Reshape your perspective on transactional law. Hear from the distinguished panel of Kirkland’s industry-leading women attorneys as they share their experiences, insights and valuable advice. Discover the keys to becoming an empowered and successful lawyer as we unveil the intricacies of transactional law. Lunch will be provided. RSVP HERE. Please contact the Los Angeles Legal Recruiting Team with any questions.
Find out more »The eleventh annual Corporate and Securities Litigation Workshop was held at UCLA School of Law in September 2024. This annual workshop brings together scholars focused on corporate and securities litigation to present their scholarly works.
Find out more »The election of the next President of the United States may have profound implications for tax policy and therefore for the finances of both businesses and families. Please join us as Professor Kimberly Clausing, the Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis in the Treasury Department, analyzes the competing tax platforms of presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. This event is sponsored…
Find out more »Business Law Specialization students are invited to a welcome lunch with the Lowell Milken Institute. Join us for a casual taco lunch to welcome Michael Dorff as LMI’s Executive Director and to chat with the Business Law Faculty Directors and students!
Find out more »This meetup is for all UCLA students interested in participating in the 2024-2025 competition for the Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs. Learn more about the $50,000 competition, meet entrepreneurs and potential team members, and get students to join your team by pitching your venture idea. This is an opportunity to form teams with students from other schools at UCLA to compete for the $50,000 in prizes! A reception following the event will be held at the UCLA School…
Find out more »Join us for a lunch talk with Tristan Robinson and Goldie Shen (Law’ 22) Ashurst LLP for an Overview of US Project Finance and Case Study on University of Utah P3 for Student Housing. Register on MyLaw. This is a private event open to UCLA School of law students, faculty and staff. For questions, please email lowellmilkeninstitute@law.ucla.edu. Please note that lunch is not guaranteed for any RSVPs received after Friday, October 11 at 5:00 pm.
Find out more »OpenAI, the entity behind ChatGPT, has been making headlines in the business and legal world since its nonprofit board fired founder and CEO, Sam Altman. Altman’s dismissal and subsequent return highlighted the tension between the nonprofit structure of OpenAI and Microsoft’s hefty investment in its technology, all against the backdrop of OpenAI’s potentially dangerous pursuit of AGI (artificial general intelligence). The OpenAI nonprofit/for-profit structure presents an interesting opportunity to explore nonprofit use of for-profit entities and the issues that arise…
Find out more »Have you ever wondered what it is like to practice technology and business law in Silicon Valley? Or perhaps what is the unique and critical, but often unstated, role of the law that helps to make the Silicon Valley ecosystem work? Josh Green (BA ’77, JD ’80, Lecturer in Law) began practicing law there in 1980 and will provide an overview of what it is like to think like a venture capitalist, feel like an entrepreneur and act like a lawyer. …
Find out more »Join us for a conversation with Brian Lee (’93 B.A., ’96 J.D.) and Brian Liu (’96 J.D.), co-founders of LegalZoom.com. Moderated by Dean Michael Waterstone This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Asian/Pacific Islander Law Student Association, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy, and UCLA School of Law. RSVP HERE Please RSVP by November 4th, 2024
Find out more »Global market platforms play an increasingly critical role in the world’s economy. In 2023 alone, nearly $575 billion worth of merchandise was sold through Amazon. Notably, over 60% of that merchandise was sold not by Amazon itself, but by third-party sellers using Amazon’s platform. With roughly 4.5 billion items sold by U.S.-based sellers alone in 2023, the question arises: who is responsible for the quality and legality of these products? If a product is faulty or counterfeit, is Amazon liable,…
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