Williams Institute: Obama Executive Order Regarding Contractors Would Protect ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Williams Institute: Obama Executive Order Regarding Contractors Would Protect ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) According to a new study, The Impact of Extending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Requirements to Federal Contractors, published by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, a federal executive order that requires ... and more »

UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic ... - UC Los Angeles

UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic ... UC Los Angeles A new report published by the UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment assesses California's new chemical regulatory program and concludes that the state must strengthen its program in significant ways in order to ... and more »

Verdict on a veteran judge, Joan Dempsey Klein -- 'smart, funny, fearless' - Los Angeles Times

Verdict on a veteran judge, Joan Dempsey Klein -- 'smart, funny, fearless' Los Angeles Times Klein swam upstream in her career too, even working briefly as a riveter, and going to college and law school in spite of a father who wasn't too keen on such an education for women. She became the first UCLA law school grad to be appointed to the ...

EDUCATION: Colleges obsess over rankings; students shrug - Delmarva Daily Times

EDUCATION: Colleges obsess over rankings; students shrug Delmarva Daily Times Modest forms of fudging through data selection are undeniably common, especially in law school rankings. The most high-profile case of outright cheating involved Iona University in New York, which acknowledged last fall submitting years of false data ... and more »

Same-sex marriage could boost wedding business a bit - The Seattle Times

Same-sex marriage could boost wedding business a bit The Seattle Times (February 5, 2012, by notimetobleed) MORE Legalizing same-sex marriage would generate as much as $88 million in additional wedding and tourism spending in Washington, according to a study by UCLA Law School's Williams Institute. and more »