A new bill in California, AB 2385 by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, would help local governments spring into action after disasters. It fixes a drafting issue identified by our Julia Stein. legal-planet.org/2026/03/03/a...
Today is HIV is not a Crime Awareness Day. Our new report on HIV stigma finds that in 2024, 43% of adults in the United States held at least one stigmatizing belief about people living with HIV, an increase from 31% in 2021.
Full report at tinyurl.com/HIVstigmaWI
Flowers by the coastline and the Emmett Institute logo
Our February newsletter is here! Read on for details about upcoming book talks, class field trips, panel discussions, and exciting campus visits. Trivia: Guess which U.S. Supreme Court justice came to speak with our students this month? mailchi.mp/law.ucla.edu...
On Feb 26, three new State Dept. rules take effect, imposing sweeping conditions on organizations receiving U.S. foreign aid including a ban on promoting "gender ideology." Our new report examines the impact on trans, nonbinary, and intersex people globally.
Read at tinyurl.com/GGRExpansion
On Feb. 6, Supreme Court of the United States Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited UCLA School of Law, sharing insights on law, public service, and leadership. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/us-supr... #Law
More than 80% of transgender youth in the West and nearly three-quarters in the Northeast live in states with shield laws protecting their access to gender-affirming care.
Read the full report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
A group of professors posing in a courtyard.
A group of professors laughing in a courtyard.
Our Meet the Faculty lunch is an amazing showcase of the environmental law program at UCLA: Water Law and Natural Resources to Energy & Infrastructure Finance to Regulating the Automobile to Chinese Governance to 2 law clinics and even Future Law. Love our brilliant professors and mentors.
Join us today at 12pm PT to discuss recent Williams Institute research on victimization against transgender and nonbinary people in California and strategies for addressing the violence. RSVP at tinyurl.com/TransHCCA
Solar panels and a head shot of Prof Alex Wang with details of the book talk
This is a remarkable moment in global environmental governance. Join us March 4 at 4pm for a talk with Prof. Alex Wang about his new book "Chinese Global Environmentalism," in conversation with Mary Nichols.
@greenlawchina.bsky.social
RSVP: law.ucla.edu/events/chine...
Our new research shows that hundreds of federal surveys removed questions about sexual orientation and gender identity since the start of the second Trump administration. Read the full report at: tinyurl.com/SOGIdata
Is China an environmental savior? Our Faculty Co-Director Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social has a new book out explaining the origins and contradictions of "Chinese Global Environmentalism." law.ucla.edu/news/china-e...
Our Prof. Ann Carlson was on NPR’s Here & Now explaining how EPA's decision this week to abandon climate change regulation could give more power to the states. 🧵
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The vast majority of transgender youth in the South and half of transgender youth in the Midwest live in states with at least one law or policy that restricts their rights. Read the full report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
Join us on February 19 at noon PT to discuss recent Williams Institute research on victimization against transgender and nonbinary people in California and strategies for addressing the violence. RSVP today at tinyurl.com/TransHCCA
Yesterday, CILP’s Deputy Director Talia Inlender, Senior Staff Attorney Monika Langarica, & Staff Attorney Sofía López Franco joined moderator & UCLA Law student Gina Le & Prof. Nina Rabin to discuss the current moment.
The panel was co-hosted by UCLA Law Students for Immigrant Justice (LSIJ).
New article by our legal associate Amanda D. Brown issues a call for placing CRT on the agenda of the ILOS, and the sea on the agenda of CRT, bringing the two fields into dialogue to expose how violence and inequality are normalised and obscured in maritime governance. bit.ly/4caxLdV
Half of transgender youth in the U.S. live in 27 states that have banned access to gender-affirming care.
Learn more in our report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
Our Ann Carlson spoke with @kcrw.com, @npr.org in LA, about revoking the endangerment finding. She says the move will drive up harmful air pollution. "Trump likes to claim he cares about air pollution, but all of these laws have big benefits that we won't see anymore."
www.kcrw.com/shows/press-...
@alejandrocamacho.bsky.social's (@law.ucla.edu) scholarship studies the goals, structures, and processes of regulation, with a particular focus on natural resources, pollution control, and land use law.
Connect with Camacho: scholars.org/scholar/alej...
Our submission to the OHCHR in response to its Call for Input on the Marshall Islands’ nuclear legacy addresses the first key question: how justice can be pursued for the impacts of nuclear testing on the environment, affected communities, and future generations. bit.ly/4aE5niS @law.ucla.edu
Revoking the endangerment finding would mean full-blown warfare against all things climate. Some thoughts from our Ann Carlson who has been tracking this all year🧵
A flyer with wind turbines on a hill
SAVE THE DATE for our 2026 symposium "Can Abundance Be Sustainable? Merging Affordability and Climate Policy." Friday April 3, 2026 (9am - 4pm). Our symposiums are always a lot of fun. They are free and open to the public, but they fill up. More details to come. @law.ucla.edu
On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we are reminded that Black Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV criminalization. They are more likely to be arrested and convicted of HIV-related allegations. Read our summary of research at tinyurl.com/HIVBlackAmericans
More than one-third of transgender youth in the U.S. live in states that restrict the use of gender-affirming pronouns in schools or require schools to notify parents when a student requests a pronoun change. Read the full report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ people had similar needs after the LA fires. However, our study found pre-existing inequities in housing stability, health, income, and social inclusion shaped recovery outcomes and compounded harm for LGBTQ+ people.
Read the full report at https://tinyurl.com/EatonFireImpact
Yesterday, CILP’s Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic gave public comment before the Lynwood City Council about the Lynwood Values Act—a local ordinance that prohibits local resources and data from being used for federal immigration enforcement.
UCLA Law prof James Salzman has been honored with an invitation to join the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center's 2027 Residency Program. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/james-s... #EnvironmentalLaw
UCLA Law's Rose Chan Loui, founding executive director of @uclalawlmpn.bsky.social, has been elected to the membership of the American Law Institute, one of the most prestigious positions for legal academics and professionals. Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/rose-ch...
382,800 transgender youth ages 13-17 live in the 29 states that restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, bathrooms and facilities, or the use of gender-affirming pronouns in schools.
Read the full report at tinyurl.com/anti-transpolicy
Excited to announce the publication of my new book – Chinese Global Environmentalism – later this month!
The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power.
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