Not the Last Word, but Likely the Last Prosecution: Understanding the Feds’ Evaluation of Civil Rights Criminal Charges in the Trayvon Martin Killing 16 Aug 2013 | 09:14 pm

A Legal ‘Red Line’? Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons in Civil Conflict 13 Aug 2013 | 09:04 pm

Fighting Unfair Credit Reports: A Proposal to Give Consumers More Power to Enforce the Fair Credit Reporting Act 13 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am

The Two-Tiered Program of the Tribal Law and Order Act 7 Aug 2013 | 07:48 am

Introduction In 1968, the U.S. Congress essentially divested tribal courts of the right to hand down felony sentences.1  For forty-four years, those courts could sentence defendants to no more than a...

Trayvon Martin & Implicit Bias 24 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am

The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and recent verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has generated intense national debate.  Mr. Zimmerman’s verdict has not ended the discussion, but instead caus...

“Healthcare for All”?: The Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality in the Affordable Care Act 22 Jul 2013 | 09:49 am

Introduction According to its proponents, the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)1 “enshrined . . . the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healt...

Welcome Volume 61 Staff! 16 Jul 2013 | 09:51 pm

The Board of Editors of the UCLA Law Review welcomes the 49 staff members who joined the Law Review over summer 2013! The list of new staff members for Volume 61, in addition to the Board, is availab...

The View from Below: Public Interest Lawyering, Social Change, and Adjudication 16 Jul 2013 | 09:25 pm

A Proposal for U.S. Implementation of the Vienna Convention’s Consular Notification Requirement 30 Jun 2013 | 12:34 pm

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Vienna Convention), to which the United States is a party, requires signatories to notify the consulates of and to grant consular officers physical access ...

Interbank Discipline 30 Jun 2013 | 12:20 pm

As banking has evolved over the last three decades, banks have become increasingly interconnected.  This Article draws attention to an effect of this development that has important policy ramification...