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The Growing Pains of Korean Democracy
On December 3, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. Korean Standard Time, Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law  in an unannounced televised...
Robin Rhim
Feb 12


The Corporate Departure from California
Credit: Kyle Calzia For years, California has been a thriving market for emerging companies. However, the Golden State has since had to...


IUU Fishing: The Dangers Behind Unsustainable Seafood Practices
Credit: Aman Bhargava | freerange Introduction With an estimated market value of $276.5 billion in 2020Â and over 40 million people...
Lea Crase and Kristen Rai
Apr 23, 2024


Faith in Our Institutions: Reforming Judicial Ethics in the Supreme Court
Credit: Courtesy Nicole Poirot The public has lost faith in the branch of government designed to be the most direct expression of the...


How CA Local Governments Make a Difference for Women’s Rights
Credit: Sergio Ruiz, SPUR | Flickr Introduction The United Nations’ (UN) Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women...
Astrid Souto, Lea Crase, Christina Nadeau
Mar 5, 2024


Can Private Tech Companies be Targeted Under International Humanitarian Law?
Credit: Starlink I. Introduction There has been an observed shift in governments utilizing private-public partnerships for...

Advisory Opinions and Their Legal Gravitas
Credit: Eriks Cistovs | Pexels In a landmark initiative to clarify legal obligations tied to climate change and its effects on the ocean,...


Heat Rising: The Deadly Issue of Prison Heat Conditions
Credit: vividcorvid | Fotolia Rising temperatures during the summer months are significantly impacting the United States, leading to...
Lea Crase, Morgan Botelle
Oct 31, 2023


WHAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST FIELDS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ARBITRATION
Credit: Pavel Danilyuk | Pexels INTRODUCTION: Arbitration is not a new concept, even though brand-new legislation and public attention...
Joana Garcia, Alisha Hacker, Caitlin Edwards
Oct 31, 2023


Community Choice Aggregation: The Future of Sustainable, Affordable, & Local Energy
Introduction In 2022, one out of every six households in the United States were behind on their utility payments. California has three of...
Thomas Dunbar, Kaylen Anderson
Oct 31, 2023

Don’t Poke the Bear: The Golden State Says ‘No More’ to Big Oil
Credit: Rawpixel The Golden State’s Bold Move The gauntlet has been thrown down. On September 16, 2023, CA Attorney General Rob Bonta...
Samuel Pumarejo and Jason Cowan
Oct 31, 2023


The Impact of Recent California Appellate Court Decisions on B&P section 7031 Disgorgement Claims
California’s construction industry is booming. Approximately 15% of construction within the U.S. is concentrated in California alone.

Wagner and Its Convoluted Legal Status
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is between two states, thus an international armed conflict under Common Article 2.
Robert Weeks, Jason Cowan, Kyle Duehring
Apr 27, 2023

Problematic Pornography: Deep Fakes and the Dark Side of AI
As AI technology continues to advance, so must the Court’s interpretation of free speech and protection for those harmed by it.
Andrew Braswell, Erick Arevalo, Jason Cowan
Apr 27, 2023


Post-Dobbs: Women are Dying Here Too
In the past century, abortion and reproductive rights have been disputed, retained, and stripped the world over repeatedly.
Ella Wesly, Caitlin Edwards, Robert Stark
Apr 13, 2023


Guns, Kids, and Safe Solutions: Gun Regulation from D.C. to San Jose
2022 saw a staggering amount of deaths caused by firearms, around 20,138. Over 2,000 of these deaths were those of children.


Deepfakes in the U.S.
Misinformation, the ability to convince someone that something untrue is true, has become dangerous, constant, and unregulated in the media.
Joana Garcia, Chandni Chhagan, Caitlin Edwards
Apr 13, 2023


The Dark Realm of Crypto
Samuel Bankman-Fried, a young entrepreneur who founded FTX Trading Ltd., an international cryptocurrency exchange, now goes bankrupt.
Chandni Chhagan, Robert Weeks, Jason Cowan
Mar 9, 2023


SB-2: California’s Peace Officer Decertification and its Potential Impact on Agencies
In 2021, California joined 47 other states by reinstating a police officer decertification process when Governor Newsom signed SB-2 into law
Kale Olmstead and Jason Cowan
Mar 9, 2023


We The People Created Antitrust
Antitrust laws protect trade and commerce from monopolies and unfair business practices.
Erik Villanueva, Jo Garcia, Kaylen Anderson
Mar 9, 2023
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