Richard Frank '74, executive director of the California Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CCELP) at the UC Berkeley School of Law, will return to King Hall in Spring 2010 to teach California Environmental Issues and Environmental Practices as a visiting professor.
The UC Davis School of Law Office of Career Services is ratcheting up efforts to support student and alumni jobseekers, said Mindy Baggish, Director of Career Services.
Darrell Steinberg '84, president pro tempore of the California Senate, was the focus of a Wall Street Journal article describing him as "the biggest player in California state politics."
Dean Kevin R. Johnson praised President Obama's nomination of Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a potential replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter in local and national media.
Professor Courtney Joslin joined UC Davis Psychology Professor Gregory Herek for an online discussion of hate crimes and the impact of Proposition 8 on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
Dean Kevin R. Johnson commented on the efforts of local governments around the country to regulate "taco trucks," mobile vendors that sell Mexican-American food, for the Los Angeles Times.
Professor Donna Shestowsky commented on the ways female jurors tend to influence the trial process for an article in The National Law Review examining the impacts of the increasing numbers of women in the jury room.
Dean Kevin R. Johnson commented on the legacy of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for an article in the Los Angeles-based Spanish language newspaper La Opinion.
Associate Dean Vikram Amar commented on the process for appointing Supreme Court justices for Forum with Michael Krasny, a news program of Bay Area National Public Radio affiliate KQED.
