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25 Years After 9/11 Symposium

On September 10 & 11, 2026, UCLA School of Law hosted a symposium honoring the 25th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. This symposium brought together legal scholars, practitioners, and others from across various disciplines to...

The Autocratic Legal Playbook

Abstract This Article examines the role of lawyers in the ascent of American autocracy. It analyzes that role in relation to the development and innovation of the autocratic legal playbook: the repertoire of tactics for mobilizing law to degrade...

De-Weaponizing Prison Transfers

Prison transfers have the power to destroy viable civil rights claims advanced by litigants who are incarcerated against prison officials. These prison transfers can be and have been employed as a litigation tactic to moot claims for relief and...