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FEDERAL CIRCUIT PANEL COMES WEST TO MEET WITH UCLA LAW STUDENTS Judges and clerks from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit came to UCLA School of Law in November
Judge Raymond Chen, who earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA, and judges Kimberly Moore and Evan
Federal Circuit Judge Raymond Chen visits with students after hearing cases in a visit to UCLA Law.
2016 to hear a slate of cases and talk to students about intellectual property, clerkships and careers in the federal judiciary.
Wallach began the day in UCLA Law’s A. Barry Cappello Courtroom, hearing argument in a slate of IP cases, In Re Datatreasury Corp.
Then they turned their focus on the students who packed the courtroom. The judges answered questions on how they approach oral argument and writing opinions. Judge Moore then asked the Federal Circuit clerks, who occupied the jury box during argument, to tell the audience what they do and why they decided to seek clerkships. The message: Clerkships provide an unmatched vantage point on the law and create non-stop opportunities for applied writing and research. Finally, the judges and clerks networked with students and faculty over lunch. “It was an eye-opening experience,” said Natasha Babazadeh ’17. “How many students get to know judges personally? It was really important for me to just see the relationships that judges and clerks have with each other, and to gain insight into appellate procedure.”
IRVING H. GREEN MEMORIAL LECTURE HOSTS MASS TORTS EXPERT MOSES LEBOVITS
NIMMER LECTURE EXPLORES FAIR USE
UCLA Law alumnus Moses Lebovits ’75 shared his expertise on how technology, clear communication and civility combine to make a top trial attorney at the 2017 Irving H. Green Memorial Lecture on Feb. 21, 2017. Lebovits, a partner in Daniels Fine Israel Schonbuch & Lebovits and one of the nation’s leading lawyers specializing in catastrophic injury and death cases, appeared in conversation with Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin. In Moses Lebovits surveying Lebovits’ career representing plaintiffs in a series of mass tort and product liability cases — from the first major unintended acceleration case in the U.S. to a number of lawsuits stemming from airplane disasters — they unpacked and explored the ingredients of a successful case before a jury. “What you need to be able to do is tell them a story that resonates,” Lebovits told the packed room of students, faculty, alumni and friends. “Tell them a story that they can understand.”
The 2016 Nimmer Lecture celebrated 30 years of cuttingedge presentations on trends in copyright law, honoring the legacy of UCLA Law professor Melville Nimmer, author of the quintessential treatise Nimmer on Copyright. Niva Elkin-Koren Niva Elkin-Koren, professor of law at the University of Haifa in Israel and one of the world’s top scholars of the law and cyberspace, spoke on “Fair Use by Design,” offering assembled guests a vivid take on the legal impact of technology today.
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