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Professor Lisa Pruitt and University of Puget Sound Professor Emelie Peine published a Sept. 11 opinion piece for Inside Higher Ed headlined “Stop With the Rural-Bashing on Campuses.”

“We have a responsibility as educators to challenge antirural bias,” the scholars wrote.

Professor Nila Bala has been named a 2024-25 Public Scholarship Faculty Fellow by UC Davis’ Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement. 

As part of the fellowship, Bala will write public scholarship pieces critiquing “civil Miranda” warnings, which inform parents of their rights during child welfare investigations.

Professor Brian Soucek's article “The Constitutional Irrelevance of Art” was quoted and cited to the U.S.

Jenny Ballesteros Magdaleno ’23 has received a prestigious Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 2021-22 scholarship.

Professor Elizabeth Joh wrote a Dec. 11 essay for Slate on the topic of police using robots to deploy lethal force.

Dean Kevin R. Johnson will receive the Association of American Law Schools’ inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy. The award is a collective recognition by five AALS sections (Civil Rights, Education Law, Immigration Law, Minority Groups, and Student Services).