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Robert Solomon
Prof. Solomon and his students in the Community and Economic Development Clinic are preparing documents for a potential lawsuit against the State of California's Department of Finance. The suit would be filed on behalf of small business owners in Santa Ana trying to keep the state from seizing millions of dollars of city money slated for improvements in the South Main Street area. The South Main Street Corridor fund was created 30 years ago as the settlement of a lawsuit filed against the city of Santa Ana by a South Main Street merchant. But much of the money remains unspent, making the fund attractive to other cash-strapped agencies. The Santa Ana Merchants Association became the first client of the Clinic co-directed by Prof. Solomon and Prof. Carrie Hempel after one of the members learned about Prof. Solomon's long history of legal assistance to community organizations, and called UCI Law seeking his assistance. Read more about the case in this feature story.
UCI Law’s first graduates set high bar for public service, scholarship
The inaugural class, which graduated Saturday, May 5, not only amassed impressive academic accolades, but also passionately pursued public service over the past three years. In addition to launching the UC Irvine Law Review, the Student Bar Association and a long list of other student organizations, about 98 percent of the inaugural class participated in the pro bono program, logging 5,323 volunteer hours during their three years. More than a quarter of the class – 15 – have landed prestigious clerkships with federal and state judges. Read more about the Class of 2012's achievements in this feature story.