The UCLA School of Law is one of 12 professional schools at the

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. UCLA Law has been consistently ranked by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as one of the top 20 law schools in the United States since the inception of the ''U.S. News'' rankings in 1987. Its 18,000 alumni include leaders in the judiciary, private law practice, business, government service, sports and entertainment law, and public interest law. Jennifer L. Mnookin, an evidence scholar who joined the UCLA Law faculty in 2005, became the school's ninth dean, and third female dean, in 2015. She served in this capacity until June of 2022, when she stepped down to become chancellor of the

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. She was replaced by Russell Korobkin on an interim basis until a permanent successor is found.

History

Founded in 1949, the UCLA School of Law is the third oldest of the five law schools within the

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system. In the 1930s, initial efforts to establish a law school at UCLA went nowhere as a result of resistance from UC president Robert Gordon Sproul, and because UCLA's supporters eventually refocused their efforts on first adding

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and engineering schools. During the mid-1940s, the impetus for the creation of the UCLA School of Law emerged from outside of the UCLA community. Assemblyman William Rosenthal of Boyle Heights (on the other side of Los Angeles from UCLA) conceived of and fought for the creation of the first public law school in

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as a convenient and affordable alternative to the expensive private law school at USC. Available through

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. Rosenthal's first attempt in 1945 failed, but his second attempt was able to gain momentum when the

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and the UCLA Alumni Association announced their support for the bill. On July 18, 1947, Governor

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authorized the appropriation of $1 million for the construction of a new law school at UCLA by signing Assembly Bill 1361 into

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. The search for the law school's first dean was difficult and delayed its opening by a year. UCLA's law school planning committee prioritized merit, while the then-conservative

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prioritized political beliefs. Another factor was a simultaneous deanship vacancy at

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. Near the end of 1948, the Committee finally identified a sufficiently conservative candidate willing to take the job: L. Dale Coffman, then the dean of

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. The Regents believed Coffman would help bring balance to the UCLA campus, which they saw as overrun by

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. Coffman was able to recruit several distinguished faculty to UCLA, including

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, Brainerd Currie, Rollin M. Perkins, and Harold Verrall. To build a law library, he hired Thomas S. Dabagh, then the law librarian of the Los Angeles County Law Library. The UCLA School of Law officially opened in September 1949 in temporary quarters in former military barracks behind Royce Hall, and moved into a permanent home upon the completion of the original Law Building in 1951. Coffman's deanship did not end well, due to his vindictive and strongly prejudiced personality. One sign of early trouble was when he drove out Dabagh in 1952 after they could not bridge their fundamental differences over how to run the law library, which was widely regarded around the UCLA community as contributing to Dabagh's early death in 1959. On September 21, 1955, the faculty revolted in the form of a memorandum to chancellor

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alleging that Coffman was categorically refusing to hire Jews or anyone he perceived to be leftist, and that the school's reputation was deteriorating because Coffman's abrasive personality had led to excessive faculty turnover. On May 24, 1956, Coffman was stripped of his deanship after a lengthy investigation by a panel of deans of his biases and his "dictatorial, undemocratic, and autocratic" management style. He remained on the faculty until his forced retirement in 1973, but continued to face allegations as late as 1971 that he was "an unreconstructed

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and pro-segregationist." Coffman's successor was Richard C. Maxwell, who served as the second dean of UCLA Law from 1958 to 1969. Dean Maxwell "presided over happier, more harmonious years of institutional growth," and it was under his deanship that UCLA became "the youngest top-ranked law school in the country." Dabagh's successor, Louis Piacenza, was able to grow the law school's library collection to 143,000 volumes by May 1963, which at that time was the 14th largest law school library in the United States. By 1963, the law school had 600 students in a building designed for 550, and the law building's deficiencies had become all too evident, such as a complete lack of

