The UCLA School of Law and UCLA Latin American Center exposed students to a taste of international justice Wednesday by hosting Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa, who came to speak about the Brazilian legal system and its similarities and differences to that of the United States. Read more...

Foreign service officer Mark Ward spoke Wednesday to a group of students about what it takes to pursue a career in international diplomacy ““ first starting with table manners. Read more...

UCLA may be financially and legally affected by a recent Supreme Court decision giving companies more power to challenge patents they are paying to use. If a party patents a technology, outside companies can pay for a license to use that invention. Read more...

Discussion of fee increases for graduate and undergraduate students dominated Wednesday’s discussion at the UC Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco ““ and though student leaders and members of the board discussed the implications of raising fees, no decision was reached. Read more...

Two months after he was hit repeatedly with a Taser by university police, Mostafa Tabatabainejad has filed a civil rights lawsuit against UCLA and university police saying he “suffered an unprovoked act of police brutality.” On Nov. Read more...

Hedy Epstein, a German Holocaust survivor, encouraged questions at her lecture Tuesday night but had one small request of her audience ““ if they were going to ask questions, they would have to speak up. Read more...

Sherman Austin said he landed in federal prison for a year for starting an anarchist Web site and had been followed by federal agents and police for years before that. Read more...