Sunday, October 4

Firm executive Frank McCourt talks data ownership, new book at technology event

The UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy hosted investment firm executive Frank McCourt to discuss his new book on reconstructing the internet to give people ownership over their data. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured here. The UCLA Institute of Technology, Law & Policy is a partnership between the law school and the Henry Samueli School of Engineering. (Daily Bruin file photo)


LA County District Attorney charges detainee in alleged on-campus sexual assault

This post was updated July 14 at 7:51 p.m. Editor’s note: The following article contains a description of an alleged sexual assault incident. The Los Angeles County District Attorney charged a man with allegedly sexually assaulting a UCLA student at Saxon Suites. Read more...

Photo: Saxon Suites, a UCLA on-campus housing complex, was the location of an alleged burglary and sexual assault of a student. The LA County District Attorney officially charged the alleged perpetrator Wednesday. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)



Alumnus’s donation establishes fellowship for study of Latinx communities and law

The Critical Race Studies program at the UCLA School of Law received a $1 million gift in April to fund a fellowship across eight to nine years for four to five students pursuing careers in Latinx legal academia. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Law is pictured. In April, the law school received a $1 million gift to fund a fellowship for students in Latinx legal academia. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC approves $10.6M budget, including officer raises, for 2024-2025 fiscal year

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved its budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year during its Tuesday meeting. The budget estimates $10,596,556 in budgetable income and designates $10,536,556 for budgetable expenses for the fiscal year, which is set to commence Aug. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which houses the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. USAC unanimously approved its budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year during its Tuesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)



US Supreme Court upholds gun restrictions on domestic abusers in 8-1 decision

This post was updated July 8 at 11:56 p.m. The Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision June 21 to uphold a law preventing those subject to domestic abuse restraining orders from possessing firearms. Read more...

Photo: Students gather at Wilson Plaza in June 2022 to conduct a “lie-in” protest in response to gun violence in the United States. In a win for gun control advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled 8-1 that laws restricting people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms are constitutional. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)