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. In October 1963, the law school administration announced a major remodeling and expansion project, which added air conditioning and a new wing to the building. During the 1960s, the law school grew so quickly that the new wing was already insufficient upon its completion in January 1967. From its founding to the end of the 20th century, UCLA Law struggled with severe overcrowding, as librarians, faculty, staff, and as many as 18 student organizations—at one point, more than any other law school in the United States—competed for limited space in the law building for books, classes, conferences, and offices. The chronic space shortage was ultimately relieved by the addition of a wing for clinical education and, after four grueling years of construction, completion of the new Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library on January 22, 2000. Under Maxwell, the faculty size tripled, from 12 to 37 professors, and the school hired its first female and African-American faculty members. Under Murray Schwartz, who led the school from 1969 to 1975, and William Warren, who served as dean from 1975 to 1982, the school became a pioneer in clinical legal education, developing a skills-based approach that remains among the school’s hallmarks. Students, too, broke new ground. In 1973, they created a network of student-run legal clinics first known as El Centro Legal de Santa Monica, which continues to provide pro bono services around Los Angeles with 15 separate clinics. In the 1990s and through subsequent years, the school established several "centers of excellence" that focus on education and advocacy in specific fields.

Academics

UCLA Law has approximately 1,000 students in its

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(J.D.) program and 200 students in its Master of Laws (LL.M.) program, which is popular among foreign students intending to take the California bar exam. It also offers a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) program for students who already have a J.D. and hope to become law professors, as well as a Master of Legal Studies program for those who do not seek a law degree, but find a legal education an important complement to their professional obligations. The school was a pioneer in clinical legal education and today offers a strong experiential education program. Through clinical courses and related offerings, the school gives students the opportunity to directly represent clients in a variety of settings while under expert supervision. UCLA Law's clinics also provide service to many people who cannot afford to pay for their own legal services, including veterans, the homeless, and indigent individuals appearing in criminal and immigration courts. In 2017, the school opened the Documentary Film Legal Clinic and Music Industry Clinic, which provide legal services to aspiring visual journalists, musicians and entrepreneurs in the arts, and the Veterans Justice Clinic at the

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. Students can elect to specialize in business law and policy, entertainment law, environmental law, public interest law, critical race studies, and law and philosophy. The roughly 300 students who begin law school at UCLA every year are divided into sections to encourage a sense of community. Students take all of their first year courses with their sections. Several joint degree programs are available, which require four years of study and result in the simultaneous award of a

and master's degree in Afro-American studies, American Indian studies, law and management; public health; public policy; philosophy, social welfare, and urban planning.

Faculty and students

UCLA School of Law has a faculty of over 100 members with expertise in all major disciplines of law, representing "one of the most diverse in the country."Cooper, 345. Thirteen members of the school's tenured faculty have been recognized for being the most-cited scholars in their areas of specialty. The school faculty is ranked 11th for scholarship, up from 15th in 2010 and 13th in 2013. In 2021, 7,976 students applied to attend UCLA Law, and 366 were enrolled. The average LSAT score for members of the entering class in 2021 is 170. The average GPA for members of the entering class in 2020 is 3.82.

Location

UCLA School of Law is located on the

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campus in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. The school proper is housed in a three-story brick building, with the library tower extending to four stories. A few offices, including the office of career services, the office of admissions and the office of graduate studies and international programs, are housed in an adjacent building, Dodd Hall.

Rankings

In 2021, '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranked UCLA as 14th among U.S. law schools, 4th in environmental law, 7th in trial advocacy, 8th in both corporate law and tax law, and 10th in criminal law. According to Brian Leiter's law school rankings, UCLA Law ranks 8th in the nation in terms of scholarly impact as measured by academic

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s of tenure-stream faculty during the years 2009–2013. ''

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'' ranked UCLA the number one school for entertainment law in its inaugural 2012 rankings, 2014 - 2019, and 2021 - 2022.

Bar passage rates

In October 2020, UCLA Law's bar passage rates were 97% in California and 100% in New York.

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data shows that more than 95% of 2019 graduates had secured full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within 10 months of graduation.

