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The eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Trial Practice Competition brought student advocates from 15 top law schools from across the country to King Hall in October.  It was the first time the competition hosted by UC Davis Law was held on site.

Through the coordinated efforts of Competition Advisor Hayley Graves, Trial Practice Honors Board President Cassidy Riedel ‘26, and the very dedicated efforts of the MLK Comp Committee, Judge Recruitment team and supporting board members, the competition showcased the law school and its Trial Practice program.

In a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, Professor Brian Soucek writes that the Trump administration's "compact" for higher education has a dangerous provision that is easy to miss. Soucek argues in his Oct. 15 piece that the call for "institutional neutrality at all levels" poses a grave threat to the mission of universities.

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Professor Brian Soucek's article “The Constitutional Irrelevance of Art” was quoted and cited to the U.S.

Jenny Ballesteros Magdaleno ’23 has received a prestigious Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2021-22 scholarship.

Professor Elizabeth Joh wrote a Dec. 11 essay for Slate on the topic of police using robots to deploy lethal force.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson will receive the Association of American Law Schools’ inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy. The award is a collective recognition by five AALS sections (Civil Rights, Education Law, Immigration Law, Minority Groups, and Student Services).