Signature Events 2013-2014
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June 13-14, 2013
Immigration SymposiumThis conference was organized to create a space for junior immigration law scholars and teachers to share drafts of their research projects, discuss teaching techniques, and to get to know one another.
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July 19, 2013
3rd Annual Supreme Court Term in ReviewAn all-star panel of Supreme Court journalists and academics reviews the key cases decided in the October 2012 term.
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Aug. 13, 2013
New Student PicnicAn annual event to welcome new students and their families to UCI Law.
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Oct. 3, 2013
Emerging Issues in Environmental Law Policy and Practice SymposiumHosted by UCI Law's Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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Oct. 25, 2013
“The Ecology of Law Firm Growth in China”Presented by Prof. Sida Liu of University of Wisconsin-Madison, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Nov. 18, 2013
“Legal Education in Republican and Maoist China”Presented by Glenn Tiffert of UC Berkeley, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Nov. 21, 2013
“Environmental Protection with Chinese Characteristics”Presented by Prof. Alex Wang of UCLA Law, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Dec. 2, 2013
“Protecting U.S. Intellectual Property in China through Investments”Presented by Joshua K. Perles, J.D., NYU Law, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Jan. 10, 2014
“Demobilizing the Law for Control: The Life Cycle of Labor Disputes in China”Presented by Sang Yu, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Irvine, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Jan. 27, 2014
Moot Court Finals, featuring three distinguished judgesWho will emerge the winner of the fourth annual Experian/Jones Day Moot Court Competition? An exciting annual event in which second- and third-year students demonstrate their brief-writing and oral argument skills, judged in each round by distinguished members of the bench and bar.
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Global Justice SummitThe third annual Global Justice Summit is a two-day mock constitutional convention. Students test their negotiation and collaboration skills by taking on various roles and creating a real life work product.
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Feb. 11, 2014
“Globalization and International Law Firms in China”Presented by Rachel Stern, Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science at the Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program at Berkeley Law, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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Al Meyerhoff Public Interest Lecture by Harvard Law Prof. Kenneth Mack -
Prisoners’ Access to Justice: Exploring Legal, Medical, and Educational RightsStudent-organized symposium
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"Law As… III" Legal History SymposiumOrganized by Prof. Christopher Tomlins
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March 10, 2014
Genetically Modified: Food Security, Health and the EnvironmentHosted by The Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources
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Public Interest Law Fund BenefitAnnual fundraising party to provide summer stipends for students in public interest jobs.
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March 17, 2014
Michelle Layne of the Securities and Exchange Commission on “SEC Enforcement Initiatives and Regulatory Issues”The Regional Director of the Los Angeles Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission comes to UC Irvine as part of the Center for Corporate Legal Leadership Speaker Series.
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March 20, 2014
Gary Sabin of Excel Trust, Inc. on “A Sure Formula for Success”The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Excel Trust, Inc. comes to UC Irvine as part of the Center for Corporate Legal Leadership Speaker Series.
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March 20, 2014
Screening of “Gasland Part II”The Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources presents this film as part of the Environmental Literature & Film Series.
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March 25, 2014
“Why Chinese Obey the Law: Lessons from China's Legal Service Sector”Presented by Prof. Benjamin van Rooij of UCI Law, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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April 1, 2014
Celebration of BooksHighlighting the works of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Rachel Croskery-Roberts, Catherine Fisk, Elizabeth Loftus, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, and Christopher Whytock.
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April 2, 2014
Chancellor's Chair Lecture by Prof. Bryant Garth on “Legal Education Reform, Legal Globalization, and the American Dream” -
April 7, 2014
CLEaR Critical Race Theory Lecture by Ian Haney LopezThe John H. Boalt Professor of Law (Berkeley Law) discusses his newly released book, Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class (Oxford University Press 2014).
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Mark P. Robinson Lecture by author Scott Turow -
Admitted Students WeekendUCI Law welcomes the admitted students of the Class of 2017 for a fun-filled weekend of getting aquainted.
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April 21, 2014
Lecture by Prof. Benjamin van Rooij on “China’s Compliance Challenge” -
April 25, 2014
“The Enigma of Chinese Capitalism in Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Zambian Copperbelt”Presented by Prof. Ching Kwan Lee of UCLA, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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The Interplay of Race, Gender, Class, Crime and JusticeSymposium hosted by Center on Law, Equality and Race
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May 5, 2014
“The Use and Misuse of Rules: Environmental Regulation Enforcement and Compliance in China”Presented by Prof. Shui Yan Tang of University of Southern California, as part of The Long Institute Lecture Series on Chinese Law, Business and Society
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May 10, 2014
CommencementUCI Law graduates its third class of students.
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Public Service Award DinnerHonoring physician, surgeon, scientist and philanthropist Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Immigration Law Professors Workshop -
July 10, 2014
4th Annual Supreme Court Term in ReviewAn all-star panel of Supreme Court journalists and academics reviews the key cases decided in the October 2013 term.
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Legal Realism Conference -
The Meaning of Myriad
Patent Law conference -
Insurance and Legal Regulation Symposium