UCI Law Talks

Prof. Stephen Lee interviews Prof. Mónica Ramírez Almadani and Viridiana Chabolla '20 on their role in protecting DACA and the Supreme Court's recent decision blocking the Trump Administration from ending the program.

UCI Law Board of Visitors Member Mitch Kamin interviews Professor of Law Bob Solomon on affordable housing policy, social justice, and COVID-19. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on June 25, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation. Part of the UCI Law COVID-19 & the Law lecture series.

UCI Law Board of Visitors member Michelle Jordan interviews Professor of Law Mehrsa Baradaran on the CARES Act, banking for all in the time of COVID-19, and the racial wealth gap. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on June 16, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation. Part of the UCI Law COVID-19 & the Law lecture series.

Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science Rick Hasen discusses voting rights and election integrity at the time of COVID-19 with Professor of Lawyering Skills Henry Weinstein. Hosted by Veronica Gray, Partner of Nossaman LLP and UCI Law Board of Visitors Member. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on June 4, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation. Part of the UCI Law COVID-19 & the Law lecture series.

Clinical Professor of Law David Kaye discusses freedom of expression, disinformation and COVID-19 in this installment of UCI Law's COVID-19 & the Law lecture series. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on May 27, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation.

Julie Hill, UCI Foundation Chair and UCI Law Board of Visitors member interviews Chancellor's Professor of Law Michele Goodwin on the limits of governmental action and constitutional rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on May 13, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation. Part of the UCI Law COVID-19 & the Law lecture series.

John Gibson of Crowell & Moring LLP interviews Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran about her latest book analyzing the racial wealth gap and the history of financial inequity in the United States. Introductions by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson. Recorded on April 21, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation.

Prof. Henry Weinstein interviews Prof. Rick Hasen about his latest book analyzing key threats to the integrity of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Recorded April 1, 2020 via Zoom virtual presentation.

Visiting Prof. Joan Biskupic discusses U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearings, including Judge Neil Gorsuch. Moderated by Prof. Henry Weinstein. Recorded at UCI Law event April 5, 2017. More about Legal Analyst and Supreme Court biographer Joan Biskupic, including her latest CNN articles, here: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/visiting/biskupic/

UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discusses his latest book, interviewed by UCI Law Prof. Rick Hasen. Recorded March 13, 2017 at UCI Law event. More about the book and event here: http://www.law.uci.edu/events/2016-17/s2017/chemerinsky-book-talk-closing-courthouse-doors.html

In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Profs. Jennifer Chacón and Stephen Lee analyze the travel ban and subsequent 9th Circuit decision, DACA, the DHS's most recent memos on immigration enforcement, and other immigration issues that have arisen in the past 30 days since the inauguration of President Trump. More about the speakers: • Prof. Jennifer Chacón: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chacon/ Expertise: Immigration law, constitutional law, criminal procedure and criminal law • Prof. Stephen Lee: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lee/ Expertise: Administrative law, immigration law

UC Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman recently spoke to law students about their upcoming book FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS (Yale University Press), in which they explore the tension between the psychological harms of hateful speech and bullying, and the social harms of censorship or the punishment of dissent. Chancellor Gillman and Dean Chemerinsky also wrote about the lessons of free speech at The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/berkeley-milo-yiannopoulos-and-the-lessons-of-free-speech-72651? • More about UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman: http://chancellor.uci.edu/about/index.php • More about UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/

UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Joan Biskupic, Visiting Professor, Legal Analyst and Supreme Court biographer, discuss the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, including the judge's originalism philosophy, whether Senate Democrats will filibuster the nomination, and if and when the judge will ultimately take a seat on the bench of the country's highest court. --More about Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/ --More about Joan Biskupic: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/visiting/biskupic/

