When State Senator Gloria Romero recites the Pledge of Allegiance, she stops after “with liberty and justice.” She does not say the last two words: “for all.” In her speech at “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction” conference on Saturday, Romero said that many Californians are lucky enough to enjoy the liberties guaranteed to them by law, but the individuals who fall victim to a far-from-perfect criminal justice system are not. Read more...

In a one-hour Web chat this afternoon, students will have the opportunity to comment on plans for the university’s future. The Web chat is part of UC 2025, a project introduced by University of California President Robert Dynes in 2005, which seeks to analyze challenges facing the university and plan for the next 20 years. Read more...

As UCLA launches its new “Get Legal” campaign ““ aimed at preventing media piracy online by providing legal alternatives ““ some students are questioning whether the program can work when illegal options are so prevalent and whether the program’s incentives are enough to draw them to the program. Read more...

One example is a hepatitis B vaccine developed by University of California scientists. Another is various types of strawberries perfected by pomologists working for the UC. Read more...

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It’s a well-known ““ though not empirically proven ““ fact that today’s college students do a lot of movie watching during their college careers. So naturally, when we heard that five major movie studios had banded together to create a legal way to download flicks straight to our computers, our first reaction was, “Where do we sign up?” But if it sounds that good in Hollywood, it probably isn’t, and this is no exception. Read more...

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