UCLA School of Law

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Technology has a vital role in the daily workings of our society; from the cars we drive, to the devices we use to communicate, and even in the coffee machines many rely on to keep them buzzing. Advancements in technology are made on an almost daily basis, however, are all of them necessary? Are self-driving cars beneficial or do people really need a cell phone that can communicate with them through voice activation? In the third chapter (“Technology”) of his book, Building a Bridge to the…

Being taught to read before attending allowed Rosa to be more independent throughout her learning years. An inability to graduate on time with most of her peers did not stop Parks from returning for a high school diploma. This attribute belonged to Rosa Parks from her childhood throughout her adulthood. Holding the place of chapter secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) gave another opportunity to make a difference…

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His tactics were harsh of organizing sit –ins in legislative chambers, including the United States Senate Committee hearing, mass demonstrations of several thousand welfare recipients, school boycotts, picket lines, and etc., with these methods, was effectives. “The flooding succeeded beyond Wiley’s wildest dreams,” of single-parent households welfare soared from 4.3 million to 10.8 million, despite mostly flush economic…

An in depth study done by Berkeley showed that “schooling significantly reduces criminal activity” (Department of Economics UCLA). In a report of the Surgeon General, education was found to “prevent the initiation of tobacco use and reduce its prevalence among youth” (“We Can”). To the same effect, sex education in schools based on scientific fact, not abstinence, has been shown to significantly reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. Just as sexual education is based…

When it comes to Sports Law there are several issues at all levels of competition; College, Professional, and even International sports have begun to see an influx of legal issues as the popularity of sports continues to grow. Issues like player health and safety, player labor and union issues, and gambling limitations in sport are generating a lot of conversation. However, the fight between college athletes and the National Collegiate Athletic Association over developing free market and unions…

To start my search, I went to the ProQuest database through the ACC library page and under the Criminal Justice Database I typed in “Juvenile tried as adult law.” The first lead I followed in depth was one that showed up in the ProQuest database which talks about The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1995. This Act makes it so when a child 13 years old or older commits a crime with a firearm on federal property they will be prosecuted as an adult. The main sponsor…

undocumented youth." Latino Studies 4.3 (2006): 212-231. Leisy Janet Abrego is an associate professor at UCLA, in Latina/o Studies, Central Americans in the U.S., Gender, Families, Immigration Laws in Everyday Life. Some of her other work include “Legitimacy, social identity, and the mobilization of law: The effects of Assembly Bill 540 on undocumented students in California”, “Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants1”, “Parents and children across borders”,…

However, there are several problems with affirmative action. It would make sense that schools that implement affirmative action would be more balanced. However, “the levels of racial preferences at American law schools are remarkably homogenous across institutions… [in ways that are] hard to distinguish from racially segregated admissions”, implicating that affirmative action may not even change the…