On Saturday Jan. 14, 2017, more than 100 UC Irvine School of Law faculty, staff, students, alumni, and attorneys came together at UCI Law to discuss the potential effects of a new presidential administration on a variety of legal practices. The event began with an opening plenary of speakers, featuring Pablo Alvarado, Founder and Executive Director, National Day Laborer Organization; Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UCI Law; Jacqueline Dan, Staff Attorney, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-OC; Kaaryn Gustafson, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center on Law, Equality and Race, UCI Law; Ameena Mirza Qazi, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles; and Angelo Logan, Co-founder, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice. More about the event here: http://www.law.uci.edu/events/2016-17/s2017/01-14-17-MLK-teach-in-training-mobilizing-for-justice.html

In this UCI Law Talks episode, UCI Law Profs. Jennifer Chacón and Stephen Lee break down the numerous and complex uncertainties in immigration law, including protection for immigrant communities, sanctuaries, and where to find reliable resources. More about the speakers: • Prof. Stephen Lee: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lee/ Expertise: Administrative law, immigration law • Prof. Jennifer Chacón: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chacon/ Expertise: Immigration law, constitutional law, criminal procedure and criminal law

UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Joan Biskupic, Visiting Professor at UCI Law and CNN legal analyst, discuss the uncertainty surrounding the Supreme Court as Trump's inauguration approaches, including potential replacements of Justice Scalia, Trump's nomination of solicitor general and the future of abortion, affirmative action and marriage equality. More about Dean Chemerinsky: www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/ More about Joan Biskupic: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/visiting/biskupic/

In this UCI Law Talks episode, UCI Law Profs. Seth Davis and Leah Litman unpack the serious civil rights issues presented after the election of Donald Trump, including effects on reproductive rights, voting rights, policing, immigration and transgender rights. More about the speakers: • Seth Davis, Assistant Professor of Law: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/davis/ Expertise: Administrative law, property, federal Indian law, federal courts, and torts • Leah Litman, Assistant Professor of Law: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/litman/ Expertise: Constitutional law, federalism, federal post-conviction review, habeas corpus, federal courts

UCI Law Profs. Rick Hasen and Henry Weinstein discuss myths and realities about Election 2016: Rigged, Hacked or Stolen? Recorded at UCI Law event Sept. 28, 2016. About the speakers: • Prof. Rick Hasen: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/ • Prof. Weinstein: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/weinstein/

UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Joan Biskupic, Visiting Professor at UCI Law and CNN legal analyst, preview the unusual upcoming SCOTUS term and discuss cases of race, religion and the death penalty. More about Dean Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/ More about Joan Biskupic: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/visiting/biskupic/

Joan Biskupic, distinguished journalist, CNN legal analyst and Visiting Professor at UCI Law (2016-17) shares her observations at a UCI Law event on the Supreme Court justices, the changing demographics of the Court and her quest to answer “Is personal biography judicial destiny?” More about Joan Biskupic: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/visiting/biskupic/ Recent CNN articles include: • On the continuing legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/20/politics/sandra-day-o-connor-legacy/ • On Anthony Kennedy's evolution on race http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/06/politics/anthony-kennedy-scotus-race-voting/ • Chief Justice John Roberts' game of chess http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/10/politics/supreme-court-chief-justice-john-roberts/ • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls Trump a ‘faker,' he says she should resign http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-donald-trump-faker/

UCI Law's 6th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review, held July 14, 2016 at UC Irvine, drew a record crowd in person (more than 800 RSVPs!), and hundreds more online via the live webcast, as distinguished panelists reviewed key cases decided in the historic October 2015 term. PANELISTS: • Robert Barnes, The Washington Post • Howard J. Bashman, Law Offices of Howard J. Bashman and How Appealing Blog • Erwin Chemerinsky, UCI Law • Kaaryn Gustafson, UCI Law • Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Moderated by Rick Hasen, UCI Law Recap of event in video, photos, news & social media here: http://www.law.uci.edu/events/supreme-court-term-review/2016.html