Journals

Journals and law reviews

* '' UCLA Law Review'' * ''UCLA Asian/Pacific American Law Journal'' * ''UCLA Chicanx-Latinx Law Review'' * ''UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review'' *''UCLA Disability Law Journal'' * ''UCLA Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law'' * ''UCLA Entertainment Law Review'' * UCLA Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance *'' UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy'' * ''UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs'' * ''UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law'' * ''UCLA Journal of Law & Technology'' *''UCLA National Black Law Journal'' *''UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal'' * ''UCLA Women's Law Journal''

Notable people

Alumni

Academia

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– professor,

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, in political science, comparative literature, and women's studies (2001–); former professor of law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1989–1994) and Rutgers School of Law–Newark (1994–2001) *

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– professor,

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(2001–); prominent author in criminal law and criminal procedure * Richard D. Freer – professor,

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(1983–); expert in civil procedure * Eric Goldman - professor,

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(2006-); expert in Internet law *

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– professor, UCLA School of Law (2022-); former Chancellor's Professor,

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(2011–2022); expert in

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and

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* Laurie L. Levenson – professor,

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; TV legal commentator, gained fame during Rodney King and O.J. Simpson trials *

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– former Dean of the School of Law (1982–1998) – one of the first female law school deans; Professor at the UCLA School of Law (1972–1998, 2001–2006); Provost of

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(1998–2001); President of

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(2006–2007), Executive Director of

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(2008–2013); Dean of

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(2013–) * Dean Spade – lawyer, writer, trans activist, and associate professor of law at

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* Eugene Volokh – UCLA Law professor, legal commentator and expert in constitutional law

Business and private practice

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who defended Lyle and Erik Menendez and

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* Ann Baskins – General Counsel,

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(2000–2006) * Harland Braun – criminal defense attorney who defended

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and George Folsey Jr. against

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charges in the '' Twilight Zone: The Movie'' case * Antonia Hernández – president and CEO of the California Community Foundation, former president and general counsel, MALDEF *

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– director of the

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(2002–2008, 2009–) *

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– founder and executive director of the

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* Brian Lee - entrepreneur, founder of

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and The Honest Company * Abraham M. Lurie, developer of

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– president and CEO of The Wonderful Company * Michael Rich – president and CEO, RAND Corp. *

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- real estate development executive, former CEO of

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* Martine Rothblatt - co-founder of

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and

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, founder of United Therapeutics * David P. Steiner – CEO,

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(2004-) * Stacey Snider, Chair and CEO, Twentieth Century Fox Film (2015-) * Leo Terrell -

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attorney,

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host and

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Entertainment

* Sondra E. Berchin – entertainment lawyer and executive vice president for MCA Universal; also first UCLA Law grad to clerk at the

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* Thomas Bliss – motion picture producer with credits on over 30 films, including '' The Hurricane'' and ''

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'' *

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– entertainment lawyer who specializes in representing rock and roll acts, as well as independent investors, music publishing catalogs, and independent music labels * Jeff Cohen – entertainment lawyer best known for work as child actor in ''

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'' (1985) * Blye Pagon Faust - Academy Award-winning film producer best known for ''

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'' (2015) * Robert Fitzpatrick – entertainment attorney, film producer, and music executive; President of

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– television show host, news anchor, reporter, actress, and model *

Chip Johannessen George Frederick "Chip" Johannessen (born November 16, 1955) is an American writer, editor, and producer of several popular television series. He is credited with work on '' 24'', '' Homeland'', ''Dexter'', ''Moonlight'', ''Millennium'', and ''Bev ...

– writer and producer for several popular television shows * John Kerr - Tony Award-winning actor best known for '' Tea and Sympathy'' *

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– director and producer of the award-winning documentary ''

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'' * George Mastras – Emmy Award-winning writer and producer of AMC's ''

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'' * Stephan Pastis – creator of the comic strip ''

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'' *

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– winner of Season 2 of ''

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'' * Robert Rotstein - entertainment attorney and novelist * Stacey Snider - formerly served as co-chair or chair of three film studios:

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, DreamWorks, and

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* Howard K. Stern – entertainment lawyer who was the former domestic partner, attorney and agent of model and actress Anna Nicole Smith. *

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– Emmy Award-nominated actress * Ken Ziffren – entertainment attorney, L.A. film czar

Government and politics

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– Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2005–2009) *

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– United States Congressman from California *

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– Former

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(2010–2013) and

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(1996–2010) * Anna Caballero – Secretary of the

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(2011–2016), member of the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The ...

(2006–2010, 2016-) *

Lou Correa Jose Luis Correa ( ; born January 24, 1958) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. His district is based in Orange County and includes the communities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, as well as ...

