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UC Davis Law is pleased to announce that Vikram Amar will join the faculty next year. Amar returns to King Hall as professor of law after serving as dean at the College of Law at Illinois since 2015. Before that he was the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UC Davis Law from 2008 to 2015. Amar has also taught law at Berkeley School of Law, Hastings College of Law and UCLA School of Law.   

Professor John P. Hunt spoke to 100Reporters for a story on how some of Wall Street’s biggest firms are using accounting gimmicks with life insurance companies.

Professor Hunt's primary area of scholarly interest is the regulation of financial markets and institutions, including the role of credit-rating agencies in capital regulation and potential changes to their regulation that could mitigate the effects of financial bubbles.

On episode 69 of the What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law podcast, titled “The Mar-a-Lago Warrant,” Professor Elizabeth Joh and host Roman Mars discuss the court order that permitted the search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence.

The Silicon Valley law firm Hopkins & Carley has recognized Professor and Director of Legal Education  Gabriel “Jack” Chin for his service to underrepresented communities and status as a role model to law students from diverse backgrounds.

Chin received the honor on Sept. 8 in San Jose at a reception that included law students from underserved communities.

Professor Mary Ziegler, one of the leading historians on the abortion debate in the United States, weighed in for top media outlets on the continuing impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle for a Sept. 15 story about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending busloads and planeloads of migrants to other states.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson spoke on the panel “What & Why: Deciding to Become a Dean” on Sept. 16 at the 11th annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop.

Presented by Seattle University School of Law and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, the workshop encourages members of underrepresented groups to pursue university and law school leadership positions.

The Sacramento County Bar Association has recognized Sacramento Superior Court Judge Lawrence Brown ’89 as its 2022 Judge of the Year.

Read a profile of Brown in the latest issue of the bar association’s magazine, Sacramento Lawyer.

UC Davis Law Professor Mary Ziegler provides perspective on the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade by discussing how we got here, what happened and what the future will look like. Professor Ziegler says that the Supreme Court's ruling was in effect an attempt to change American democracy and will have an impact far beyond reproductive rights.

Professor Soucek and I contributed to this new book, A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives. Join me and a great group of panelists on Sept. 21 for a book talk.

In Wednesday, Sept. 14, LeShelle May will facilitate the online conversation “Immigration and Refugees: A Closer Look” with Professor Raquel Aldana. They will explore forced migration, the complexities of immigration and immigration law as human rights. Aldana also will discuss refugees, most recently Ukrainians, the global response and U.S. policy.

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Professor Karrigan Börk spoke to the AG Mag for a story about a state Senate proposal to buy water rights from farmers. The story appeared in AG Mag’s Summer 2022 issue.

Professor Donna Shestowksy spoke to writer Zara Abrams for a Sept. 1 American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology story headlined “Can justice be served online?” The story explores online trials and how, Abrams writes, “psychologists are now helping to comb through existing literature and collect new evidence that can help maximize the benefits and minimize the downsides of online trials.”

Tulsa, Okla. media outlets covered Professor Elizabeth Joh’s appearance as a featured speaker at the Aug.

On Sept. 1, Ariya Haghighat ’23 argued on behalf of a Civil Rights Clinic client before a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. Ninth Circuit Judges William A. Fletcher, Jay S. Bybee, and Lawrence VanDyke comprised the panel that heard the appeal.

On Sept. 6, Professor Ed Imwinkelried spoke at the opening session of the Fourth International Symposium on Sino Swiss Evidence Science, hosted this year by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lausanne. The attendees were evidence scholars from Switzerland, China, and the United States. In his opening remarks, Professor Imwinkelried discussed the 2016 scientific evidence report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).

The UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic attained a crucial victory Aug. 30 when U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Judge Dolly Gee ordered the federal government to provide more robust procedural protections for detained migrant children.

Iris Yang ’82 was a municipal law attorney at Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Sacramento office until retiring in 2021. She joined the firm in 2010, after beginning her career at McDonough Holland & Allen PC in 1982. From 1994 to 2019, she was the City Attorney for Paso Robles. She co-authored the book Redevelopment in California and authored the California chapter of Lobbying, PACs and Campaign Finance—50 State Handbook from 1995 to 2010.

What was it that attracted you to municipal law and what did you find rewarding about it?

On Aug. 26, Professor of Environmental Practice Rick Frank spoke at the Urban Water Institute’s Annual Water Conference in San Diego on the topic "Updating California Water Laws to Address Drought and Climate Change.”

Professor Rick Frank spoke to The Guardian for an Aug. 26 story about a coalition of indigenous nations fighting for their rights to Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water. Read the story.

Professor Mary Ziegler spoke to NPR’s Ari Shapiro on Aug. 25 about the impact of trigger laws banning abortion in Tennessee, Idaho and Texas. Listen to the report.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson has stepped down as president of Legal Services of Northern California’s board of directors after 20 years in that role and more than 25 years of service to LSNC and Capital Pro Bono.

In Harness v. Watson, a divided U.S.