Albert and Heidi Praw Visiting Scholars Program Established Gift funds faculty exchange between UCLA Law and law schools in Israel A recent gift from Albert ’72 and Heidi Praw has established the Albert and Heidi Praw Visiting Scholars program, which will allow for six faculty exchanges between UCLA Law and law schools in Israel over the course of three academic years. Professor Eric Zolt served as UCLA Law’s first Praw Scholar—he taught at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law in May. Professor Katherine Stone will also visit Tel Aviv University in May 2015. The Praw Visiting Scholars program also brings internationally renowned legal scholars from Israel to UCLA. In the fall of 2013, Professor Niva Elkin-Koren, founding director of the Haifa Center for Law & Technology and former dean of the University of Haifa Faculty of Law, taught Law and Technology at UCLA Law. In January 2015, UCLA Law will welcome Hanoch Dagan, Stewart and Judy Colton professor of legal theory and innovation and former dean of Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, who will teach Property Theory as part of the Praw Scholars exchange program. Albert Praw is executive vice president of real estate and business development for KB Home. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and an active member of the community, serving on the board of directors of Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters as well as the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles.
UCLA Law Faculty Ranked Eighth for Scholarly Impact The UCLA School of Law faculty was recently ranked eighth for scholarly impact in a listing on “Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports.” In addition to the faculty’s overall ranking, a number of individual law professors were recognized. The ranking evaluated the 10 most highly cited law faculty members, in 11 major areas of legal scholarship, from the period of 2009 through 2013. Professor Stephen Bainbridge was ranked third in Corporate Law/Securities Regulation with 1,010 citations; Professor Stuart Banner was ranked seventh in Legal History with 390 citations; Professor Lynn LoPucki was ranked seventh in Commercial Law with 420 citations; Professor Kal Raustiala was ranked eighth in International Law with 560 citations; and Professor Seana Shiffrin was ranked ninth in Law & Philosophy with 310 citations. Professor Russell Korobkin was also included as a highly cited scholar who works partially in Law & Social Science, with 760 citations.
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Two UCLA Law Professors Featured Among Nine Notable Women in American Indian Law Two UCLA School of Law faculty members—Carole Goldberg and Angela Riley—were selected as notable women in American Indian law. They were included in Indian Country Today’s list of “9 Notable Women Who Rule American Indian Law,” and profiled for making major contributions to the field. CAROLE GOLDBERG Carole Goldberg, UCLA vice chancellor of academic personnel and Jonathan D. Varat distinguished professor of law, is a national expert on federal Indian and tribal law. A member of the faculty since 1972, she recently received the Lawrence R. Baca Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Federal Indian Law. Professor Goldberg was appointed in January 2011 by President Obama to serve on the Indian Law and Order Commission, which is investigating and recommending ways to improve Indian country criminal justice. Professor Angela Riley is the director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, director of UCLA’s J.D./M.A. joint degree program in Law and American Indian Studies, and co-director of the Native Nations Law and Policy Center. In 2003, she was selected to serve on her tribe’s Supreme Court, ANGELA RILEY becoming the first woman and youngest justice of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. In 2010, she was elected as chief justice.