- California State Assemblyman, 69th District (1998–2004); California State Senator, 34th District (2006–2014); member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 46th Congressional District (2016-) * David Dawson – member from the 14th District, Iowa House of Representatives (2013–) * Janet Dhillon – member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2017–) *

Roger Dickinson Roger Eugene Dickinson (born September 22, 1950) is an American attorney and former Democratic member of the California State Assembly, serving the 7th district. Before that he was a Sacramento County supervisor. Dickinson was first elected ...

- member of the

(2010–2014) *

Mike Eng Michael Francis Eng (; born September 14, 1946) is an American politician serving as one of five members of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the body, a ...

- member of the

(2006–2012) * Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher - member of the

(2013-) *

Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (; ; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of ...

– United States Senator from New York (2009-) * Rachel Goslins - executive director,

President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) was an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues. It worked directly with the Administration and the three primary cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Art ...

(2009–2016) * Casey Gwinn - San Diego City Attorney, (1996–2004) *

José Huizar José Luis Huizar (born September 10, 1968) is a Mexican-American politician and a former member of the Los Angeles City Council. Huizar was arrested and indicted on June 23, 2020, on federal corruption charges. Huizar was elected on November 8, ...

- member from the 14th District,

Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the legislative body of the City of Los Angeles in California. The council is composed of 15 members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms. The president of the council and the president pro temp ...

, (2005–2020). Huizar was arrested and indicted on June 23, 2020, on federal corruption charges. *

Andrei Iancu Andrei Iancu (born April 2, 1968) is an American-Romanian engineer and intellectual property attorney, who served as the under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ...

- Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the

United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alex ...

(USPTO) (2018-) * George David Kieffer - president, Board of Governors,

California Community Colleges The California Community Colleges is a postsecondary education system in the U.S. state of California.California Education CodSection 70900(added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988Assembly Bill No. 1725 secti ...

(1983–1985) and chair,

(2017-) * Susan Liebeler - Commissioner (1984–1988) and Chairman (1986–1988),

United States International Trade Commission The United States International Trade Commission (USITC or I.T.C.) is an agency of the United States federal government that advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of trade. It is an independent, bipartisan entity that analyze ...

Jerry M. Patterson Jerry Mumford Patterson (born October 25, 1934) is an American lawyer in California and the District of Columbia, educator and politician, who was a five-term United States Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 1985. Early life, ...

– member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 38th Congressional District (1975–1985) * James E. Rogan – California State Assemblyman, 43rd District (1994–1996); Congressman from California's 27th Congressional District (1997–2001); Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the

USPTO The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark registration authority for the United States. The USPTO's headquarters are in Alexa ...

(2001–2004); Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court (2006–) * Linda Sánchez – Congresswoman from California's 39th Congressional District (2002–) * Henry A. Waxman – Congressman from California's 30th Congressional District (1975–2013) *

Jack Weiss Jack Stephen Weiss (born August 21, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and former politician. He is co-founder of BlueLine Grid, Inc., formerly known as Bratton Technologies, Inc. Weiss is also a former member of the Los Angeles City Council repre ...

– member,

(2001–2009) * Joshua D. Wright – commissioner,

Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction o ...

(2013–15)

Judiciary

* Percy Anderson - United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2002–) * John Arguelles - associate justice,

Supreme Court of California The Supreme Court of California is the Supreme court, highest and final court of appeals in the judiciary of California, courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building, but it regularly h ...

(1987–1989) * Janice Rogers Brown – judge, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals (2005–); former Associate Justice of the

(1996–2005) * Joe Brown – former judge of the Criminal Court of the Thirtieth Judicial District of Tennessee ( Shelby County); star of court show '' Judge Joe Brown'' (1998–2013) *

David O. Carter David Ormon Carter (born March 28, 1944) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Education and military service In college he lettered in cross country and track on the teams ...

- United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1998–) *

Audrey B. Collins Audrey Brodie Collins (born June 12, 1945) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California and an associate justice of the Second District Court of Appeal for the State of Cali ...

- associate justice, California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District (2014-); former United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1994–2014) * Dale A. Drozd - United States district judge on the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appeal ...

(2015–) and former Chief United States Magistrate Judge of the same court (1997–2015). *

Gil Garcetti Gilbert Salvador Iberri Garcetti (born August 5, 1941) is an American politician and lawyer. He served as Los Angeles County's 40th district attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. He is the father of the 42nd mayor of the city ...

