FACULTY NEWS
Professor Gary Blasi Honored with ACLU Humanitarian Award Professor Gary l. blasi received the 2012 Humanitarian Award from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. The annual award is presented to an attorney for extraordinary efforts to protect civil liberties and civil rights. Professor Blasi was recognized for his work as co-counsel on Valentini v. Shinseki, a challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Gary Blasi discrimination against severely disabled veterans and misappropriation of land intended to be used solely for their benefit. Professor Blasi’s son, Jeremy, who also worked on the case as an intern at the ACLU, accepted the award on his father’s behalf during the awards ceremony in June.
Professors Carbado and Crenshaw Selected for Power 100 List Professors devoN carbado aNd KiMberlé creNshaw were selected in the category of Public Intellectuals by the news and media company, On Being a Black Lawyer, for its inaugural Power 100 list, a catalog of the nation’s most influential black attorneys working in government, academics and both the public and private sectors. They were profiled in a special edition and honored at a reception in Washington, D.C.
Dean Moran Named One of the Top 100 Influential Hispanics deaN rachel f. MoraN, Michael J. Connell distinguished professor of law, was featured in PODER Hispanic Magazine’s December/January 2012 issue as one of the “Top 100 Influential Hispanics” for her leadership as the first Latina dean of a topranked U.S. law school.
Professor Jyoti Nanda Receives “Dream of Los Angeles Award”
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Professor Jyoti NaNda was presented with the “Dream of Los Angeles Award” by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during the opening ceremonies for the City of Los Angeles Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. Professor Nanda, whose teaching and research interests include juvenile justice, public interest advocacy and civil rights, was honored for her work with the law school’s David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy and Critical Race Studies Program.
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Professor Laura Gómez Named Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians Professor laura e. GóMez has been appointed by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program for Laura Gómez 2012-13. As part of the program, she will present a lecture on behalf of OAH, the largest professional society devoted to the study of American history, at least once each academic year for three years. Professor Gómez, who rejoined the UCLA Law faculty in 2011, teaches in the areas of race and the law, law and society, constitutional law, civil procedure and criminal law. She has lectured widely and has published numerous articles, book chapters and op-ed commentaries, as well as two books.