Law School

UC Davis Law is pleased to announce that California Supreme Court Associate Justice and King Hall alumna Kelli M. Evans will deliver the keynote address at its  Class of 2025 commencement on Friday, May 16.

On Monday, Jan. 20, UC Davis School of Law hosted its sixth annual MLK Day of Service and Celebration, honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Members of the UC Davis Black Law Students Association, in partnership with the law school's Office for Student Affairs and the Dean's Office, led efforts to celebrate MLK Day.

The University of California, Davis School of Law raised a remarkable $21.4 million during UC Davis’ eight-year “Expect Greater: From UC Davis, for the World” fundraising campaign. Concluded in June, the campaign generated more than $2.25 billion in support campus-wide.

Insight into Diversity magazine has recognized UC Davis School of Law with a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. 

The awards, which will be showcased in the magazine's November/December issue, honor “colleges and universities dedicated to excellence in the pursuit of equity, access, inclusion and diversity.”

On Sunday, Aug. 18, the New York Times highlighted a 2010 political debate, held at King Hall, that ignited the political career of now-Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

The Princeton Review has ranked UC Davis School of Law No. 3 in the nation for “most diverse faculty” and No. 4 in “greatest resources for women.”

UC Davis ranks No. 2 historically in student diversity, according to the new Northwestern Pritzker School of Law paper “Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021.”

The paper by New York University Professor Richard R.W. Brooks, Northwestern Law Professor Kyle Rozema and Yale Law Professor Sarath Sanga studies racial diversity in American law schools and the impact of state-level affirmative action bans.

PreLaw Magazine gave UC Davis Law an “A” for human rights law in its “Back to School 2023” issue.

Among other factors, the magazine credited the law school’s new Labor and Community Center of the Greater Capital Region at UC Davis Law, which explores human rights issues in employment.

In March 2022, UC Davis Law honored the achievements of faculty, alumni and students at its first in-person “Celebrating King Hall” event in three years. 

The gathering drew more than 100 people to recognize 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Karrigan Börk, 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Yeoryios Apallas ’72 and Rising Star Alumna award winner Austin Quinn-Davidson ’07.  

Professor Pamir Hazem recently joined UC Davis School of Law as a visiting professor for one year. He was a professor at Herat University in Afghanistan and is an expert in environmental law in Central Asia.