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May 1, 3:00 pm

Students, staff march in May Day protest outside chancellor’s office

About 30 students and staff marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office Monday calling for a sanctuary campus and protections for minority students. The Student Labor Advocacy Project organized the walkout and rally as part of the May Day protests happening worldwide, said Parshan Khosravi, a member of SLAP. Read more...

Photo: Protesters rallied in front of Powell Library on Monday calling on UCLA to act on a number of issues, such as sexual harassment, protections for undocumented students and workers’ rights. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)

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May 1, 1:35 pm

Jocelyn Samuels appointed next executive director of Williams Institute

A former assistant attorney general for civil rights will serve as the next executive director of the Williams Institute, officials announced Monday. Jocelyn Samuels will replace the Williams Institute’s founding executive director, Brad Sears, who held the position for 16 years, July 1. Read more...

Photo: Jocelyn Samuels, a specialist in civil rights law, will replace Brad Sears as executive director of the Williams Institute. (Courtesy of the Williams Institute)

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May 1, 12:12 am

UCLA police Chief Tony Lee aims to increase engagement with students

As a police officer, Tony Lee said he has been able to make people’s days better. For instance, he once helped find a celebrity’s purse that contained irreplaceable photos and jewelry. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Chief of Police Tony Lee said he hopes to meet regularly with student groups and the UCLA community to solicit their feedback. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)

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April 30, 11:54 pm

ELP symposium discusses future of education, immigration policies

Activists for undocumented students and workers temporarily disrupted an education symposium focused on immigration Saturday morning. About 10 protesters, wearing white and bearing the word “sanctuary” written on parts of their bodies, shouted over Chancellor Gene Block as he tried to deliver his welcome speech to teachers, principals and other school administrators at the Educational Leadership Program symposium, “Moving Forward in Education: Responding to the Challenges of the Next Four Years.” “Emails, emails, you’re on top, sanctuary now or we won’t stop,” the protesters chanted. Read more...

Photo: Activists calling on UCLA to adopt sanctuary policies sang in solidarity with undocumented immigrants outside an educational leadership symposium discussing the impact President Donald Trump’s immigration policies will have on immigration and education. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)

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April 30, 11:54 pm

UCLA law professor, students win Supreme Court case through clinic program

This post was updated on May 2 at 1 p.m. On the morning of April 19, law professor Stuart Banner returned from an early morning run to hundreds of emails, voicemails and text messages congratulating him for winning a Supreme Court case. Read more...

Photo: UCLA law professor Stuart Banner successfully argued a case about restitution with the help of students in his Supreme Court Clinic course at the UCLA School of Law. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)


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