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Law school dean Jennifer Mnookin shares findings of a new report that found many forensic techniques do not pass scientific muster.

There have been many wrongful criminal convictions where the use of faulty forensic science evidence was a major culprit in producing injustice.

Law professor Jill Horwitz discusses the high rate of opioid addiction, and analyzes the ineffective state laws that have tried to curb the pervasive disease.

Law students in the Criminal Defense Clinic at UCLA School of Law worked on a successful clemency petition that will free Darnell Crookshank.

UCLA researchers conducted the most comprehensive global study to date of constitutional protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Prescription drug monitoring programs and laws aimed at preventing opioid abuse are not doing much to stem this growing threat to public health.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that it’s time for Congress to pass a law that safeguards due process and forbids suspected terrorists from purchasing firearms.

At the first of more than 50 commencement and graduation ceremonies that will be held over the next four weeks at UCLA, more than 450 jubilant graduates from the UCLA School of Law gathered Friday in Dickson Court North.

Law professor Noah Zatz argues that the sentencing concept of “working off debt” violates the 13th Amendment's prohibition against involuntary servitude and disproportionately punishes communities of color.

Los Angeles music attorney Dina LaPolt represents recording artists, songwriters, producers, musicians, authors and writers, and teaches a UCLA Extension class, “Legal and Practical Aspects of the Music Business.”

The President’s Public Service Law Fellowships will award $4.5 million annually to students who want to pursue public interest legal careers but might otherwise — out of financial need — seek private sector jobs.

UCLA law professor Asli Bâli has spent years in private practice in New York and Paris, represented 9/11 victims as well as immigrant Muslim men detained in the aftermath and written extensively on international human rights.

Public policy professor John Villasenor breaks down the background, key points and possible consequences of the iPhone legal dispute.

Thanks to the law school’s Supreme Court Clinic, the court will issue rulings on cases dealing with free speech, the right to a speedy trial, search and seizure, and deportation.

John Villasenor notes that in the battle between Apple and the U.S. government, the ever-accelerating pace of change in technology makes applying older laws a murky proposition.

The report recommends that a state agency and agricultural commissioners evaluate pesticide mixtures and implement regulations to more adequately protect human health.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that even if Congress hasn’t really tightened federal firearm laws, the NRA has lost its chokehold on the debate.

Two UCLA experts on end-of-life issues talk about California’s new physician-assisted suicide law that will give terminally ill patients and their doctors a legally sanctioned process to talk about difficult choices.

The paper was published by UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that the “menacing” look of assault rifles belies their actual impact on society. Most gun crimes are committed with handguns.

A UCLA–UC Berkeley report finds that the state could produce a significant amount of low-carbon fuel needed to meet California’s transportation needs.

Zev Yaroslavsky, former member of the board of supervisors, writes in the Los Angeles Times that Constitution makes this a clear decision.

These laws were intended to control the spread of the virus but an analysis of data show that they’ve had a punitive effect on people they were meant to protect.

The $1 million gift will enhance the standing of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate among the world’s best programs of its kind.

Law professor Cheryl Harris writes that as constitutional standards evolve, the assumption that a neutral rule permitting racist and anti-racist speech is fair could not be further from the truth.