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On June 24-25, UC Davis School of Law hosted the 15th annual National Business Law Scholars Conference (NBLSC). During the two-day event, legal scholars from across the United States and around the world gathered to share and discuss current research in business law. 

The event featured opening remarks from Dean Kevin R. Johnson, a plenary discussion, concurrent panels, and a reception at the Manetti Shrem Museum. 

UC Davis School of Law hosted the Third Annual Michael A. Olivas Writing Institute at King Hall on June 20-21, 2024. Twenty legal scholars, ranging from recent law graduates and junior faculty, convened to receive input on their recent scholarship from a supportive intellectual community. The workshop engaged many scholars in mutual support and mentorship, helping advance the scholarly endeavors of young law faculty who bring diverse experiences and perspectives into the classroom and to their research. 

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan announced today that Jessica Berg will be the next dean of the UC Davis School of Law. Berg, who has served as one of two co-deans of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) for nearly 11 years, will start on September 1. 

With new internet privacy regulations demanding compliance from data systems, computer science researchers from UC Davis and UC Irvine have partnered with UC Davis School of Law Professor Stacy-Ann Elvy to translate the regulations into technical language.

Professor Shayak Sarkar wrote a June 11 op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle examining the Internal Revenue Service’s longtime collaboration with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement.

The IRS and ICE have used “employer investigations to literally point ICE’s guns at workers — citizens and noncitizens alike,” Sarkar writes. “It needs to stop.”

Professor Stacy-Ann Elvy researches the commercial law of privacy and its relationship to emerging technology and human rights law. She explores those areas in her forthcoming book, The Cambridge Handbook on Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Commercial Law and Technology, co-edited with Nancy S. Kim, and her 2021 book A Commercial Law of Privacy and Security for the Internet of Things, also with Cambridge University Press.

UC Davis School of Law Dean Kevin R. Johnson received the Schwartz/Levi Inn of Court’s Lifetime Service Award at a June 5 meeting.

The retired Sacramento Superior Court Judge Emily E. Vasquez and California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District Justice Shama H. Mesiwala ’98 gave remarks and spoke highly about his dedication to the legal profession and UC Davis Law community members’ great accomplishments. 

The Mexican American Bar Foundation honored Dean Kevin R. Johnson with its 2024 Precursor de Justicia Award at the Foundation’s 33rd Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala. Johnson accepted the award at a June 1 ceremony.  

In a March 7 opinion column, the New York Times’ Pamela Paul reported on a Stanford panel discussion featuring Professor Brian Soucek and other scholars. The participants debated the use of diversity, equity and inclusion statements in faculty hiring decisions.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to reporter Cory Smith of the National Desk for a May 9 story on the Biden administration’s plan to speed up some asylum claim denials.

There are obviously political ramifications to this proposed change, Johnson told Smith.