Law

UCI Law launches Fair Elections and Free Speech Center

Center will be a driving force to ensure fair elections, vibrant and free debate, and the rule of law in the digital age

UCI experts produce guide for defense attorneys fighting use of rap lyrics in trials

First Amendment rights and racism intersect in criminal cases involving musicians

Associate Professor Keramet Reiter sitting at a desk talking to someone.

UCI’s graduate programs shine in U.S. News & World Report rankings

11 fields of advanced study place in top 10 among public universities on annual list

The future of graduate education

UCI deans discuss the importance of diversity in graduate education and why standardized tests are losing favor

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UCI Podcast: Undoing Trump’s environmental regulation rollbacks

Alex Camacho discusses ways the Biden administration can advance its environmental agenda.

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UCI Podcast: How Amy Coney Barrett could reshape the Supreme Court

With just weeks to go before the election, the Senate has launched confirmation hearings for President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Conservatives have praised her judicial approach, while liberals are worried that she could contribute to undoing the gains they’ve made on social issues in recent decades — and […]

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UCI Podcast: What could cause an election meltdown?

UCI elections expert and law professor Rick Hasen discusses what voters can do to make sure their vote is counted

Building Tomorrow’s AI: Smarter and Fairer

UCI researchers forge local and international partnerships to make artificial intelligence work better for actual people in real life

Chancellor’s Professor of law Richard Hasen named CNN election law analyst

Noted author and scholar to analyze all aspects of the November 2020 U.S. presidential election

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UCI Podcast: Michelle Deutchman on the pandemic’s effect on campus free speech

The free speech movement was born on college campuses in the 1960s as students protested the Vietnam War and voiced their support for civil rights. But what will happen as the COVID-19 pandemic suppresses in-person campus gatherings, and as discourse increasingly moves online? The University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement […]