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Monday, December 9, 2019

In 1982, Tom Bradley, the sitting Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, ran for Governor of California. Bradley was a Black man and his opponent was a White man named George Deukmejian.

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  • Research Spotlight: Sara Gordon - Forensic Evidence Myths

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  • Research Spotlight: David Orentlicher - Poverty Is a Public Health Problem

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  • Research Spotlight: Ann McGinley - Understanding Sexual Harassment

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  • Student Spotlight: Ariana Caruso - Serving the Legal Needs of Patients

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  • Research Spotlight: Sara Gordon - Treating the Whole Patient

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  • Faculty Spotlight: Leslie C. Griffin - Bridging Law, Medicine, and Ethics

    September 25, 2018 -     Dr. Leslie Griffin is enjoying being a visiting scholar at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She is working at the Institute for the Medical Humanities. UTMB is known for its commitment to bioethics and to... read more

  • Research Spotlight: David Orentlicher - An Obamacare Status Report

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  • Scholarship Spotlight: Stacey Tovino - Protecting Patients

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  • Ann McGinley - Teaching Disability Law

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  • Max Gakh - Excellence in Public Health

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  • Sara Gordon - Myths about Drug Use

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  • Stacey Tovino - Protecting Patients

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  • David Orentlicher - Making Aid in Dying Legal

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  • Leslie Griffin - Understanding the Brain

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  • Alumni Spotlight: Susan M. Pitz, Class of 2002

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  • Faculty Spotlight: Sara Gordon

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  • Scholarship Spotlight: Stacey Tovino - Enforcing Rights to Patient Privacy

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