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Professor of Environmental Practice and California Environmental Law & Policy Center Co-Director Rick Frank co-taught a Dec. 12-13 California Judicial Council-sponsored course in Sacramento designed to train state court judges regarding principles of California water law. 

Professors Kevin R. Johnson and Amagda Pérez appeared on ABC10 Sacramento’s To the Point with Alex Bell for an expansive Dec.

Professor Emeritus Alan Brownstein wrote an essay titled “Teaching Controversial Subjects” for the 2024 edition of the California Supreme Court Historical Society’s California Legal History journal.

The annual journal publishes scholarly articles as well as oral histories of important figures from California’s bar and judiciary.

Professor Afra Afsharipour delivered two lectures as a visiting scholar in Taiwan in early December. National Chung Hsing University in Taichung hosted Afsharipour’s visit.

On Nov. 22, Professor Lisa Ikemoto gave a presentation titled “Genome Nation”  as part of the Governing Reproduction: Exploring Law and Politics conference at the University of Ottawa. 

The interdisciplinary conference explored issues related to reproductive rights in Canada.

On Dec. 10, Professor Emeritus Ed Imwinkelried delivered a two-hour lecture on expert testimony to the Puerto Rican Bar Association.  The continuing legal education program is sponsored by the federal district court for Puerto Rico.

Several members of the UC Davis School of Law faculty are featured speakers and hold leadership positions at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting, in San Francisco, Jan. 7-11, 2025. The theme of the conference is “Courage in Action.”

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Professor Kevin Johnson spoke to the Sacramento Bee for a Dec. 5 story on an Assembly bill that would restrict immigration officers from school campuses and childcare centers. 

On Nov. 22, Professor Kevin Johnson spoke as part of the workshop “Policies, Practices, and Systems to Retain and Advance Black People in SEM.”

Rithwik Gupta ’25 and Steven Li ’26 made a strong showing at the invite-only MAC Cup II: American Bar Association M&A Negotiations Competition. The pair advanced from October’s initial round of 64 teams to Novemeber’s second round of 32 teams.

Gupta and Lee skillfully negotiated a draft purchase agreement and issues list from both buyer and seller perspectives.