The vast majority of gender identity hate crime events in California since 2013 reported violence against the victim as the underlying crime. tinyurl.com/GIHateCrimes

One year after the LA fires, who is accountable for a resilient and equitable recovery? No one, really. But it doesn’t have to be that way, writes our Julia Stein. legal-planet.org/2025/12/23/o...

(4/16) @law.ucla.edu Prof Eugene Volokh highlighted a NC case holding that a Covid-era gubernatorial order shuttering bars for over 400 days, even when many similar businesses were allowed to reopen, could violate the state constitution’s Fruits of Labor Clause.

Our research shows that there are 161,300 adults and 71,200 youth ages 13–17 in Texas who identify as transgender. WI research: bit.ly/TranspeopleUS @hoodline article: tinyurl.com/TXTransList

In California, hate crimes targeting gender identity have more than tripled since 2013. Read the full report at tinyurl.com/GIHateCrimes

California HAS abundant energy for everyone – if it better distributes its energy infrastructure spending for maximum public benefit. This report by Craig Segall and @denisegrab.bsky.social shows how policymakers can align gas system spending w/ long-term need for an expanded grid. ucla.in/4iWJ7mO

UCLA Law students just helped win a Supreme Court case. Members of the Supreme Court Clinic earned a major victory in Pitts v. Mississippi, involving the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause. #SupremeCourt #Law Read more: law.ucla.edu/news/justice...

Our California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic is examining how bioplastic packaging interacts with California’s waste system. Travel along with our @law.ucla.edu students as they tour facilities across the state. legal-planet.org/2025/12/15/c...

Households face annual costs of roughly $400–$900 from climate change—mainly from disasters, higher insurance, and energy costs—with lower-income families and certain regions hit disproportionately, from @kclausing.bsky.social, Knittel, and @cwolfram.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34525

@kclausing.bsky.social testified to the US House Ways & Means Committee Subcommittee on Tax that the most direct way to promote global competitiveness for American businesses & workers is to remove the Trump Administration tariffs. Read the full testimony:

Our research shows that nearly 1/3 of Latinx LGBT adults in the United States have been diagnosed with depression. Read the full report at bit.ly/LatinxLGBT

🗣️ CASE UPDATE: Fanfan v. Noem ⚖️Federal court grants TRO motion in Fanfan v. Noem and orders Petitioners’ immediate release, finding re-detention likely violated Due Process.

Before 2021, no state had prohibited gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Today, 27 states have enacted laws banning this care, while 17 other states have shield laws or policies that protect access to it. Data Source: tinyurl.com/GACShieldLaws

Our data interactive highlights key socioeconomic and well-being measures across six racial and ethic groups in the U.S. See data on health, victimization, discrimination, stress, and more at tinyurl.com/LGBTraceWellbeing

The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA is pleased to present the 2025 Annual Report reflecting our work in both Los Angeles and Europe. promiseeurope.law.ucla.edu/news/2025-annual-report

We are excited to launch “History in Reproductive Rights Cases: A post-Dobbs Resource Hub”—a collection of legal resources showing how history can inform state constitutional cases to protect, rather than restrict, reproductive rights and gender justice. Visit the Hub: law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

From pro bono projects to the UCLA Law in The Hague externship programme, the Manual on the National Criminalization of Ecocide, and our international conference on Ecocide, Human Rights and Environmental Justice, these are just a few highlights of the past year. bit.ly/SupportPromiseEurope

Nearly half of LGBT adults in the U.S. are religious. 77% of religious LGBT people in the U.S. identify as Christian. Bit.ly/ReligiosityLGBT

@law.ucla.edu professor @rickhasen.bsky.social talked to Kirk McDaniel about the current state of the U.S. campaign finance system. @sidebarcns.bsky.social on billionaires' increasing influence on elections: youtu.be/gqif_zO04es?...

Last class for our UCLA Law in The Hague students! www.promiseeurope.law.ucla.edu/news/last-cl... @law.ucla.edu #uclalawinthehague

Our research finds that LGBTQ students are more likely to choose to attend colleges away from their families and seek a more welcoming environment than their non-LGBTQ peers. Read the full report: bit.ly/LGBTQ4yrcollege

Together with Climate Counsel and experts from Ukraine, we co-hosted a side event at the Assembly of States Parties outlining how environmental harm is being investigated and framed in active conflict, offering insights that are shaping approaches in other jurisdictions. bit.ly/4q0nF2R

We're proud to share a snapshot of our 2025 Annual Report. We were on the ground in key places around the globe where environmental law & policy were made this year, from Brazil to South Africa, New York to Altadena. Our students made big waves in our 2 law clinics. law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

Our new report finds that Hispanic or Latine transgender women report disproportionately high rates of physical attacks, compared to Hispanic or Latine transgender men and nonbinary people. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/CATransViolence

Ann Carlson on the dismantling of CAFE Standards: In a quick perusal of the proposed rule, it’s clear that the so-called “SAFE 3” standards are on very shaky legal ground and a complete assault on electric vehicles in general and EV companies in particular. legal-planet.org/2025/12/05/s...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: 2025 has been a tough year for environmental law, but the UCLA Emmett Institute scored some big wins. Here’s a roundup. law.ucla.edu/academics/ce...

