Professor Robert Hillman commented on the tenure of outgoing Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox for a story in the Denver Post.
The video presentation of the January 20 inauguration of President Barack Obama that took place in the King Hall student lounge as part of the UC Davis Black Law Students Association King Week events drew coverage from both the Sacramento Bee and Davis Enterprise.
Professor Raha Jorjani shared her experiences representing women held in immigration detention centers in Arizona for an article in the New York Times.
Professor Diane Marie Amann commented on the Obama administration's plans to close the detention camp at Guantánamo Bay for the Christian Science Monitor and KCBS radio last week.
Professor Lisa Ikemoto delivered a lecture on "Taking Women to Market: Eggs, Embryos, and Informed Consent" at the Georgia State University College of Law's Center for Law, Health & Society on January 26.
Dean Kevin R. Johnson is one of 21 distinguished legal scholars to have signed an amicus brief challenging Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban passed by California voters in November.
Students from the UC Davis School of Law placed among the top four in the first annual Moot Court National Championship hosted this year by the University of Houston Law Center January 15-17.
Ralph Nader's lecture on "Corporate Power, Law Firms, and Law Schools" delivered November 24, 2008 in King Hall's Wilkins Moot Courtroom has been posted to UC Davis' iTunesU and You Tube websites.