January 26, 2023

UCLA Law and MacArthur Justice Center launch prisoners’ rights partnership

LOS ANGELES — Expanding on its nationally recognized Prison Law and Policy Program, UCLA School of Law has partnered with the MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) to train the next generation of prisoners’ rights advocates. This spring, UCLA Law students participating in the Prisoners’ Rights Clinic will benefit from the teaching and mentorship of MJC attorneys Daniel Greenfield and Megha Ram. Both co-instructors are from the center’s Supreme Court and Appellate Program. Professor Aaron Littman, who founded the clinic and serves as its faculty director, came to UCLA Law after litigating prison and jail conditions cases in the Deep South. He will work alongside Greenfield and Ram to supervise students in representing incarcerated individuals in courts of appeals across the country….