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Library News: UC Irvine Law Appoints Amy Atchison as Director of Law Library
UC Irvine Law appointed Amy Atchison Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library as part of the Law School’s senior administrative team to oversee library operations, strategy, and innovation in support of faculty scholarship, student learning, and public service initiatives. Dean Atchison brings extensive experience to the position, including experience at the libraries of UCLA School of Law, the RAND Corporation, and USC Gould School of Law.
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Clinic News: Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic Scores Victories in Two Federal Immigration Enforcement Matters
The Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic’s recent successes include a Ninth Circuit ruling in Vasquez-Perdomo v. Noem that preserves a temporary restraining order on unconstitutional federal stop practices in Southern California, and a settlement in Kidd v. Noem, a case filed in 2020 that bars ICE agents from impersonating local police to conduct home arrests. Pictured: Prof. Annie Lai, director of the Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic, speaking about Vasquez-Perdomo v. Noem at a press event on July 2 in Torrance, CA. (FOX 11)
Learn more: Vasquez-Perdomo v. Noem | Kidd v. Noem
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Faculty News: Chancellor's Professor of Law and LSA President Mario L. Barnes Featured in Member Spotlight
Chancellor's Professor of Law Mario L. Barnes, who recently began his two-year term as President of the Law and Society Association, was featured in LSA's latest Member Spotlight to reflect on his involvement with LSA and decades of contributions to the sociolegal community.
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Center News: UC Irvine Law Announces Incoming 1Ls Shawn Kim and Anna Nahm as Inaugural Korea Law Center Scholars
Incoming first-year J.D. students Shawn Kim and Anna Nahm have been named as the inaugural Korea Law Center Scholars. Housed within the Korea Law Center, the new initiative will provide the Scholars with significant financial support, educational opportunities and professional development.
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Faculty News: Dean Austen Parrish Reflects on Legal Education’s Resilience in AALS President’s Mid-Year Message
In his latest President’s Message for the Association of American Law Schools, Dean and Chancellor's Professor of Law Austen Parrish highlights the unique challenges facing legal education in 2025 — and the inspiring ways law schools, faculty, and students are excelling in the face of uncertainty.
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Clinic News: Press Freedom Project Helps Launch Statewide Police Misconduct Database
UC Irvine Law’s Press Freedom Project — a program of the UCI Intellectual Property, Arts, and Technology (IPAT) Clinic and directed by Adjunct Prof. Susan Seager — is credited as one of several collaborators on the Police Records Access Project featuring a new public database of police misconduct and use-of-force records in California.
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Alumni News: UC Irvine School of Law Alumni Reconnect Across the U.S. for Summer Socials
Cheers to an amazing summer! Big thanks to all of our alumni who came out to this year's Summer Socials hosted by the UC Irvine Law Alumni Association and UC Irvine Anteaters in Law. Scheduled in seven cities over summer, from coast to coast, we came, we laughed, we reconnected – and kept that Anteater spirit alive.
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Faculty Roundup: Pathbreaking Scholarship and Intellectual Community
Read this month's compilation of UC Irvine Law faculty's groundbreaking work, including recent scholarship, conferences and influential leadership.
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Center News: The Latest Updates from UC Irvine Law's Korea Law Center
The Korea Law Center's monthly newsletters highlight announcements, events, and milestones by students, faculty, visiting scholars, alumni and collaborators.
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Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran's book, “The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap,” was cited in The New Yorker. READ*
Prof. Joshua Blank’s new book, "Automated Agencies: The Transformation of Government Guidance," was reviewed by Duke Law Prof. Lawrence Zelenak in TaxNotes and an excerpt of the review appeared in TaxProf Blog. READ
Prof. Veena Dubal was interviewed for Italian publication Domani about algorithmic price discrimination. READ*
Prof. Victor Fleischer commented to the New York Times about the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors. READ*
Assistant Dean Patty Furukawa was highlighted in the July 2025 UC Spotlight as a 2025 Lauds and Laurels honoree. READ
Prof. Dalié Jiménez commented to Bloomberg Law about the Supreme Court’s unusual use of the emergency docket. READ
Prof. Annie Lai, director of the Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic, was quoted by KTLA about the settlement reached in Kidd v. Noem. READ
Prof. Omri Marian's commentary on ending the federal capital gains tax on gold was highlighted in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post*. READ*
Dean Austen Parrish commented to The Chronicle of Higher Education and USA Today on federal graduate school loan caps. READ
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Prof. R. Anthony Reese, Associate Reporter on the ALI’s first-ever Restatement of Law, Copyright co-wrote a piece about the project for Kluwer Copyright Blog. READ
Prof. Katie Tinto was quoted in the Los Angeles Daily News about the Menendez brothers' upcoming parole hearing. READ*
Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic's temporary restraining order granted in its class action lawsuit over immigration raids in Southern California, and the Ninth Circuit's denial of a stay of the TRO, were highlighted by ACLU Southern California, KTLA, Law.com*, Fullerton Observer and Newsweek. READ
Press Freedom Project's co-collaboration on a new public database of police misconduct and use-of-force records in California was highlighted in CalMatters, KQED, San Francisco Chronicle*, Los Angeles Times* and NewsBreak. READ
UC Irvine Law was highlighted in Above the Law for being named No. 10 for the most diverse faculty and No. 6 for the greatest resources for minority students in The Princeton Review’s 2025 rankings. READ
UC Irvine Law's Supreme Court Term in Review was highlighted in the ABA Journal. READ
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Edgar Iván Aguilasocho '12 and the firm he co-founded Martínez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. are serving as co-counsel with a coalition of partners, including UC Irvine Law's Immigrant and Racial Justice Solidarity Clinic, in a class action lawsuit challenging the federal government's immigration raids in Southern California. Read more
Brian Olney '13 was featured in the Daily Journal. READ*
Eric Fanchiang'17 and Jiaxiao Zhang '17 co-accepted the Community Pillar Award on behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at the Orange County Asian American Bar Association's 31st Annual Installation Dinner.
Tryphena Liu '18 and Michaela Posner '21 were recognized with 2025 American Bar Association On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers Awards.
Peter C. Alter '19 has started a new position as an attorney at East End Trial Group.
Justice Turner '20 was featured in the July newsletter of the John M. Langston Bar Association of Los Angeles in its Board Member Spotlight.
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