- Former

Los Angeles County District Attorney The District Attorney of Los Angeles County is in charge of the office that prosecutes felony and misdemeanor crimes that occur within Los Angeles County, California, United States. The current district attorney (DA) is George Gascón. Some ...

(1992–2000) *

Dolly M. Gee Dolly Maizie Gee (born July 1, 1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Early life and education Gee was born in Hawthorne, California, the daughter of Cantonese immi ...

– United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2010-) * Andrew Guilford – United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2006-) * Philip S. Gutierrez – United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2007-) * Sandra Ikuta – judge,

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: * District ...

(2006–) *

Robert Clive Jones Robert Clive Jones (born July 21, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He served as the Chief United States District Judge from 2011 to 2014. Biography Jones was born in ...

– Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (2003–) *

William B. Keene William Bigby Keene (February 23, 1925 – January 10, 2018)
University of Cali ...

- Former California Superior Court Judge and presiding judge on the court show Divorce Court. * William Duffy Keller - United States district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1984–) *

Alex Kozinski Alex Kozinski (; born July 23, 1950) is a Romanian-American jurist and lawyer who was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1985 to 2017. He was a prominent and influential judge, and many of his law clerks went on to ...

– Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1985–2017) *

Alicia Limtiaco Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco (born August 7, 1963) is a former United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010, and served until March 10, 2017. She was previously Attorney Gen ...

–

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal ...

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

* Jeffrey T. Miller – judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1997–2010), Senior Judge (2010–) * Salvador Mendoza Jr. - United States district judge on the

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (in case citations, E.D. Wash.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of the state of Washington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Ch ...

(2014-) * Dorothy Wright Nelson – Senior Judge,

(1979–); former Dean of the

University of Southern California School of Law The USC Gould School of Law, located in Los Angeles, California, is the law school of the University of Southern California. The oldest law school in the Southwestern United States, USC Law traces its beginnings to 1896 and became affiliated with ...

(1969–1980) *

Jacqueline Nguyen Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen ( vi, Nguyễn Hồng Ngọc; born May 25, 1965) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a United States d ...

– judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2012–), United States district judge on the

United States District Court for the Central District of California The United States District Court for the Central District of California (in case citations, C.D. Cal.; commonly referred to as the CDCA or CACD) is a Federal trial court that serves over 19 million people in Southern and Central California, ...

(2009–2012) *

Kim McLane Wardlaw Kim McLane Wardlaw (born July 2, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1998. She is the first Hispanic American woman to be appointed to a federal appeals c ...

– judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1998–) *

Paul J. Watford Paul Jeffrey Watford (born August 25, 1967) is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 2012. In February 2016, ''The New York Times'' identified Watford as a po ...

– judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2012–)

Sports

Val Ackerman Valerie B. Ackerman (born November 7, 1959) is an American sports executive, former lawyer, and former basketball player. She is the current commissioner of the Big East Conference. She is best known for being the first president of the Women's Na ...

– former basketball player, first female president of

USA Basketball USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olymp ...

(2005–2008); President of the WNBA (1996–2005) * Cara Dunne-Yates – blind

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete *

Julie Heldman Julie Heldman (born December 8, 1945) is an American tennis player who won 22 singles titles. In 1969 and 1974, she was ranked as the world No. 5. In 1968 and 1969, she was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. She was Canadian National 18 and Under Singles ...

(born 1945) - tennis player, ranked # 5 in the world

Other

Vincent Bugliosi Vincent T. Bugliosi Jr. (; August 18, 1934 – June 6, 2015) was an American prosecutor and author who served as Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office between 1964 and 1972. He became best known for s ...

– Attorney and writer of non-fiction works as '' Helter Skelter'' and '' The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President''. *

Lowell Milken Lowell Jay Milken (born November 29, 1948) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation. He is also the founder of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, TAP System for T ...

– co-founder and chairman of the Milken Family Foundation * Karen I. Tse –

human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...

activist and

social entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of ...

Faculty

Current

* Khaled Abou El Fadl – Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law and expert in

Islamic Jurisprudence ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ex ...

