Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE): National Study on Legal Education: Let your voice be heard! Refer to the 2/18 email from LSSSE for more details and to access the survey. 

Federal Bar Association Orange County Chapter: Lunchtime panel discussion on the Central District of California’s new Opt-Out Civil Consent to Magistrate Judges Program. Join esteemed judges on March 4, 2025 at 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in EDU 1111 to explore this significant procedural update. Lunch is provided. Register here.

2025 Admitted Students Weekend (ASW) - Calling all Student Volunteers! ASW is on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th and the Office of Admissions & Student Financial Services is seeking student volunteers to attend components of the weekend to interact and mingle with admitted students. If you are interested, you must register online via the ASW Student Volunteer form by Friday, March 21st. If you have any questions, please reach out to Assistant Director of Admissions, Colleen Roney.

UC Irvine Tax Law Society Presents: Book Talk by Professor Joshua Blank: Untaxed: The Rich, the IRS, and a New Approach to Tax Compliance by Joshua D. Blank and Ari Glogower (Cambridge University Press, 2024):  Thursday, 2/27 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in Edu 1121. One of the most common complaints about the tax system in the United States is that rich taxpayers are able to lower their tax liabilities through abusive tax practices, often outmaneuvering the Internal Revenue Service. Untaxed offers a fresh perspective on the long-standing dilemma of tax avoidance and evasion by the rich by proposing a new legal response: means-based adjustments to the tax compliance rules. These compliance rules govern interactions between taxpayers and the IRS, from filing tax returns to responding to audit letters to paying tax penalties. Untaxed shows how tax compliance rules can be adjusted based on taxpayers' means to level the playing field between the rich and everyone else. Timely and innovative, this book is a must-read for legal scholars, policymakers, tax students, and anyone interested in tax policy and administration. Please RSVP here to secure your spot and lunch!

1Ls: ASP 1L Skills Development Workshop Series: See Canvas page for all workshops.

National Association of Counsel for Children Virtual Career Fair: March 7, 2025. Register here if you are interested in a child advocacy summer internship.

3Ls: Federal Student Loan Exit Counseling: All students who take out federal student loans must complete Federal Student Loan exit counseling before graduation. See 2/12 email from Nasreen Zia for more details. Exit counseling must be completed by Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Pathways to UC Irvine Law Mentor Opportunity: Double Anteaters! If you were interested in meeting, being on panel(s), and/or mentoring UCI undergraduates who are interested in UC Irvine Law, Ben Kwak, Associate Director of Admissions and Pipeline Initiatives invites you to fill out the following interest form by Friday, March 7, https://uci.questionpro.com/double-anteater. If you have any questions, reach out to Director Kwak at bkwak@law.uci.edu.

Tax Analysts Summer Fellowship: This fellowship will fund two J.D. or LL.M. students to work for 10 weeks at a public service tax organization during the summer of 2025. Learn more and apply here by March 17, 2025.

Scholarships & Fellowships for Summer Internships: For additional funding opportunities tied to the work you are doing this summer, see this page.

Immigrant Legal Services.  Please refer to the information in this Know Your Rights guide provided by UCOP. Copies have been posted on the student bulletin boards within the Law School. If you are seeking advice about personal immigration issues or enforcement, please reach out to Immigrant Legal Services (ILS) attorney, Elda S. Rosales, who can be reached by email Monday-Friday at elda.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu. Individuals should copy Karia (karia.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu) and Vivek (vivek.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu) (ILS Manager for Southern CA) on any communications. Emails to ILS should include the impacted individual’s full name, DOB, contact information, and a brief summary of their immigration history (e.g.:  “Peter Doe is a UCI student/staff who was detained in Menifee, CA on 01/20/2025. He is undocumented and is being held in an Orange County facility.”).  For weekends/after-hours needs, individuals should contact Vivek (vivek.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu) (ILS Manager for Southern CA) and Aidin (aidin.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu) (ILS Executive Director), and copy Elda (elda.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu). The ILS team can provide students and staff and/or their families specific advice about their circumstances in a privileged environment.

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