School of Law Content

��ϲʿ��ͼ Experts on Immigration, Labor and Human Trafficking

Karen Michele Nikos — June 25, 2024 - 1:44pm

The following University of California, Davis, experts on immigration policy are available to speak to the news media. Keep an eye on this and other current expert lists at www.ucdavis.edu/news under "experts" tab. These resources will be updated regularly. This list updated July 2024.

��ϲʿ��ͼ Names New School of Law Dean

Karen Michele Nikos — June 24, 2024 - 10:45am

University of California, Davis, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan announced today that Jessica Berg will be the next dean of the ��ϲʿ��ͼ School of Law. Berg, who has served as one of two co-deans of the School of Law at Case Western Reserve University, or CWRU, for nearly 11 years, will start on Sept. 1.

Karrigan’ Börk’s Award-Winning Water Rights Solution

Malia Reiss — March 26, 2024 - 9:17pm

��ϲʿ��ͼ Law Professor Karrigan Börk's paper proposing a water rights solution won the Morrison Prize, which recognizes the most impactful sustainability-related legal paper in North America.

��ϲʿ��ͼ Supreme Court Experts 2024

Karen Michele Nikos — February 08, 2024 - 11:30am

The following ��ϲʿ��ͼ School of Law professors can offer expertise on a series of issues before the U.S. Supreme Court this session. Some of those cases are highlighted below. We will add to this list as more cases surface and are argued, and as more media sources become available. Contact information for each source is contained in the hyperlinked biographies below.

How to Help Others During Law School’s MLK Day of Service and Celebration

Cody Kitaura — January 09, 2024 - 1:04pm

The ��ϲʿ��ͼ School of Law will host its fifth annual MLK Day of Service and Celebration on Monday, Jan. 15, to honor Martin Luther King Jr., the namesake of the law school’s King Hall, on his holiday.

Dean Johnson to Step Down at End of Academic Year

Karen Michele Nikos — October 11, 2023 - 12:20pm

Kevin R. Johnson will step down as dean of University of California, Davis, School of Law in July after an extraordinary three terms and 16 total years of service. He will return to faculty in the school.

The Conversation: Why is This Latest Trump Indictment the Most Serious Indictment Yet?

Karen Michele Nikos — August 02, 2023 - 12:40pm

Gabriel J. Chin, professor of criminal law, immigration and race and law, University of California, Davis

The most serious Trump indictment yet – a criminal law scholar explains the charges of using ‘dishonesty, fraud and deceit’ to cling to power

The Conversation: What is a Target Letter?

Karen Michele Nikos — July 20, 2023 - 9:57am

Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on July 18, 2023, that he had received a letter from the Department of Justice, notifying him that that he was “a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation.”

He also wrote that the letter said he has “a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.”

The Conversation: What do the Charges in Trump's Indictment Mean?

Karen Michele Nikos — June 15, 2023 - 10:13am

Federal prosecutors on June 9, 2023, unsealed the indictment that spells out the government’s case against former President Donald J. Trump, who is accused of violating national security laws and obstructing justice.

The Conversation: Where Does Student Debt Cancellation Stand Now?

Karen Michele Nikos — March 01, 2023 - 10:41am

Student debt cancellation program in jeopardy as Supreme Court justices hear arguments, faculty experts say.