UCI Law Talks

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/ Expe...

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 wrot...

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...

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 Chemeri...

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. Jennif...

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/...

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: Administrativ...

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 cont...

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 •...

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 An...

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 Foo...

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....

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 ca...

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 U...

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...

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 mo...

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 bet...

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 v...

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 Co...