Faculty

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin spoke to the New York Post on May 14, the eve of Supreme Court oral arguments regarding the Trump administration's attempts to invalidate lower-court injunctions against the president's executive order ending birthright citizenship.

“This is a funny test case, because the underlying law is so clear and because it’s sort of the same exact issue all across the country,” Chin told the Post. 

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Professor Brian Soucek took part in the 2025 Second Circuit Judicial Conference, held June 2-4 at the historic Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, N.Y.

Professor Courtney Joslin co-authored a chapter in the new book Seminal: On Sperm, Health and Politics (NYU Press).

Co-authored with Professors Douglas NeJaime (Yale Law School) and Katherine Kraschel (Northeastern Law School), the chapter is titled “The High Stakes of Gamete Regulation in a Post-Dobbs World.”

Professor Courtney Joslin  testified before two Illinois General Assembly subcommittees on behalf of the Equality for Every Family Act. Joslin also helped draft the bill, which would update Illinois’ parentage statutes to ensure that all children and families are protected.

CBS Sacramento interviewed Professor Albert Lin for a May 22 report on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and Attorney General Rob Bonta’s vows to sue the federal government after the U.S. Senate voted to block California’s mandate to phase out new sales of gas-powered vehicles in favor of electric vehicles.

On May 23, Professor Courtney Joslin presented her article “Sperm Rules” at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago.

The article is forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review.

Professor Darien Shanske spoke at a May 30 forum held by Congressional Representatives Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) to discuss the potential impact of congressional Republicans’ so-called “Big Beautiful” budget bill on the Sacramento region and surrounding areas.

The Illinois Appellate Court cited Professor Shayak Sarkar’s 2024 UC Davis Law Review article “Capital Migration” in PepsiCo, Inc. v. Department of Revenue.

Professor Nila Bala was awarded the 2025 Ian Kerr Best Paper Award at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference, held May 29-30 at UCLA School of Law.