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UCI law professor and firearm activist Michele Goodwin

Taking aim at gun violence

Law professor launches national effort to study firearm mayhem, police shootings and survivor trauma

UCI associate professor’s story about alumna, forensic evidence is published in magazine

UCI alumna Erin Morris, who earned a Ph.D. in psychology & social behavior in 2006, is the subject of UCI associate professor of literary journalism Erika Hayasaki’s story “The Investigator,” published in the Dec. 1 issue of The California Sunday Magazine. The Los Angeles County public defender’s office created the position of behavioral sciences research analyst for […]

Four from UCI elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Honor is conferred for distinguished contributions to their fields

Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Just keep talking

UCI law professor’s work in dispute resolution is rewarded with an honorary doctorate from Belgian university

UCI law professor to be awarded honorary doctorate from Belgian university

Carrie Menkel-Meadow is renowned for work in international conflict management

First symposium in UCI series to explore US immigration policy

EVENT:  Fifty years after passage of the landmark Immigration & Nationality Act, an array of expert scholars, journalists, historians and lawyers will gather for a two-day conference at UCI to discuss the past, present and future of U.S. immigration policy – examining the shift from 1965’s inclusionary vision to the enforcement patterns of today. “Transforming Migrations: Beyond […]

Charles Anthony Smith

Political science study co-authored by UCI debunks idea of public opinion backlash

Does putting same-sex marriage in the public spotlight impede future policy gains for gay and lesbian couples? A new study says no, contrary to previous research on the topic. The findings, which appear in the American Journal of Political Science, should bring hope to marginalized groups that may otherwise be dissuaded from pursuing public change, said Charles Anthony Smith, UCI associate professor of political science and study co-author.

UCI School of Law ranks 30th in first year of eligibility

Education, engineering also gain ground on annual U.S. News & World Report list of best graduate schools

Jesse Jackson to speak at UC Irvine panel on constitutional implications of Ebola

EVENT: An expert panel will present “The Constitutional Implications of Ebola: Civil Liberties & Civil Rights in Times of Health Crises.” Featured speakers are the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., UC Irvine dean of law Erwin Chemerinsky, UCI Chancellor’s Professor of law Michele Goodwin, UCI associate professor of public health Andrew Noymer, and Dr. George Woods […]

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor judges UCI law school competition

Two students argue in moot court the constitutionality of Illinois gun laws