UCI Chancellor and Professor of Law Howard Gillman and UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky discuss what they learned in teaching a freshman seminar on freedom of speech on college campuses. Chancellor Gillman and Dean Chemerinsky have also co-authored op-eds about this topic: —Op-Ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/What-Students-Think-About-Free/235897 —Op-Ed in Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chemerinsky-gillman-free-speech-on-campus-20160331-story.html * More about UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman: http://chancellor.uci.edu/ * More about UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/

In this UCI Law Talks episode, UCI Law Prof. Stephen Lee and José Padilla, Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) explore the plight of farmworkers in the U.S., the challenges of educating the public about this plight, and how public service work can become a lifelong commitment. Recorded in conjunction with the UCI Law event March 11-12, "Establishing Equity in Our Food System" http://www.law.uci.edu/events/food-equity/2016/ More about the speakers and the issues: • Prof. Stephen Lee: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lee/ • José Padilla: http://www.crla.org/crla-directors • Video: California Rural Legal Assistance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOVme-8JNc • New York Times Op-Ed: Protect Female Farmworkers http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/opinion/how-to-protect-female-farmworkers.html?_r=0

In this UCI Law Talks episode, UCI Law Prof. Henry Weinstein moderates an exchange of views between Prof. Rick Hasen and Ed Whelan, former law clerk to Justice Scalia and president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), on the future of the Supreme Court and the 2016 elections. About the speakers: • Prof. Rick Hasen: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/ • Ed Whelan: http://eppc.org/author/edward_whelan/ • Prof. Weinstein: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/weinstein/

In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Hasen discuss the impact of Justice Scalia's sudden death on the Supreme Court and the presidential election. More about Prof. Rick Hasen: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/ More about Dean Erwin Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky/

Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine School of Law. He is a renowned expert on election law, legislation, remedies, and torts. His newest book is "Plutocrats United: Campaign Money, the Supreme Court, and the Distortion of American Elections." In this episode of UCI Law Talks, recorded at a book talk, Prof. Hasen discusses the contentious issue of campaign financing, with commentary by Dean Chemerinsky. In Plutocrats United, Prof. Hasen argues that both left and right avoid the key issue of the new Citizens United era: balancing political inequality with free speech. More about Prof. Hasen: www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/ More about his new book: http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300212457/plutocrats-united

Jonathan Glater is Assistant Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law. His areas of expertise include higher education law, criminal law, corporate law, white collar crime and securities fraud. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Glater for nine years worked as a reporter at The New York Times, where he wrote about the business of law and about higher education finance. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Prof. Glater unpacks the nuances of student debt and effects on higher education. He argues that talking about student loans in terms of a “crisis” may be missing the true challenge. • More about Prof. Glater: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/glater/ • Prof. Glater writes about "Shifting the risk of higher education": http://www.law.uci.edu/news/in-the-news/2016/djournal-glater-012516.pdf

Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean of UC Irvine School of Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law. His areas of expertise include constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He is the author of eight books and more than 200 articles in top law reviews. He frequently argues cases before the nation's highest courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and also serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Dean Chemerinsky discusses the potentially blockbuster cases to watch in the 2015-16 Supreme Court term now that the docket is set, including cases on immigration, abortion and contraception. More about Dean Chemerinsky: http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/

Annie Lai is Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law. Her areas of expertise include immigration, workers' rights, discrimination law, criminal procedure and legislative advocacy. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, she explains how the Immigrant Rights Clinic is transforming lives and teaching students the skills necessary for modern legal practice. More about the Immigrant Rights Clinic: http://www.law.uci.edu/academics/real-life-learning/clinics/immigrant-rights.html • More about Prof. Lai: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lai/

Shauhin Talesh is Assistant Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law, with joint appointment in Criminology, Law & Society. He is also Director of the Law and Graduate Studies Program at UC Irvine. He is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests include the empirical study of law and business organizations, dispute resolution, consumer protection, insurance, and the relationship between law and social inequality. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Prof. Talesh examines how procedural rules in litigation have morphed in ways that undermine plaintiffs' substantive civil rights, tilting the playing field in favor of defendants. Learn more with these links to Prof. Talesh's writing: • 2012 Law and Society Review article, which goes into the differences between two different arbitration systems: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/talesh/Talesh_46LSR_463.pdf • Abstract: The Process is the Problem: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/talesh/Talesh_The-Process-is-the-Problem.pdf More about Prof. Talesh: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/talesh/