Students and faculty from UCLA Law's Veterans Legal Clinic collaborated on "Confronting Disaster: Curbing Corporate Speculation in Post-Fire Altadena," a report assessing housing displacement risks facing Altadena residents after the Eaton Fire. #Law law.ucla.edu/news/veteran...

@law.ucla.edu's @rickhasen.bsky.social talked to Kirk McDaniel about Elon Musk's involvement in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, which attracted more than $100 million in campaign contributions — a record for a judicial race. Full Sidebar episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5lS4...

Your support is essential to our work. Your generosity helps us produce 60 publications on LGBTQ issues each year, support our research team, and train the next generation of social scientists and legal scholars.

As we mark World AIDS Day, we're hosting a webinar on HIV criminalization laws in the U.S. today at 12pm PST. Register now at tinyurl.com/WorldAIDSwebinar to learn how policymakers and advocates are using a decade of our research to make the case for reform.

Watch the recording of our ED reflecting on what difference the criminalization of ecocide would make for business and human rights: www.promiseeurope.law.ucla.edu/news/kate-ma... @law.ucla.edu @uclapromiseeurope.bsky.social @unwgbhr.bsky.social #UNForumBHR

@law.ucla.edu's @rickhasen.bsky.social told Kirk McDaniel why 2024 served as an inflection point for billionaires' campaign contributions, with nine of them donating at least $100M. Only one person gave over $100M in 2016. Full @sidebarcns.bsky.social episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5lS4...

Data tells a story and lays the foundation for progress. Our research on the lives and well-being of LGBTQ people informs courts, policymakers, and communities. We count because you count.

A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Justice's request to access private medical records of transgender kids. Our data shows that approximately 724,000 youth aged 13-17 in the U.S. identify as transgender. Article: tinyurl.com/TransKidsMedical Data: bity.ly/TranspeopleUS

Read our suggestions for how to kickstart the important transformation of our urban environment to help shield residents from the worst effects of rising temperatures @uclaioes.bsky.social @law.ucla.edu @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social law.ucla.edu/news/reducin...

Important work and helpful data from @law.ucla.edu's @kclausing.bsky.social on understanding who bears the burden of climate inaction? Not in the future but right now. legal-planet.org/2025/11/20/c...

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, remember that one in five respondents to the 2022 USTS reported experiencing verbal harassment by strangers in public due to their transgender status. tinyurl.com/CATransViole...

Can Paramount back out of its $7.7B UFC deal if match-fixing allegations damage the brand? Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy's Andrew Verstein weighs on the legal challenges ahead. "It's not outside the realm of possibility, though a court might have a 'caveat emptor' attitude."

It's extremely inspiring to see Ayisha Siddiqa, founder of the Future Generations Tribunal and a @law.ucla.edu J.D. student featured here as "one of the brightest young climate activists I have ever met," with a "project that may just change the world."

Ken Ziffren '65 has made a visionary planned gift — the largest in UCLA Law's 76-year history. His commitment will ensure UCLA Law remains atop the fields of entertainment, media, sports & technology law. Read more 🔽 law.ucla.edu/news/histori... #EntertainmentLaw #Law

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes an interview with Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, for our Meet the Author series. Read more: spkl.io/63323Aj4ID#blog #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #LawSky #OpenAccess #Research

UCLA launches the STOP Methane Project with Top 25 Plumes in ’25 lists of methane super-polluters. @uclalawemmett.bsky.social legal-planet.org/2025/11/17/p...

Our new study finds that LGBTQ communities have faced profiling, entrapment, discrimination, harassment, and violence from law enforcement for decades, and this mistreatment continues to be widespread. Read the full report at tinyurl.com/PoliceLGBTQ

NEWS: UCLA’s STOP Methane Project is live, and we have a Top 25 list of extreme methane emissions from oil and gas. Huge thanks to @whitehouse.senate.gov for sharing. Sign up for updates and see all the rankings: stopmethane.substack.com

👋We're on the ground at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Please say hi. Our Cara Horowitz joins our methane project lead Juan Pablo Escudero, a Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Our Governors'​ Climate & Forests Task Force led by Jason Gray is holding a governors roundtable and several side events.

This Veterans Day, remember that more than 600,000 veterans who identify as LGBT, including 163,000 who identify as transgender. bit.ly/transveterans

UCLA's Blueprint Magazine explores China's lead in the race to renewables and features a lengthy interview and profile of our Prof. Alex Wang @greenlawchina.bsky.social. blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/the-...

Our new study finds that marriage can offer stability, mutual support, and greater family acceptance for LGBTQ+ people with disabilities. Read the report at tinyurl.com/reliancemarriage

Our Prof. Ann Carlson talks with Sammy Roth about a possible silver-lining if Trump succeeds in revoking the endangerment finding: California could gain the power to regulate greenhouse gases.