, and so is the legal profession. At UCLA Law, scholars and students are asking hard questions about what that means for the future of law. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/ucla-la... #AI
UCLA Law is harnessing its strengths to meet the AI revolution
Learn how UCLA Law's the Institute for Technology, Law and Policy is an active hub of leading scholars who research the rapid growth of AI and related technologies, considering the impacts of the tech...
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Williams Institute Faculty Director Cary Franklin spoke at a panel sponsored by the @hammer.ucla.edu and @law.ucla.edu's Safeguarding Democracy Project about the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the transgender sports cases. Watch the recording here: tinyurl.com/UnderTheGavel26
SAVE THE DATE Sept.10–11, 2026 at @law.ucla.edu 25 yrs after the attacks of 09/11/01 This symposium will reflect on the legacies of the War on Terror & to imagine more just futures. law.ucla.edu/25-years-aft...
Reliable research can provide context for legal and policy debates. This year, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor cited our estimates of the transgender population during oral arguments in transgender sports cases. See more impact at tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
This list of "5 Books to Supercharge Your Skillset This Summer" recommends our Ann Carlson's 'Smog & Sunshine' for all graduate students in policy and planning and environmental policy practitioners. www.planning.org/planning/202...
5 Books to Supercharge Your Skillset This Summer
JAPA reviewers share their takes on books about the importance of garden apartments, lessons from LA’s smog problem, poverty in the suburbs, gentrification, and more.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 4w ago#ELB: Watch Archived Video of UCLA Hammer Museum/Safeguarding Democracy Project Supreme Court Term in Review Event, Featuring Cary Franklin, Kimberly West-Faulcon, Justin Levitt, and Euguene Volokh (I moderated) https://electionlawblog.org/?p=157197
Watch the recording of our recent event @hammer.ucla.edu Under the Gavel 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court's Most Recent Term in Review. channel.hammer.ucla.edu/video/2006/u... @law.ucla.edu
Under the Gavel 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review | Hammer Channel | Hammer Museum
With rulings on major issues expected by the start of summer 2026, the United States Supreme Court is once again at the center of key legal and policy debates. An all-star panel of legal scholars anal...
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UCLA Law professor Anna Spain Bradley (@aspainbradley.bsky.social), the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights, has been elected to the American Law Institute. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/anna-sp...
Anna Spain Bradley is elected to the American Law Institute
Anna Spain Bradley, the MacArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, has been elected to the membership of the American Law Institute, among the most pre...
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Our research finds that younger LGBTQ employees ages 18 to 34 are more likely to feel it is important that their employers show visible support for LGBTQ people and issues. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/WorkplacePride
Several of our faculty and partners will speak at next week's Road to 2028 Summit Series at LACI, which brings together policymakers, athletes, and others to drive sustainable action, cleaner air and stronger communities, in LA and beyond for decades to come. Join us! laincubator.org/roadto2028/
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LACI brings people together to create an inclusive green economy. Empowering startups, convening partnerships, building community.
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At our 25th Anniversary Gala, our Executive Director, Christy Mallory, discussed the importance of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data and why it's crucial to continue collecting it to inform LGBTQ research.
Good news: The Ninth Circuit just upheld an important air pollution rule, and it did so in a way that continues to build momentum for efforts to move away from fossil-fuel-powered appliances. Excuse the wonkiness but limiting EPCA preemption is a huge win for clean air. 🧵⬇️
Our new report finds that nearly half of LGBTQ employees feel it’s important for employers to participate in Pride Month activities. But an even larger share, nearly six in 10, want employers to publicly take supportive positions on LGBTQ policy issues. Full report: tinyurl.com/WorkplacePride
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 6-3 split, to uphold birthright citizenship. Check out this clip of Miñana Center Faculty Co-Director Hiroshi Motomura on Spectrum 1, discussing the ruling in Trump v. Barbara.
Join us tonight for insight into the Supreme Court's just-finished term! @hammer.ucla.edu @law.ucla.edu Panelists: Cary Franklin, @justinlevitt.bsky.social, Kimberly West-Faulcon, and Eugene Volokh (Video of the live event will post after the event)
Hammer Museum 🏛️@hammer.ucla.edu · last mo.🇺🇸 Next week, Rick Hasen, Director of Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA, moderates an all-star panel for a special Hammer Forum reviewing the Court's most recent term. Unpack the implications of the latest cases and rulings with us. 🗓️ Tuesday, July 7, 7:30PM https://hmmr.buzz/gavelforum
The Supreme Court issued two major Second Amendment rulings. UCLA Law's @adamwinkler.bsky.social, one of the nation's top experts on the subject, breaks down what U.S. v. Hemani and Wolford v. Lopez mean — and what could be next. #SCOTUS law.ucla.edu/news/why-sec...
Why Second Amendment expert Adam Winkler thinks the Supreme Court has ‘made a mess’ of gun laws
UCLA Law professor Adam Winkler talks about these major developments in Second Amendment law.
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Smog 🌫️+ sunshine ☀️ = LA's infamous air pollution. Our Ann Carlson joined Spectrum News to talk about her book "Smog and Sunshine" and how LA cleaned up its air. spectrumnews1.com/ca/la/inside...
(1/3) 🎬 Our third interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 is Prof. Hiroshi Motomura from @law.ucla.edu. 💡 Hiroshi greatly enriched our discussions by drawing on his firsthand experience with the situation in the 🇺🇸 and his global expertise in migration issues.