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Professor Emeritus Kevin R. Johnson spoke to the Associated Press for a Sept. 29 story, "New California law bans officers from using gloves that deliver electric shocks."

The government of Mexico has honored UC Immigrant Legal Services Center Executive Director Aidín Castillo Mazantini '11 with its prestigious Ohtli Award.

The award is Mexico's highest recognition for individuals who have opened pathways to Mexicans abroad, specifically in the United States.

Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento Christian Tonatiuh González Jiménez presented Castillo with her award at a ceremony held at Sacramento’s Leland Stanford Mansion on Sept. 11.

Professor Elizabeth Joh and podcasting partner Roman Mars released a flurry of episodes of What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law over the summer, most covering recent Supreme Court cases.

Professor Chimène Keitner spoke to Reuters for a Sept. 1 story on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s contention that he is immune from prosecution as the head of a sovereign state.

Dean Jessica Berg has announced that Professor Carter “Cappy” White is the recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award. Supported by the generosity of Bill and Sally Rutter, the award honors “law teachers who give stellar performances in the classroom.”  

White will receive the award at the Celebrating King Hall event on April 29 in the King Hall courtyard.

Professor Brian Soucek wrote a Jan. 2 essay for the Wall Street Journal headlined “Why Universities Can’t Be Neutral.”

Soucek writes that over the past few years, many universities – an estimated 150, by one count – have agreed to embrace a standard of institutional “neutrality.” 

Professor Raquel Aldana spoke to the Washington Post for a Dec. 3 story headlined “Trump pauses immigration applications for 19 nations on travel ban list.”

A Nov. 20 New York Times article, headlined “The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner,” notes that a 2019 Twitter thread and subsequent paper by Professor Christopher Elmendorf on the “builder’s remedy” have been instrumental in the push to build more housing in the state.

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