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Above the Law: The Best Law Schools For Tax Law (2025)
UC Irvine Law’s Graduate Tax Program Ranked No. 1 in California, No. 8 Nationally.
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Daily Journal: Still grading the State Bar*
Mary Basick was praised in a Daily Journal letter for calling out the State Bar’s ongoing institutional failures.
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Daily Journal: Supreme Court demands to know how, why AI was used on bar exam*
Mary Basick called it “unbelievable” the Supreme Court wasn’t told about the Bar’s use of AI.
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Futurism: California Admits AI Was Used to Write Bar Exam Plagued by Problems
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, described the February 2025 California bar exam as “worse than we imagined.”
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Common Dreams: ‘An Attempt to Silence the Public’s Voice’: Trump Moves to Accelerate Oil Project Approvals
Professor Alejandro Camacho was quoted in Common Dreams stating that the Trump administration is “once again disregarding the law, environment, and even market data” in its effort to accelerate fossil fuel project approvals.
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Daily Journal: California bar exam plunges to new low amid scandal*
Mary Basick called the Bar’s use of AI-written questions by non-lawyers “irresponsible and reckless.”
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The Panther: Know your rights: a critical step to being prepared
Annie Lai, director of UC Irvine Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic, stressed that all students have rights and should understand their legal protections.
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Canadian Lawyer: Trump threatens to revoke American Bar Association’s law school accreditor status
Dean Austen Parrish stated that revoking the ABA’s accreditor status could result in a “patchwork of licensure requirements” across different states.
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NDTV World: US Bar Body Admits Using AI To Develop Exam Questions, Sparking Controversy
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the use of AI-generated bar exam questions by non-lawyers “unbelievable” and “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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CBS News: State Bar of California admits to using AI to develop exam questions (Video)
In a TV interview, Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, said the way AI was used for the bar exam is very problematic.
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Los Angeles Times: Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
Professor Sameer Ashar called recent immigration actions “experiments” in expanding expedited removal and limiting due process for immigrants.
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Los Angeles Times: State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the February 2025 bar exam “worse than we imagined,” sharply criticizing the use of AI-generated questions drafted by non-lawyers as “an obvious conflict of interest.”
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Daily Journal: State Bar used AI to write exam questions, suggests lower pass score*
Mary Basick said the flawed questions made many suspect AI was used on the bar exam.
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KCRA: ‘We were essentially guinea pigs’: New California bar exam causes chaos after rollout of hybrid test (Video)
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, told KCRA that the February bar exam’s rollout was unfair due to technical failures and unfamiliar questions.
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San Francisco Chronicle: California may lower bar exam score after botched rollout and AI controversy*
Mary Basick, Assistant Dean of Academic Skills, called the February bar exam “unacceptable and utterly outrageous,” citing a conflict of interest in the exam’s design and validation.
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SFGATE: Bay Area traveler says Uber gift cards boosted fare
Professor Veena Dubal was cited for her 2023 research showing how companies like Uber and Amazon use algorithms to influence behavior and set unequal pay.
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The San Francisco Standard: In reversal, Lurie says you can read his texts
Professor Susan Seager, head of the Press Freedom Project, was quoted in the San Francisco Standard emphasizing that compliance with public records laws is a basic obligation for public officials.
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UCI School of Social Ecology: No. 1 cognitive psychologist receives double honors
Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus has been named a Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS and a study she co-authored has won a 2025 Best Paper Award from Computer Human Interaction (CHI).
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The New Yorker: So You Want to Be a Dissident?
Professor David Kaye is quoted in The New Yorker on the challenges facing political dissidents and the growing risks to free expression in the United States.
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