; Chairman of Islamic Studies Department at UCLAUCLA International Institute
*

Stephen Bainbridge Stephen Bainbridge (born 1958, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania) is the William D. Warren Professor of Law at UCLA, teaching courses on corporations and business law. Bainbridge graduated with an A.B. Western Maryland College, 1980; a Master of Scie ...

– expert on corporations and business law * Ann E. Carlson – expert on U.S. environmental law and policy * Kimberlé Crenshaw – founding coordinator of the "Critical Race Theory Workshop" movement; Also teaches at

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

– expert in

and

; Director, Safeguarding Democracy Project * Jill R. Horwitz – expert on health law, economics, and policy as well as the law of nonprofit organization * Lynn M. LoPucki – Security Pacific Bank Professor of Law. LoPucki's Bankruptcy Research Database provides data for empirical work bankruptcy * Hiroshi Motomura – expert on

immigration law Immigration law refers to the national statutes, regulations, and legal precedents governing immigration into and deportation from a country. Strictly speaking, it is distinct from other matters such as naturalization and citizenship, although ...

* David Nimmer – expert on

copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...

law *

Frances Olsen Frances Elisabeth Olsen (born February 4, 1945) is a professor of law at UCLA and a noted member of the school of Feminist Legal Theory. She teaches Feminist Legal Theory, Dissidence & Law, Family Law, and Torts.

– expert on feminist legal theory *

Seana Shiffrin Seana Valentine Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of California, Los Angeles. Shiffrin's work spans issues in moral, political and legal philosophy, as well as matters of l ...

– expert on philosophy of law * Eugene Volokh – author of textbooks on First Amendment law and academic legal writing; author of over 45 law review articles; founder of The Volokh Conspiracy blog *

Adam Winkler Adam Winkler (born July 25, 1967) is the Connell Professor of law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of '' We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights''Winkler, Adam (2018) WW Norton. ''and Gunfight: The Battle ov ...

– Author of ''Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America'' and ''We the Corporations: How Corporate America Won Its Civil Rights'' * Ken Ziffren – entertainment attorney, L.A. film czar, founder of UCLA Law's Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law

Former

* Richard L. Abel – member of the faculty since 1974; expert on

sociology of law The sociology of law (legal sociology, or law and society) is often described as a sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies. Some see sociology of law as belonging "necessarily" to the field of sociology, ...

* Brainerd Currie – professor (1949–1952); expert on the

conflict of laws in the United States Conflict of laws in the United States is the field of procedural law dealing with choice of law rules when a legal action implicates the substantive laws of more than one jurisdiction and a court must determine which law is most appropriate to r ...

* Jesse Dukeminier – professor (1963–2003); expert on property law, wills, trusts, and estates * James L. Malone – associate dean (1961–1967); later became Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (1981–1985) *

Mari Matsuda Mari J. Matsuda (born 1956) is an American lawyer, activist, and law professorKo, Lisa, "Opinions: the Myth of the Interchangeable Asian," ''The New York Times,'' October 14, 2018 at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of ...

– first female Asian-American law professor to obtain tenure at any law school in the United States, while teaching at UCLA Law in 1998 * Richard C. Maxwell – Dean of the School of Law (1958–1969) * Jennifer Mnookin – expert on

evidence (law) The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding. These rules determine what evidence must or must not be considered by the trier of ...

(2005–2022), became chancellor of the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

in 2022 * Melville B. Nimmer – professor (1962–1985); expert on U.S.

law and father of David Nimmer *

Cruz Reynoso Cruz Reynoso (May 2, 1931 – May 7, 2021) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist. Reynoso was the first Chicano Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, serving from 1982 to 1987. He also served on the California Third ...

– professor (1991–2001), former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California (1982–1987) * Michael H. Schill – dean and professor (2004–2009), expert on property law and urban planning; became president of the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc Nike, Inc. ( or ) is a ...

in 2015 and president of

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

in 2022 *

Lynn Stout Lynn Andrea Stout (September 14, 1957 – April 16, 2018) was an American corporate law scholar. She was a Distinguished Professor of Corporate & Business Law at the Cornell Law School and, before that, the Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate a ...

– professor (2001–2012); expert on corporate law, securities, and derivatives

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