David Kaye is Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the International Justice Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law, and he is UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. Prof. Kaye's scholarship and teaching focus on public international law, especially international human rights law, international humanitarian law, accountability for violations of human rights, and the law governing the use of force. In August 2014, Prof. Kaye was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to serve three years as Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression worldwide. With the assistance of students in his International Justice Clinic, Prof. Kaye reports to the UN on some of the key issues in free expression worldwide, such as the safety of journalists, severe restrictions placed on Internet access and usage, the chilling effects of electronic surveillance, hate speech and incitement to violence. http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/kaye/

Catherine Fisk is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center in Law, Society and Culture at University of California Irvine. Prof. Fisk teaches and writes on the law of the workplace, legal history, civil rights and the legal profession. She is the author of dozens of articles and four books, including the prize-winning Working Knowledge: Employee Innovation and the Rise of the Corporate Intellectual Property, 1800-1930, and Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace. Her research focuses on workers at both the high end and the low end of the wage spectrum. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, Prof. Fisk breaks down the Supreme Court case to be decided in the 2015-16 term, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which has the potential to weaken the role of public employee unions nationwide. http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/fisk/

Sarah Lawsky is Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UC Irvine School of Law. Her area of expertise is tax law, but she is also a leading aggregator and analyst of entry-level hires of law school faculty in the U.S. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, she discusses the health of the legal market, which has been the subject of much discussion, and unpacks exactly what has happened in the law teaching market and identifies characteristics associated with obtaining an entry-level job in this increasingly uncertain part of the academy. Learn more with these links to her reports: • 2015 Entry Level Hiring Report (PDF): http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lawsky/2015EntryLevelHiringReport.20151209.pdf • 2015 Entry Level Hiring Report (blog post): http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2015/05/spring-self-reported-entry-level-hiring-report-2015.html • All PrawfsBlawg Entry Level Hiring Posts: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/entry-level-hiring-report/ • Actual entry level hires for 2013: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2014/03/2013-full-hiring-report.html • All PrawfsBlawg posts on Getting a Job on the Law Teaching Market: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/getting_a_job_on_the_law_teaching_market/ Professor Lawsky's UCI Law profile page: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/lawsky/

Kaaryn Gustafson is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Law, Equality and Race at UC Irvine School of Law. Her areas of expertise include welfare and economic policy, criminal law and procedure, race, ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic inequality. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, she elaborates on her groundbreaking research into the history of bastardy laws in America which have shaped U.S. law and policy in many surprising ways. http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/gustafson/

Michele Bratcher Goodwin is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy at UC Irvine School of Law. Her expertise includes bioethics, constitutional law, family law, reproductive rights and torts. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, she warns of the serious and inadequately recognized challenges posed by the rising number of women in prison in the U.S. http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/goodwin/

Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine School of Law. His areas of expertise are election law, legislation, remedies, and torts. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, he discusses the dynamic challenges posed by battles to reshape election law, including the upcoming Supreme Court case, Evenwel v. Abbott, deciding the “one person, one vote” issue. Find out what he dubs a potential “political earthquake.” http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/

Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean of UC Irvine School of Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law. His areas of expertise include constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He is the author of eight books and more than 200 articles in top law reviews. He frequently argues cases before the nation's highest courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and also serves as a commentator on legal issues for national and local media. In January 2014, National Jurist magazine named Dean Chemerinsky the most influential person in legal education in the United States. In this episode of UCI Law Talks, he analyzes significant cases in the upcoming 2015-16 Supreme Court term, including cases deciding affirmative action, election law and union dues. http://www.law.uci.edu/about/deans-office/